Ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally happening. After a lackluster showing by Sean Hayes last year, this year’s Tony Awards will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
I’ve waited two years for this. Never Forget 2009:p
Here are the nominees for this year:
Best Play
Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
War Horse
Author: Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys
David Thompson
Sister Act
Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Book of Mormon
Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys
Music & Lyrics: John Kander & Fred Ebb
Sister Act
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Glenn Slater
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
Best Revival of a Play
Arcadia
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart
Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Brian Bedford
The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello
The Normal Heart
Al Pacino
The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance
Jerusalem
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda
Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand
Good People
Lily Rabe
The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave
Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland
Brief Encounter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz
Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad
The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry
The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells
The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster
Anything Goes
Beth Leavel
Baby It's You!
Patina Miller
Sister Act
Donna Murphy
The People in the Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Mackenzie Crook
Jerusalem
Billy Crudup
Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey
The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vázquez
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin
The Normal Heart
Edie Falco
The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light
Lombardi
Joanna Lumley
La Bête
Elizabeth Rodriguez
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Colman Domingo
The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley
Anything Goes
John Larroquette
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon
The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O'Malley
The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark
Sister Act
Nikki M. James
The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe
The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan
The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall
Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman
The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall
Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw
The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman
The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman
The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus
The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank
Catch Me If You Can
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Rae Smith
War Horse
Ultz
Jerusalem
Mark Wendland
The Merchant of Venice
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt
The Scottsboro Boys
Derek McLane
Anything Goes
Scott Pask
The Book of Mormon
Donyale Werle
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein
The Merchant of Venice
Desmond Heeley
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Thompson
La Bête
Catherine Zuber
Born Yesterday
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz
Anything Goes
Ann Roth
The Book of Mormon
Catherine Zuber
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable
War Horse
David Lander
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Kenneth Posner
The Merchant of Venice
Mimi Jordan Sherin
Jerusalem
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington
The Scottsboro Boys
Howell Binkley
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Peter Kaczorowski
Anything Goes
Brian MacDevitt
The Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker
Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph
Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt
War Horse
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski
The Scottsboro Boys
Steve Canyon Kennedy
Catch Me If You Can
Brian Ronan
Anything Goes
Brian Ronan
The Book of Mormon
Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Athol Fugard
Philip J. Smith
Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Eve Ensler
Special Tony Award
Handspring Puppet Company
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
William Berloni
The Drama Book Shop
Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 12, 2011. I’m off to hibernate for a month. See you then!
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