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Musicals garner a host of Oscar nominations
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(Updated on 17 Feb 2022)
The Academy Awards 2022 nominations are in, and musicals have reaped in their fair share showcasing how beloved musicals are. The likes of *West Side Story*, *tick, tick… BOOM!* and *Encanto* are amongst the Oscar nominated musical films this year. Read below to see what categories the musicals fall in this year.
**Jessie Buckley** and **Ariana DeBose** received nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Buckley is currently starring in *Cabaret* (Kit Kat Club, West End) opposite **Eddie Redmayne** and recieved her nomination for her role in *The Lost Daughter*. Debose was nominated for her role in *West End Story*. Her other credits include [***Hamilton***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/hamilton-west-end-tickets) (original Broadway cast, shown on Disney+) and *The Prom* (2020 film shown on Netflix).
Nominations for *West Side Story* piled up and as well as Best Supporting Actress it was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Director (**Steven Spielberg**), and Best Picture.
The hugely popular *tick, tick, BOOM!* has been nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Film Editing and Best Actor (**Andrew Garfield**). The film was directed by **Lin-Manuel Miranda** who popularly wrote *Hamilton* as well as this years Oscar nominated film *Encanto*.
*Encanto* which has an original score by **Lin-Manuel Miranda** is Disney’s latest hit musical film. It was commended by the Oscars this year with multiple Academy Award nominations including Best Original Score, Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (Dos Oruguitas).