Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The Tony Award Nominees Are In!

Best Play

  • Clybourne Park..................................Author: Bruce Norris
  • Other Desert Cities.............................Author: Jon Robin Baitz
  • Peter & the Starcatcher.......................Author: Rick Elice
  • Venus in Fur.......................................Author: David Ives

Best Musical

  • Leap of Faith
  • Newsies
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Once

Best Book of  Musical

  • Lysistrata Jones...................................Douglas Carter Beane
  • Newsies..............................................Harvey Fierstein
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It................Joe DiPietro
  • Once...................................................Enda Walsh

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

  • Bonnie & Clyde...................................Music: Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics: Don Black
  • Newsies...............................................Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Jack Feldman
  • One Man, Two Guvnors.......................Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding
  • Peter & the Starcatcher.........................Music: Wayne Barker; Lyrics: Rick Elice

Best Revival of a Play

  • Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Gore Vidal's The Best Man
  • Master Class
  • Wit

Best Revival of a Musical

  • Evita
  • Follies
  • The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

  • James Corden.......................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman.......................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • James Earl Jones...................................Gore Vidal's The Best Man
  • Frank Langella......................................Man & Boy
  • John Lithgow........................................The Columnist


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

  • Nina Arianda........................................Venus in Fur
  • Tracie Bennett......................................End of the Rainbow
  • Stockard Channing................................Other Desert Cities
  • Linda Lavin..........................................The Lyons
  • Cynthia Nixon.......................................Wit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

  • Danny Burstein.....................................Follies
  • Jeremy Jordan.......................................Newsies
  • Steve Kazee..........................................Once
  • Norm Lewis..........................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Ron Raines............................................Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

  • Jan Maxwell..........................................Follies
  • Audra McDonald...................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Cristin Milioti.........................................Once
  • Kelli O'Hara...........................................Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Laura Osnes..........................................Bonnie & Clyde


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

  • Christian Borle........................................Peter & the Starcatcher
  • Michael Cumpsty....................................End of the Rainbow
  • Tom Edden.............................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Andrew Garfield......................................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Jeremy Shamos.......................................Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

  • Linda Emond...........................................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Spencer Kayden.......................................Don't Dress for Dinner
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger.................................Peter & the Starcatcher
  • Judith Light..............................................Other Desert Cities
  • Condola Rashad.......................................Stick Fly


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • Philip Boykin............................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Michael Cerveris.......................................Evita
  • David Alan Grier.......................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Michael McGrath.......................................Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Josh Young...............................................Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

  • Elizabeth A. Davis......................................Once
  • Jayne Houdyshell.......................................Follies
  • Judy Kaye..................................................Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jessie Mueller.............................................One a Clear Day You Can See Forever
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph.................................Ghost the Musical

Best Direction of a Play

  • Nicholas Hytner..........................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Pam MacKinnon.........................................Clybourne Park
  • Mike Nichols..............................................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Roger Rees & Alex Timbers........................Peter & the Starcatcher

Best Direction of a Musical

  • Jeff Cathoun...............................................Newsies
  • Kathleen Marshall.......................................Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Diane Paulus..............................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • John Tiffany...............................................Once

Best Choreography

  • Rob Ashford...............................................Evita
  • Christopher Gattelli......................................Newsies
  • Steven Hoggett............................................Once
  • Kathleen Marshall........................................Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Orchestrations

  • William David Brohn & Christopher Jahnke...The Gershwins's Porgy & Bess
  • Bill Elliott....................................................Nice Work If You Can Get it
  • Martin Lowe...............................................Once
  • Danny Troob...............................................Newsies

Best Scenic Design of a Play

  • John Lee Beatty...........................................Other Desert Cities
  • Daniel Ostling...............................................Clybourne Park
  • Mark Thompson...........................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Donyale Werle..............................................Peter & the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

  • Bob Crowley...............................................Once
  • Rob Howell & Jon Driscoll............................Ghost the Musical
  • Tobin Ost & Sven Ortel................................Newsies
  • George Tsypin..............................................Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark

Best Costume Design of a Play

  • William Ivey Long........................................Don't Dress For Dinner
  • Paul Tazewell...............................................A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Mark Thompson...........................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Paloma Young..............................................Peter & the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical

  • Gregg Barnes...............................................Follies
  • ESosa..........................................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Eiko Ishioka.................................................Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
  • Martin Pakledinaz.........................................Nice Work If You Can Get It


Best Lighting Design of a Play

  • Jeff Croiter..................................................Peter & the Starcatcher
  • Peter Kaczorowski.......................................The Road to Mecca
  • Brian MacDevitt...........................................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Kenneth Posner............................................Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

  • Christopher Akerlind....................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Natasha Katz...............................................Follies
  • Natasha Katz...............................................Once
  • Hugh Vanstone............................................Ghost the Musical


Best Sound Design of a Play

  • Paul Arditti..................................................One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Scott Lehrer................................................Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Gareth Owen...............................................End of the Rainbow
  • Darron L. West............................................Peter & the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical

  • Acme Sound Partners...................................The Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
  • Clive Goodwin.............................................Once
  • Kai Harada..................................................Follies
  • Brian Ronan................................................Nice Work If You Can Get It

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

  • Emanuel Azenberg

Regional Theatre Award

  • The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Isabelle Stevenson Award

  • Bernadette Peters

Special Tony Award

  • Actors' Equity Association
  • Hugh Jackman

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

  • Freddie Gershon
  • Artie Siccardi
  • TDF Open Doors


Source: Tony Awards



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