Julia Lester Celebrates Tony Nomination at Meet the Nominees Event

Julia Lester points to her pin while attending the 2023 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event held at Sofitel New York on Thursday (May 4) in New York City.

The 23-year-old HSMTMTS actress received her first “Tony Nominee” pin and joined her fellow nominees for the press day event in celebration of their 2023 Tony Awards nominations.

She was joined by her Into the Woods co-stars Sara Bareilles and Brian D’Arcy James, who are also nominated, as well as director Lear deBessonet, producer Jordan Roth and Sound Designer Alex Neumann.

Julia was also seen meeting up with fellow Tony nominees Parade‘s Ben Platt and Shucked‘s Alex Newell and Kevin Cahoon.

Into the Woods came out with six total nominations for the upcoming Tonys, including the aforementioned acting noms, plus Best Direction of a Musical for Lear, Best Sound Design of a Musical for Alex and Scott Lehrer, and Best Revival of a Musical.

In case you missed it, see how first time nominee Julia reacted to her nomination!

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