Six of the 2025-2026 Broadway season’s standout performers — three men and three women, each of whom is headed to the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, as a nominee — convened at PMC’s New York headquarters in late May for this year’s edition of The Hollywood Reporter’s Tonys Roundtable.
The group included two veterans of the stage and screen who are the frontrunners for best actor in a play: John Lithgow, who portrays Roald Dahl, the author of beloved children’s books who also had a darker side, in Giant, his 25th Broadway show, which could bring him his third Tony; and Nathan Lane, who is receiving career-best notices for his interpretation of Willy Loman in the latest revival of the Great American Play, Death of a Salesman, his 24th show on the Great White Way, which could bring him his fourth Tony.
Joining them were two troupers who are known for their booming voices and are widely expected to win for the first time this cycle on their fourth and third nominations, respectively: Joshua Henry, a best actor in a musical nominee for Lincoln Center’s revival of Ragtime, and Shoshana Bean, a best featured actress in a musical nominee for The Lost Boys, an adaptation of the 1987 film of the same name, which is tied with Schmigadoon! for the most nominations of any show this season.
