It’s awards season in the American theater and, this week, nominations were announced for the 66th annual Tony Awards, honoring excellence on Broadway. Fox Theatre regulars, take note. These are the shows likely to hit the road in the next few seasons.
The awards telecast airs live June 10 on CBS from the Beacon Theatre. Neil Patrick Harris will again host.
Once, a modest musical about two Irish musicians in love, adapted from the 2007 award-winning movie of the same name, earned the most nominations with 11. Two Gershwin musicals, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It, earned 10 nominations each.
All four best-play nominees, including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Clybourne Park — which features former Atlanta actor Crystal Dickinson — first had successful off-Broadway runs. The other nominees: Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities and Peter and the Starcatcher, which features Christian Borle (composer Tom Levitt on TV’s “Smash”).
Productions left out of the nominations included Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, which took the 2010 Olivier Award for best play in London; “Smash” creator Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar; Private Lives, which featured Kim Cattrall; the three plays titled Relatively Speaking; the basketball drama Magic/Bird; and David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish. The only musical without a nomination was the Godspell revival. The nominations are as follows:
Best play
- Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
- Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
- Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys)
- Venus in Fur by David Ives
Best musical
- Leap of Faith
- Newsies
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Once
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 Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Jesus Christ Superstar
Best book of a musical
- Lysistrata Jones by Douglas Carter Beane
- Newsies by Harvey Fierstein
- Nice Work If You Can Get It by Joe DiPietro
- Once by Enda Walsh
Best original score
- Bonnie & Clyde, music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black
- Newsies, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman
- One Man, Two Guvnors, music and lyrics by Grant Olding
- Peter and the Starcatcher, music by Wayne Barker, lyrics by Rick Elice
Leading actor — 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 and Boy
- John Lithgow, The Columnist
Leading actress — play
- Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
- Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
- Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
- Linda Lavin, The Lyons
- Cynthia Nixon, Wit
Leading actor — musical
- Danny Burstein, Follies
- Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
- Steve Kazee, Once
- Norm Lewis, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Ron Raines, Follies
Leading actress — play
- Jan Maxwell, Follies
- Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Cristin Milioti, Once
- Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde
Featured actor — play
- Christian Borle, Peter and 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
Featured actress — play
- Linda Emond, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
- Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
- Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
- Condola Rashad, Stick Fly
Featured actor — musical
- Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Michael Cerveris, Evita
- David Alan Grier, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar
Featured actress — musical
- Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
- Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
- Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical
Scenic design — play
- John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
- Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
- Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
- Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Scenic design — musical
- Bob Crowley, Once
- Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical
- Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
- George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Costume design — play
- William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner
- Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
- Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
- Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher
Costume design — musical
- Gregg Barnes, Follies
- ESosa, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
- Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Lighting design — play
- Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
- Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
- Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities
Lighting design — musical
- Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Natasha Katz, Follies
- Natasha Katz, Once
- Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical
Sound design — 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 and the Starcatcher
Sound design — musical
- Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Clive Goodwin, Once
- Kai Harada, Follies
- Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Choreography
- Rob Ashford, Evita
- Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
- Steven Hoggett, Once
- Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Direction — play
- Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
- Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
- Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
- Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best direction — musical
- Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
- Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Diane Paulus, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- John Tiffany, Once
Orchestrations
- William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
- Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Martin Lowe, Once
- Danny Troob, Newsies
