Cynthia Nixon(Wit)
Nixon plays Vivian Dearing, a brilliant and demanding professor in research treatments to save her own life. She has one previous Tony Award win in two career nominations.
Linda Lavin(The Lyons)
Lavin plays Rita Lyons, a headstrong mother who gathers her adult children at the side of their ailing father. She has one previous Tony Award win in five career nominations.
Nina Arianda(Venus in F..)
Arianda plays Vanda, a needy and crude actress trying to dominate her new director. She has one previous Tony Award nomination.
Stockard Channi(Other Dese..)
Channing plays Polly Wyeth, a woman whose daughter is about to publish a memoir full of family secrets. She has one previous Tony Award win in six career nominations.
Tracie Bennett(End of the..)
Bennett plays Judy Garland, the legendary performer in 1968 London on the verge of a possible comeback. She has no previous Tony Award nominations.