Outstanding New Broadway Play God of Carnage Irena's Vow reasons to be pretty 33 Variations
Outstanding New Broadway Musical Billy Elliot: The Musical Rock of Ages Shrek the Musical A Tale of Two Cities
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Becky Shaw Farragut North Ruined Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself) Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Happiness Rooms: A Rock Romance The Toxic Avenger What's That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Billy Elliot: The Musical Happiness Rooms: A Rock Romance Shrek The Musical
Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Blithe Spirit The Cripple of Inishmaan Joe Turner's Come and Gone The Norman Conquests Waiting for Godot
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Enter Laughing Hair Pal Joey West Side Story
Outstanding Director of a Play Garry Hynes, The Cripple of Inishmaan Anthony Page, Waiting for Godot Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations
Outstanding Director of a Musical Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical Arthur Laurents, West Side Story Jason Moore, Shrek the Musical Diane Paulus, Hair Susan Stroman, Happiness
Outstanding Choreographer Karole Armitage, Hair Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5 Peter Darling, Billy Elliot the Musical Josh Prince, Shrek the Musical Susan Stroman, Happiness
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical Santo Loquasto, Waiting for Godot Derek McLane, 33 Variations Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot the Musical Walt Spangler, Desire Under the Elms
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot the Musical Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical John Napier, Equus Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit Catherine Zuber, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Kevin Adams, Hair Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot the Musical David Hersey, Equus Peter Kaczorowski, Ruined David Lander, 33 Variations
Outstanding Actor in a Play Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow Bill Irwin, Waiting for Godot Nathan Lane, Waiting for Godot Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty
Outstanding Actress in a Play Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined Carla Gugino, Desire Under the Elms Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart
Outstanding Actor in a Musical James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities Matt Cavenaugh, West Side Story Brian d'Arcy James, Shrek the Musical Josh Grisetti, Enter Laughing David Pittu, What's That Smell? The Music of Jacob Sterling
Outstanding Actress in a Musical (TIE) Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical Megan Hilty, 9 to 5 Leslie Kritzer, Rooms A Rock Romance Nancy Opel, The Toxic Avenger Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Zach Grenier, 33 Variations John Benjamin Hickey, Mary Stuart Russell G. Jones, Ruined Patrick Page, A Man for All Seasons David Pearse, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit Andrea Martin, Exit the King Kristine Nielsen, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them Susan Louise O'Connor, Blithe Spirit Condola Rashad, Ruined
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Daniel Breaker, Shrek the Musical Aaron Simon Gross, 13 Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot the Musical Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical Wesley Taylor, Rock of Ages
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Kathy Fitzgerald, 9 to 5 Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical Karen Olivo, West Side Story Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot the Musical
Outstanding Solo Performance Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me Mike Burstyn, Lansky Mike Daisey, If You See Something, Say Something Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse Matt Sax, Clay
Outstanding Ensemble Performance The cast of The Norman Conquests: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root
John Gassner Award (Presented for an American Play, Preferably by a New Playwright) Annie Baker, Body Awareness Gina Gionfriddo, Becky Shaw Beau Willimon, Farragut North
Special Achievement Award For their performances in Billy Elliot: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish
[Dividing the Estate was considered last season and won the OCC Award for Outstanding New Play. Next to Normal was also considered last year and won the OCC Award for Outstanding Score. [title of show] was also eligible when it played Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre two years ago.]
Nominations talley for three or more:
Billy Elliot the Musical, 10 Shrek the Musical, 10 33 Variations, 5 Ruined, 5 Waiting for Godot, 5 West Side Story, 5 Blithe Spirit, 4 Hair, 4 Happiness, 4 The Cripple of Inishmaan, 3 Joe Turner's Come and Gone, 3 Mary Stuart, 3 9 to 5, 3 Rooms: A Rock Romance, 3
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The OCC nods often bear no resemblance to the Tony nominations, so, bear that in mind...
The lack of eligibility for "Next to Normal" and "Dividing the Estate" (both played Off-Broadway last season) is something else to keep in mind. Both will receive multiple Tony nominations and are leading contenders for Best Musical/Play.
"The Seagull" getting blanked is sort of shocking and won't happen at the Tonys. The mild reception for "9 to 5" (3 nods) is, sadly to say, sort of on par with the early preview buzz for the show. "Waiting for Godot" did extremely well - yet another big entrant in Revival of a Play.
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Also, with Alice Ripley and the cast of Dividing the Estate ineligible, plus the special awards for the Billy Elliot boys and the cast of The Norman Conquests, they have removed a number of the top Tony contenders from competition in these acting categories.
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I was surprised at the lack of love for 9 to 5 in the musical & score & lead actress categories. Surprised A Tale of Two Cities made it in. Wasn't it a critically reviled flop?
On the positive, glad to see 2 noms for Rock of Ages. I went to see it when I went to NYC. It was dumb goofy fun and everyone there had a blast!
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These noms are shocking! (And not in a good way.) I guess some of the omissions make sense, but I hope the Tonys in no way resemble these. I am really shocked that The Seagull and Equus weren't better represented. And the lukewarm response to 9 to 5 has me a little worried since I have tickets for it next month. So Title of Show was already eligible in a previous year? That's the only explanation that makes sense; otherwise, they got royally shafted!
I'm sure 9 to 5 will still be playing. I hope so at least. I want to take the train back up to NYC and go see it. I LOVE the movie. Let me know how it is :-)
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I think "9 to 5" is certainly a better bet than "Tale of Two Cities" for a Best Musical Tony nod, but word is the show is pretty disappointing and won't be competitive to actually win anything.
I think "Equus" might suffer a Tony shutout - wouldn't happen in any other year, but there has just been one superb play revival after another this season. "Equus" was good but not good enough.
"33 Variations" is weirdly over-represented here. I think Jane Fonda is likely for a Tony nod but that may be all it gets there.
No rulings on "West Side Story" yet. All other Marias have been Featured of course, but that means nothing.
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Updated with winners. Because of the incongruity in eligiblity in a lot of these races in terms of the Tonys, there isn't a lot to compare...but I did find it mildly surprising that Marcia Gay Harden bested both of the Mary Stuart ladies for Actress in a Play.
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