BEST MUSICAL Billy Elliot Next to Normal Rock of Ages Shrek the Musical
BEST PLAY 33 Variations Dividing the Estate God of Carnage reasons to be pretty
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Guys and Dolls Hair Pal Joey West Side Story
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY Joe Turner's Come and Gone Mary Stuart The Norman Conquests Waiting for Godot
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL Lee Hall, Billy Elliot Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek the Musical Hunter Bell, [title of show]
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER Billy Elliot, The Musical Next to Normal 9 to 5 Shrek the Musical
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow James Gandolfini, God of Carnage Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be rretty
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY Hope Davis, God of Carnage Jane Fonda, 33 Variations Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot Gavin Creel, Hair Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek The Musical Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Stockard Channing, Pal Joey Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical Allison Janney, 9 to 5 Alice Ripley, Next to Normal Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY John Glover, Waiting for Godot Zach Grenier, 33 Variations Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests Roger Robinson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests Marin Ireland, Reasons to Be Pretty Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL David Bologna, Billy Elliot Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5 Christopher Sieber, Shrek The Musical Will Swenson, Hair
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot Karen Olivo, West Side Story Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Michael Greif, Next to Normal Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages Diane Paulus, Hair
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Karole Armitage, Hair Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5 Peter Darling, Billy Elliot Randy Skinner, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS Larry Blank, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Martin Koch, Billy Elliot, The Musical Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal Danny Troob and John Clancy, Shrek the Musical
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY Dale Ferguson, Exit the King Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests Derek McLane, 33 Variations Michael Yeargan, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot Scott Pask, Pal Joey Mark Wendland, Next to Normal
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY Dale Ferguson, Exit the King Jane Greenwood, Waiting for Godot Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical Michael McDonald, Hair
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY David Hersey, Equus David Lander, 33 Variations Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Kevin Adams, Hair Kevin Adams, Next to Normal Howell Binkley, West Side Story Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot, The Musical
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY Paul Arditti, Mary Stuart Gregory Clarke, Equus Russell Goldsmith, Exit the King Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Acme Sound Partners, Hair Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot, The Musical Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages Brian Ronan, Next to Normal
SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT Liza's at the Palace . . . Slava's Snowshow Soul of Shaolin You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W Bush
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER Jerry Herman
REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD Signature Theater (Arlington, Va.)
ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD Phyllis Newman
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATER Shirley Herz
Billy Elliot, The Musical - 15 Next to Normal - 11 Hair - 8 Shrek The Musical - 8 Mary Stuart - 7 The Norman Conquests - 7 God of Carnage - 6 Joe Turner’s Come and Gone - 6 Rock of Ages - 5 33 Variations - 5 Exit the King - 4 9 to 5: The Musical - 4 Pal Joey - 4 West Side Story - 4 Reasons to Be Pretty - 3 Waiting for Godot - 3 Blithe Spirit - 2 Dividing the Estate - 2 Equus - 2 Guys and Dolls - 2 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas - 2 Liza’s at The Palace - 1 Slava’s Snowshow - 1 Soul of Shaolin - 1 Speed-the-Plow - 1 [Title of Show] - 1 You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush – 1
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WILLIAM PETERSEN: Well, this is a shock. The only explanation for this is that somehow in the last year, every one of you tried to act with rubber gloves and tweezers.
Posts: 6617 | Location: NY | Registered: December 01, 2002
No Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane and John Goodman from "Waiting for Godot" but John Glover is nominated!!! Very surprised that so many actors from "God of Carnage" were nominated. I feel bad that Olivier winner Kristin Scott Thomas could not get nominated but that was not a complete surprise. Slightly more surprised Daniel Radcliff could not get a nom for one of the bigger hits of the season. Surprised by the Matthew Warchus double nomination.
Posts: 27161 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
No time now for lengthy reaction, but I have to say the Tonys lost A LOT of credibility this year. Too many egregious snubs. Too much bias in favor of shows that are still open. I'm not in love with these noms by any stretch of the imagination.
