Overview

• Denzel Washington was not nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Play at the 2025 Tony Awards for his critically acclaimed role in the Broadway revival of Othello.
• Pauletta Washington attributed the snub to 'narrow-minded people' in charge of the nominations process and highlighted her family's history of similar exclusions from major awards.
• She suggested that Othello's high ticket prices, which reached up to $900, may have deterred Tony voters from recognizing the production's achievements.
• The Broadway revival of Othello, starring Denzel Washington as Othello and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago, has been a commercial success with sold-out performances.
• The omission has reignited broader discussions about the intersection of commercial success, artistic merit, and systemic biases in awards recognition.