The Tony nominations were announced this morning, and A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder leads the pack with 10 nominations, with Hedwig and the Angry Inch in second place with eight nominations.
Although the Tony rules changed this year to allow for additional nominees in the Best Show categories, the only category that has an additional nominee is Best Play, with five nominees. Tony voters proved once again that they have very short memories. The four musicals that are no longer playing received one nomination among them – a Best Actress nod for A Night With Janis Joplin. The six original plays that are no longer playing received three nominations among them.
With the nominations announced, there is plenty of good news for A Gentlemen’s Guide, Hedwig, After Midnight (which most did not expect to receive many nominations), Beautiful, Aladdin, and Violet. There is bad news for If/Then and Cabaret, who only got two nominations apiece.
Here is the full list of nominees!
Musical Categories
Best Musical
• After Midnight
• Aladdin
• Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Best Revival of a Musical
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Les Misérables
• Violet
Best Book of a Musical
• Aladdin – Chad Beguelin
• Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath
• Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
• Aladdin – Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin
• The Bridges of Madison County – Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Music: Steven Lutvak, Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven
Lutvak
• If/Then – Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Brian Yorkey
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
• Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Ramin Karimloo, Les Misérables
• Andy Karl, Rocky the Musical
• Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
• Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
• Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin
• Sutton Foster, Violet
• Idina Menzel, If/Then
• Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Kelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
• Danny Burstein, Cabaret
• Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway
• Joshua Henry, Violet
• James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
• Jarrod Spector, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
• Linda Emond, Cabaret
• Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Anika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Adriane Lenox, After Midnight
• Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Best Direction of a Musical
• Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
• Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Leigh Silverman, Violet
• Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Best Scenic Design of a Play
• Beowulf Boritt, Act One
• Bob Crowley, The Glass Menagerie
• Es Devlin, Machinal
• Christopher Oram, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
• Christopher Barreca, Rocky
• Julian Crouch, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
• Santo Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway
Best Costume Design of a Musical
• Linda Cho, ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder‘
• William Ivey Long, ‘Bullets Over Broadway‘
• Arianne Phillips, ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch‘
• Isabel Toledo, ‘After Midnight‘
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
• Kevin Adams, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Christopher Akerlind, Rocky
• Howell Binkley, After Midnight
• Donald Holder, The Bridges of Madison County
Best Sound Design of a Musical
• Peter Hylenski, After Midnight
• Tim O’Heir, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Mick Potter, Les Misérables
• Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Choreography
• Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
• Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine, Rocky the Musical
• Casey Nicholaw, Aladdin
• Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway
Best Orchestrations
• Doug Besterman, Bullets Over Broadway
• Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
• Steve Sidwell, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Jonathan Tunick, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Play Categories
Best Play
• Act One – Author: James Lapine
• All the Way – Author: Robert Schenkkan
• Casa Valentina – Author: Harvey Fierstein
• Mothers and Sons – Author: Terrence McNally
• Outside Mullingar – Author: John Patrick Shanley
Best Revival of a Play
• The Cripple of Inishmaan
• The Glass Menagerie
• A Raisin in the Sun
• Twelfth Night
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
• Samuel Barnett, Twelfth Night
• Bryan Cranston, All the Way
• Chris O’Dowd, Of Mice and Men
• Mark Rylance, Richard III
• Tony Shalhoub, Act One
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
• Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons
• LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun
• Cherry Jones, The Glass Menagerie
• Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
• Estelle Parsons, The Velocity of Autumn
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
• Reed Birney, Casa Valentina
• Paul Chahidi, Twelfth Night
• Stephen Fry, Twelfth Night
• Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night
• Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
• Sarah Greene, The Cripple of Inishmaan
• Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie
• Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun
• Anika Noni Rose, A Raisin in the Sun
• Mare Winningham, Casa Valentina
‘Best Direction of a Play
• Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night
• Michael Grandage, The Cripple of Inishmaan
• Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
• John Tiffany, The Glass Menagerie
Best Costume Design of a Play
• Jane Greenwood, Act One
• Michael Krass, Machinal
• Rita Ryack, Casa Valentina
• Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night
Best Sound Design of a Play
• Alex Baranowski, The Cripple of Inishmaan
• Steve Canyon Kennedy, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
• Dan Moses Schreier, Act One
• Matt Tierney, Machinal
Best Lighting Design of a Play
• Paule Constable, ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan‘
• Jane Cox, ‘Machinal‘
• Natasha Katz, ‘The Glass Menagerie‘
• Japhy Weideman, ‘Of Mice and Men‘
List of Shows By Number of Nominations:
– A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder – 10
– Hedwig and the Angry Inch – 8
– After Midnight – 7
– Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – 7
– The Glass Menagerie – 7
– Twelfth Night – 7
– Bullets Over Broadway – 6
– The Cripple of Inishmaan – 6
– Act One – 5
– Aladdin – 5
– A Raisin in the Sun – 5
– The Bridges of Madison County – 4
– Casa Valentina – 4
– Machinal – 4
– Rocky – 4
– Violet – 4
– Les Misérables – 3
– All the Way – 2
– Cabaret – 2
– If/Then – 2
– Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill – 2
– Mothers and Sons – 2
– Of Mice and Men – 2
– A Night with Janis Joplin – 1
– Outside Mullingar – 1
– Richard III – 1
– The Velocity of Autumn – 1
Source: Playbill
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