Constantine Maroulis - SERIOUSLY?? WTF?? The Tonys, I fear, are in danger of becoming another dumbed-down version of the awards show a la The People's Choice Awards. I'm very disappointed and concerned about this apparent trend.
Originally posted by stevie: No Aaron Tveit, no Carla Guigino. But "Guys and Dolls" gets nominated even though it received horrible reviews.
A typical year for the Tony's.
Just because there are four slots to fill "Guys and Dolls" was going to be nominated. It was inevitable.
Yes yes, I know.
It just shows how worthless having a necessary alotment of nominees can render a particular category. Better the Tony's just save face and have only three nominees. Or, having just gone over the "Pal Joey" reviews, only two.
I agree with stevie on this one. Just because there are a specific number of slots doesn't mean the nominators should fill them with shows that don't really deserve to be nominated. Better to just nominate those that are worthy.
Originally posted by stevie: No Aaron Tveit, no Carla Guigino. But "Guys and Dolls" gets nominated even though it received horrible reviews.
A typical year for the Tony's.
Just because there are four slots to fill "Guys and Dolls" was going to be nominated. It was inevitable.
Yes yes, I know.
It just shows how worthless having a necessary alotment of nominees can render a particular category. Better the Tony's just save face and have only three nominees. Or, having just gone over the "Pal Joey" reviews, only two.
If there is only two nominees than I think they should cancel the category that year. I thought it was very silly the year that Andrew Lloyd Webber won his score award for "Sunset Boulevard" with zero competition, and I mean literally zero, especially as they had cancelled book, score and other categories in the past.
Posts: 27161 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
Jane Fonda receives a second Tony nomination 49 years after her first one. That's amazing!
"Billy Elliot" ties the record for most nominations for a musical (fifteen), set by "The Producers" in 2001.
Raul Esparza is the second actor who manages to get nominated in all four acting categories. (the first one was Boyd Gaines). It's really impressive that Raul Esparza pulled off this feat in just six years. Here are his nominations: 2004: Featured Actor in a Musical, "Taboo" 2007: Leading Actor in a Musical, "Company" 2008: Featured Actor in a Play, "The Homecoming" 2009: Leading Actor in a Play, "Speed-the-Plow"
I know it's 5 noms are a surprise in and of themselves, but I would have liked to have seen a Scenic Design for Rock of Ages. They did a great job with the seedy rock bar and the other touches around the stage. LOL.
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Posts: 2450 | Location: Baltimore, MD (but originally from Alabama, southern at heart) | Registered: March 19, 2002
Wow, that *is* quite a run for Raúl Esparza. That seems quite a lucky streak. How many years did it take Gaines to get all 4 nominations?
Too bad for Kristin Scott Thomas. That makes a brilliant film performance snubbed by the Oscars and a brilliant stage performance snubbed by the Tonys in one year. That is quite an *unlucky* streak.
-WHOA! They love Billy Elliot! The show was nominated in EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY IT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR (including twice in the two featured categories).
-They also love Next to Normal! 11 nods is probably way more than they were expecting, including a nods for Jennifer Damiano, Scenic Design (it's scaffolding - take that 9 to 5) and Sound Design.
-They hate 9 to 5! 4 nominations. Holy smokes. Rock of Ages makes the cut instead. It would appear they really went with what they thought were the best musicals of the season irrespective of snob appeal or commercialism.
-Really surprised they went with 33 Variations over The American Plan for best play. Thought Richard Greenberg's name alone would carry AP into that final slot. In a way, though, it's justice...since American Plan is really not at all a new play (performed off-Broadway 20 years ago and has had many regional productions since.)
-The Seagull is totally--sadly--blanked, thanks probably to its early closing. Part of me suspects, given that Godot performed slightly under expectations, that it would have that slot if it were still running.
-Hey, I had a good time at God of Carnage, but...really? Everybody in the cast nominated in this insanely competitive year for acting, AND for Directing as well? Yikes. A little overkill, imo. I'd have been fine with Play, MGH and Gandolfini. It looks now like the presumptive winner -- and add onto that its sustained financial success -- it just might be. Dividing the Estate is still clearly the better play, if you ask me.
