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Tony Honors 2026 Go to 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, Loren Plotkin

The honors spotlight vital backstage work often left out of competitive Tony categories.

Overview

  • The Tony Awards Administration Committee, which announced the picks Monday, will present the honors June 7 at Radio City Music Hall during a CBS and Paramount+ broadcast hosted by P!NK.
  • The 1/52 Project, founded in 2022 by scenic designer Beowulf Boritt, has pooled donations from working designers and others to award over $500,000 in grants to 35 early‑career designers from historically excluded groups.
  • Jake Bell, a longtime stage and production manager who led Cameron Mackintosh’s technical teams on shows like The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and Miss Saigon, retired on December 31, 2025 after a decades‑long career that also included Wicked.
  • Kenn Lubin, a designer and creative director who helped define front‑of‑house branding across Times Square, has shaped the visual identity of more than 2,000 Broadway and Off‑Broadway productions.
  • Loren Plotkin, an entertainment lawyer who has represented about 100 Broadway productions and serves as trustee for the Alan Jay Lerner estate, continues to influence theatrical legal practice through the firm he co‑founded.