Tony Rulings: Three Parts of Norman Conquests to Be Considered One Play
By Andrew Gans
01 May 2009
The Tony Awards Administration Committee assembled for the fifth and final time this season May 1 to discuss the eligibility of 17 Broadway productions for the 2009 Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The committee's rulings follow:
On the musical front:
Matt Cavenaugh and Josefina Scaglione will be considered eligible in their respective Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their performances in West Side Story.
Gavin Creel will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in Hair.
Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger will be considered eligible in their respective Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their performances in Rock of Ages.
Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical category for their performance in 9 to 5: The Musical.
Bruce Coughlin, Stephen Oremus and Alex Lacamoire will be considered jointly eligible in the category of Best Orchestrations for 9 to 5: The Musical.
On the play front:
Thomas Sadoski will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play category for his performance in reasons to be pretty.
The three parts that make up The Norman Conquests will be eligible as a single play in the Best Revival of a Play category.
Brian Dennehy will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for his performance in Desire Under the Elms.
Jonathan Cake and Steven Weber will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in The Philanthropist.
David Hyde Pierce will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play category for his performance in Accent on Youth.
John Goodman and John Glover will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in Waiting for Godot.
All other decisions were consistent with the opening-night credits. That is, only actors whose names appear above the title are eligible for nomination in the Leading Actor/Actress categories. Producers must petition the Administration Committee in order to change actors' eligibility status.
Tony Award winners Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) will announce the nominations for the 2009 Tony Awards May 5 beginning at 8:30 AM at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall June 7. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live.
For more information visit
www.tonyawards.com.
