Tony Awards: Breakout Debuts Seize the Nominations Spotlight

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Gordon Cox Theater EditorHugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Phylicia Rashad, Mary-Louise Parker, LaChanze: All of these 2022 Tony Award nominees are Broadway regulars, and they’ve had plenty of experience with nominations and wins over the years.

But this year’s list of contenders also includes some outstanding debuts that are now in the running for some of the night’s biggest races.

Here are three of those newbies whose first Broadway gigs have netted them big-time noms.•Myles FrostFrost’s road to Broadway was paved by a 2016 YouTube video of the young performer, now 22, dancing to “Billie Jean” in a high school talent show.

But don’t go looking there for tips on how to dance like Michael Jackson. “I see those old videos and I’m like, ‘What was I doing?