2020 Emmy Awards: Tony -winner Billy Porter, Broadway's American son, more theater names earn nominations

Awards2020 Emmy Awards: Tony -winner Billy Porter, Broadway’s American boy, More theater names earn nominationsThe 72nd annual ceremony will be broadcast on ABC on September 20.

A number of stage regularly earned Emmy nominations on July 28 for their work on the small screen over the past year, including Billy Porterreceive his second nomination for his actions like praying on FX’s Attitude.

The Tony winner earned the award last year for the leading season of the show, and became the first openly gay black actor who won in an outstanding actor in a drama series. Among those who join the category this year are recent Broadway star Brian Cox (The great society) for Succession and off-broadway veteran Sterling K. Brown for This is us.

Outstanding main actor in a limited series or film also contains many participants with theater roots, including Tony winner and The music man-bound Hugh Jackman for Bad educationTony winner Jeremy Irons for Watchmen, Tony nominated market ruffalo for I know that is very trueand the two-time Tony-nominated Jeremy Pope for Hollywood.

Hollywoodthe limited series of Ryan Murphy as part of his first slate under the Netflix banner, also nodded for Broadway alumnus Jim Parsons (The boys in the band) and Tony Nominee Holland Taylor (Awn).

Additional nominated theater alums include Tony Shalhoub and Rachel Brosnahan (The wonderful Mrs. Maisel, which also made composers Thomas Mizer and Curtis earn more Their song “One Less Angel”), Leslie Odom Jr. (Central park), Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America), Cherry Jones (Succession), Cicely Tyson (How to get away with murder), Phylicia Rashad (This is our), Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Quibi’s #Frereayshawn), Bette Midler (The politician), Laura Linney (Ozark), Tituss Burgess (Sambreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy at the Reverend), Ingrid Michaelson (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812) and Kerry Washington (Small fires all over).

Washington’s latest Broadway Bow, American boy, is on the outstanding television film for its stage-to-screen adjustment on Netflix. The 73rd annual Tony Awards Ceremony, Hannah Gadsby’s Solo Show Douglasand John Mulaney’s Theater-Infused The bag of lunch also made their way to the list of nominations.

The 72nd annual ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be broadcast on ABC on September 20. Look at the full list of nominations here.