Tony Award Nominations

Here they are for those of you interested:

http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html

Here is the list:

Best Play

Anna in the Tropics
Author: Nilo Cruz
Producers: Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Ray Larsen, Robert G. Bartner, The McCarter Theatre Center

Frozen
Author: Bryony Lavery
Producers: MCC Theater, Robert Lupone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, John G. Schultz, Hal Newman, Zollo/Paleologos and Jeffrey Sine, Roy Gabay, Lorie Cowen Levy and Beth Smith, Peggy Hill, Thompson H. Rogers, Swinsky/Filerman/Hendel, Sirkin/Mills/Baldassare, Darren Bagert

I Am My Own Wife
Author: Doug Wright
Producers: Delphi Productions, Playwrights Horizons

The Retreat from Moscow
Author: William Nicholson
Producers: Susan Quint Gallin, Stuart Thompson, Ron Kastner, True Love Productions, Mary Lu Roffe, Jam Theatricals


Best Musical

Avenue Q
Producers: Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre, The New Group

The Boy from Oz
Producers: Ben Gannon, Robert Fox

Caroline, or Change
Producers: Carole Shorenstein Hays, HBO Films, Jujamcyn Theaters, Freddy DeMann, Scott Rudin, Hendel/Morten/Wiesenfeld, Bergére/Fox Theatricals/Manocherian, Roger Berlind, Clear Channel Entertainment, Joan Cullman, Greg Holland/Scott Nederlander, Margo Lion, Daryl Roth, Zollo/Sine, The Public Theater

Wicked
Producers: Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, David Stone


Best Book of a Musical

Winnie Holzman, Wicked

Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change

Book: Martin Sherman; Original Book: Nick Enright, The Boy from Oz

Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Taboo
Music: Boy George

Avenue Q
Music: Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

Wicked
Music: Stephen Schwartz

Caroline, or Change
Music: Jeanine Tesori (Music) Tony Kushner (Lyrics)

Best Revival of a Play

Henry IV
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten

Jumpers
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Freddy DeMann, Jean Doumanian, Stephanie McClelland, Arielle Tepper, The National Theatre of Great Britain

King Lear
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Stratford Festival of Canada

A Raisin in the Sun
Producers: David Binder, Vivek J. Tiwary, Susan Batson, Carl Rumbaugh, Ruth Hendel, Jayne Baron Sherman, Dede Harris, Arielle Tepper, Cynthia Stroum, Barbara Whitman


Best Revival of a Musical

Assassins
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy

Big River
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy, Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, Bill O'Brien, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum

Fiddler on the Roof
Producers: James L. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Harbor Entertainment, Terry Allen Kramer, Bob Boyett/Lawrence Horowitz, Clear Channel Entertainment

Wonderful Town
Producers: Roger Berlind, Barry and Fran Weissler, Edwin W. Schloss, Allen Spivak, Clear Channel Entertainment, Harvey Weinstein


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Simon Russell Beale, Jumpers
Kevin Kline, Henry IV
Frank Langella, Match
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife
Christopher Plummer, King Lear

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Eileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow
Tovah Feldshuh, Golda's Balcony
Anne Heche, Twentieth Century
Swoosie Kurtz, Frozen
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors
Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof
Euan Morton, Taboo
John Tartaglia, Avenue Q

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked
Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q
Idina Menzel, Wicked
Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town
Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Tom Aldredge, Twentieth Century
Ben Chaplin, The Retreat from Moscow
Aidan Gillen, The Caretaker
Omar Metwally, Sixteen Wounded
Brían F. O'Byrne, Frozen

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Essie Davis, Jumpers
Sanaa Lathan, A Raisin in the Sun
Margo Martindale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anna in the Tropics

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

John Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof
Michael Cerveris, Assassins
Raúl Esparza, Taboo
Michael McElroy, Big River
Denis O'Hare, Assassins

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Beth Fowler, The Boy from Oz
Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz
Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change
Jennifer Westfeldt, Wonderful Town
Karen Ziemba, Never Gonna Dance

Best Scenic Design

Robert Brill, Assassins
Ralph Funicello, Henry IV
Eugene Lee, Wicked
Tom Pye, Fiddler on the Roof

Best Costume Design

Jess Goldstein, Henry IV
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce, Taboo
Mark Thompson, Bombay Dreams

Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins
Brian MacDevitt, Fiddler on the Roof
Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
Kenneth Posner, Wicked

Best Direction of a Play

Doug Hughes, Frozen
Moises Kaufman, I Am My Own Wife
David Leveaux, Jumpers
Jack O'Brien, Henry IV

Best Direction of a Musical

Joe Mantello, Assassins
Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Jason Moore, Avenue Q
George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change

Best Choreography

Wayne Cilento, Wicked
Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Jerry Mitchell, Never Gonna Dance
Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan, Bombay Dreams

Best Orchestrations

Paul Bogaev, Bombay Dreams
William David Brohn, Wicked
Larry Hochman, Fiddler on the Roof
Michael Starobin, Assassins

Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
James M. Nederlander

Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Biggest surprises:
I haven't seen any of these shows, but I am always interested in Broadway and what's going on there. So everything I say is just based on word-of-mouth that I heard...take it with a grain of salt.

