Carolina Shaw Nominated for Tony Award for 'Death of a Salesman' Score

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Congratulations to composer Caroline Shaw, who has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for her score to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway. This is the first Tony Awards nomination for Shaw, who is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. This production of Death of a Salesman is the most nominated play of the season with nine nominations, including Best Revival.

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Congratulations to composer Caroline Shaw, who has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for her score to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway. This is the first Tony Awards nomination for Shaw, who is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. This production of Death of a Salesman is the most nominated play of the season with nine nominations, including Best Revival; you can find tickets here.

Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She has worked with a range of artists including Rosalía, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma, and she has contributed music to films and TV series including Ken Burns's Leonardo da Vinci, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Bombshell, Yellowjackets, Maid, Dark, and Beyoncé’s Homecoming. In addition to three albums with Sō Percussion, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part and the Grammy-winning Narrow Sea and Rectangles and Circumstance, Nonesuch has released her two Grammy-winning albums with Attacca Quartet, Orange and Evergreen, and the 2025 debut album of Ringdown, her cinematic electro-pop duo with Danni Lee Parpan, Lady on the Bike.

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Caroline Shaw: Tony Award nomination, May 2026
  • Tuesday, May 5, 2026
    Carolina Shaw Nominated for Tony Award for 'Death of a Salesman' Score
    Anja Schutz

    Congratulations to composer Caroline Shaw, who has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for her score to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway. This is the first Tony Awards nomination for Shaw, who is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. This production of Death of a Salesman is the most nominated play of the season with nine nominations, including Best Revival; you can find tickets here.

    Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She has worked with a range of artists including Rosalía, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma, and she has contributed music to films and TV series including Ken Burns's Leonardo da Vinci, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Bombshell, Yellowjackets, Maid, Dark, and Beyoncé’s Homecoming. In addition to three albums with Sō Percussion, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part and the Grammy-winning Narrow Sea and Rectangles and Circumstance, Nonesuch has released her two Grammy-winning albums with Attacca Quartet, Orange and Evergreen, and the 2025 debut album of Ringdown, her cinematic electro-pop duo with Danni Lee Parpan, Lady on the Bike.

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