Neil Patrick Harris Reclaims Tonys

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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