Boy From Oz nominated for Best New Musical? The only good reviews the show got was for Hugh. Most people think it's a turkey with a great performance from Jackman. I thought Bombay Dreams or Taboo would sneak in there and get the 4th slot even if they don't have that much support.

Wicked not nominated for Best Director? I think since Joe
Mantello directed both Wicked and Assassins, Tony voters wanted to make sure he got a nod, so they put all their support in for Assassins.

Little Shop of Horrors being snubbed in a big way. I'm not really that surprised it wasn't nominated that much, but I thought it would get a nod for Best Revival.

You just have to look at the left of my screen name to see who I support.

Thanks a lot for this information. I haven't seen any of these new productions, although I have seen a couple of the revivals when they toured nationally. I am always interested in the Tonys because I know that most of the nominated musicals/plays will go on a national tour within a year or two, and I will get to see it here in Detroit. We just got "The Producers", which I did not like, and "The Lion King", which was fantastic. Next year we get "Thouroughly Modern Millie", which I can not wait for, and "Hairspray", among others. I really would like to see "Wicked". I know that Michael Crawford was in it when it first opened, but I don't know if he still is.

If you're anywhere within driving, train, or bus distance of NY and can get (afford) tix to "The Boy from Oz," do, because it will win Best Musical, mark my words. I hate musicals and I LOVED this. Granted, it's mostly due to Hugh Jackman (he's only doing the show in NY until August, BTW), but who cares. Jackman is spectacular. With "Van Helsing" out (who cares if it's good or bad) and "Oz" nominated, I'm just glad I saw it a couple of months ago before word of mouth got too far around and discount tix were still available.

Thanks for the info VGT.
Rgirl

Lucy25 said:

We just got "The Producers", which I did not like, and "The Lion King", which was fantastic.

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I've seen The Producers on Broadway, but not with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. The Lion King doesn't think need stars like those two to be enjoyed. Even in NYC, when those two came back for their limited run, tickets sold out immediately, while without them, it wasn't the same show.

I saw Avenue Q while on vacation this winter... as a product of sesame street I got a kick out of that satire.

Has anyone here seen Wicked and would you recommend it?
Is it wicked good?

I would recommend it. I heard many of the songs, and I love them. Kristin Chenoweth who plays Glinda, is leaving in July, so I say you should see it before she leaves.

Wicked good avatar, VGT.
Rgirl

Thanks RGirl

The Drama Desk Awards are announced!!!
These are like the Golden Globes before the Oscars...

Outstanding Play: I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
Outstanding Musical: Wicked
Outstanding Revival of a Play: Henry IV (Lincoln Center Theatre)
Outstanding Revival of a Musical: Assassins
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Kevin Kline, Henry IV
Outstanding Actress in a Play: (tie) Viola Davis, Intimate Apparel and Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun
Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Ned Beatty, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Raul Esparza, Taboo
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz
Outstanding Solo Performance: Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife
Outstanding Ensemble Performance: The cast of The Distance from Here
Outstanding Director of a Play: Jack O'Brien, Henry IV
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Joe Mantello, Assassins
Outstanding Choreography: Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Outstanding Music: Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change
Outstanding Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Winnie Holzman, Wicked
Outstanding Set Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical: Eugene Lee, Wicked
Outstanding Costume Design: Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Outstanding Lighting Design: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins
Outstanding Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier, Assassins
Outstanding Orchestrations: Michael Starobin, Assassins
Unique Theatrical Experience: Toxic Audio in Loud Mouth
Special Awards: Dakin Matthews for his adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, The Flea Theater and The Classical Theatre of Harlem

Yay for Wicked and Assassins...they seem to be sharing the musical awards evenly among themselves. Joe Mantello, the director of both, must be thrilled.

The Wicked girls cancelled each other out again, with Donna Murphy, the favorite winning. I think come Tony night, it's going to be between Donna Murphy and Tonya Pitkins from "Caroline, Or Change." Donna is the favorite and Tonya has staunch supporters (especailly from the 'high brow' members).

Hugh Jackman is going to win the Tony...no doubt about it.

I'm disappointed that "Avenue Q" didn't win any awards...I thought they were going to win Best Lyrics...(with songs like "The Internet is for Porn" "Everyone's a Little bit Racist" "
If you Were Gay" "What do I do with a B.A. in English?" how can it not win?)

However, Go Wicked!!!