-I expect the double actress nominees from Mary Stuart and God of Carnage will now lead to a lot of Jane Fonda predictions. I'm not so sure it will go down that way. It's a race to watch.
-Featured Actress in a Play - LOVE THIS CATEGORY! I still think it should be Hallie Foote, but Amanda Root is nearly as deserving, and while I love Angela Lansbury...the woman has a mengarie at home.
-Nothing for Desire Under the Elms, not even in the design categories, is sort of surprising.
-Overall, an extraordinarily high quality of nominees this year. You can find at least two deserving recipients in every category.
Posts: 2803 | Location: New York, New York | Registered: August 08, 2003
David Bologna, nominated for Billy Elliot, shares his role with Frank Dolce (each do 4 performances a week). Because David performed on opening night, he got the nomination.
I can only assume the reason producers didn't petition to have both actors considered together as the Billy were is due to the fact that they were sincerely not expecting them to be nominated.
This is pretty wrong. The other kid does just as many shows a week.
Posts: 2803 | Location: New York, New York | Registered: August 08, 2003
Originally posted by stevie: No Aaron Tveit, no Carla Guigino. But "Guys and Dolls" gets nominated even though it received horrible reviews.
A typical year for the Tony's.
Just because there are four slots to fill "Guys and Dolls" was going to be nominated. It was inevitable.
Yes yes, I know.
It just shows how worthless having a necessary alotment of nominees can render a particular category. Better the Tony's just save face and have only three nominees. Or, having just gone over the "Pal Joey" reviews, only two.
If there is only two nominees than I think they should cancel the category that year. I thought it was very silly the year that Andrew Lloyd Webber won his score award for "Sunset Boulevard" with zero competition, and I mean literally zero, especially as they had cancelled book, score and other categories in the past.
I'm not a fan of the idea of cancelling a category...Original score really is the only such category that could ever be cancelled in my book. All the cats that have separate awards for musicals and plays could be combined if needed, and acting cats can be combined as well leading performance in a musical instead lead actor and lead actress, etc. they wouldn't do that though...because gender has to be separate and all that.
Originally posted by R2684: Something else that should be pointed out...
David Bologna, nominated for Billy Elliot, shares his role with Frank Dolce (each do 4 performances a week). Because David performed on opening night, he got the nomination.
I can only assume the reason producers didn't petition to have both actors considered together as the Billy were is due to the fact that they were sincerely not expecting them to be nominated.
This is pretty wrong. The other kid does just as many shows a week.
This is egregious, and this injustice pretty much assures that Bologna doesn't have a chance of winning. Imagine how hurt the other kid must feel....everyone and everything associated with the production is nominated except him.
It also makes it harder for Bologna to have a chance at winning...not that he really had much of one to begin with...since the statistical logic assumes that half of the Tony voters won't even see him!
Posts: 2803 | Location: New York, New York | Registered: August 08, 2003
No one seems to be mentioning inflation. Is BILLY ELLIOT's 15 nods really that impressive in talking about the history of the Tony awards. I don't think it's as impressive as THE PRODUCERS 15 nods, why because when the THE PRODUCERS got the 15 there wasn't separate cats for plays and musicals in the tech fields.
I think it's just as impressive. They got two nods apiece in Featured Actress and Actor - a big deal; they were nominated in every eligible category - how often has that happened, even since they separated the design categories? - and there were something like 15 musicals on Broadway this season.
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Posts: 2803 | Location: New York, New York | Registered: August 08, 2003
I agree that it's a pretty impressive accomplishment. The nominators obviously went gaga over BE. N2N also snagged an impressive number of noms. I'm not filling out any ballots or making any predictions until I return from NYC at the end of the month. I want my choices to be informed to some extent. I'll be seeing "Billy Elliot", "9 to 5", "Next to Normal", "Hair", and "Blithe Spirit".
When I have some time this weekend, though, I do plan to offer a more extensive reaction and analysis of the noms themselves.
Another very impressive accomplishment this year was "God of Carnage" getting two nods for Leading Actor and Leading Actress in Play. Has that ever happened before? And this was a seriously competitive year for both those categories.
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