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Three Des Moines Performing Arts-Invested Shows Receive 2025 Tony Award Nominations

May 1, 2025

The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing announced the 2025 Tony Award nominations on Thursday, May 1. Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA) invested in three nominated productions – Buena Vista Social Club, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical and Real Women Have Curves – as part of the Independent Presenters Network (IPN). The IPN is a consortium of 40 leading Broadway presenters, theaters and performing arts centers.

 

Both Buena Vista Social Club and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are nominated for Best Musical. DMPA’s invested shows received a combined 16 nominations. Buena Vista Social Club leads the pack with 10 nominations. The 78th Annual Tony Awards will air live on Sunday, June 8 at 7 p.m. CST on CBS with Broadway (The Color Purple) and film (Wicked) star Cynthia Erivo hosting. The show will also stream on Paramount+. Additionally, there will be a pre-show called “The Tony Awards: Act One” on Pluto TV and CBS leading into the main broadcast.

 

Nominations for each DMPA-invested production are as follows:

Buena Vista Social Club

  • BEST MUSICAL
  • BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL | Natalie Venetia Belcon
  • BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL | Marco Ramirez
  • BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL | Saheem Ali
  • BEST CHOREOGRAPHY | Justin Peck and Patricia Delgado
  • BEST ORCHESTRATIONS | Marco Paguia
  • BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL | Arnulfo Maldonado
  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL | Dede Ayite
  • BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL | Tyler Micoleau
  • BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL | Jonathan Deans

 

This production will also receive a Special Tony Award given to the musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club.

 

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

  • BEST MUSICAL
  • BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL | Jak Malone
  • BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL | SpitLip (David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts)
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts

 

Real Women Have Curves

  • BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL | Justina Machado
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

 

More information about the Tony Awards and nominees can be found at www.tonyawards.com.