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Andre Bishop, creator head of Lincoln Center Theater from 1992 to 2025; pioneering Broadway lighting designer Jules Fisher; and playwright, head and predominant Stephen Sondheim collaborator James Lapine will beryllium this year’s recipients of nan Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement successful nan Theatre.
The 3 subordinate erstwhile recipients that see Sondheim, Harvey Fierstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carol Channing, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, and Terrence McNally, among others.
Nominations for nan 79th Tony Awards will beryllium announced this Tuesday, May 5, pinch nan ceremonial taking spot June 7 astatine Radio City Music Hall. Pink hosts nan awards show, which will beryllium broadcast unrecorded to some coasts connected CBS, streaming connected Paramount+, 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT.
Variety had nan exclusive study connected this year’s Lifetime Achievement recipients.
Yesterday, nan awards management committee announced that philharmonic director, supervisor and arranger Mary-Mitchell Campbell will person the 2026 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her “unwavering dedication to defense activity done nan arts.”
Campbell is simply a founding personnel of Musicians United for Social Equity, is connected nan advisory committee of Maestra, has euphony directed and/or supervised galore events for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, nan Serious Fun Children’s Network, and Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp.
