Schmigadoon Broadway picked up 12 Tony nominations in 2026, tying for the most nods this year with The Lost Boys. Sara Chase, who plays Melissa Gimble, earned her first Tony nomination in the process.
The 79th annual Tony Awards field now has Schmigadoon! at the top end of the slate, with nominations spread across creative and performance categories. For readers tracking where Broadway recognition is clustering, the show’s total puts it in the same tier as the year’s other most-nominated title.
Sara Chase and Melissa Gimble
Sara Chase’s first Tony nod came for playing Melissa Gimble. The nomination also gives Hartford another Broadway credit at a moment when a single show is carrying multiple first-time and repeat contenders into the 2026 Tony Awards.
Cinco Paul was nominated for best book of a musical and best original score, while Scott Pask and Donald Holder were also recognized on the Schmigadoon! production team. Holder’s University of Maine degree adds another New England link to the show’s nomination count.
New England names in the field
Walter Trarbach, who went to Boston University, and Mike Morris, who attended Berklee College of Music, are among the other New England-connected names tied to the show. Those credits sit alongside the wider Tony field, where Ali Louis Bourzgui earned a best featured actor in a musical nomination for The Lost Boys.
Ali Louis Bourzgui lived in Massachusetts, including Cambridge, Revere, East Boston, and Pittsfield, and the New England thread runs through other nominated productions as well. Rachel Dratch, a Lexington native, earned a best featured actress in a musical nomination for Cats: The Jellicle Ball.
Chess and Cats
Rachel Dratch was previously nominated in 2022 for best featured actress in a play for POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. Nicholas Christopher’s nomination for best actor in a musical for Chess, along with Bryce Pinkham, Hannah Cruz, Bill Rauch, Kai Harada, and Trevor Holder, keeps the Broadway field crowded with names that have regional ties and recent credits.
Chesterton-like nostalgia is not the story here; the count is. Schmigadoon! got 12 nominations, and that total gives the production a real shot at turning recognition into leverage across the 2026 Tony Awards conversation, especially with several nominees carrying New England credentials into the final vote.
