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Tony Awards 2006 - Nominations

Wed, 17 May 2006, 12:16 pm
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Tony Nominations were announced last night: Best Play The History Boys – Alan Bennett The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Martin McDonagh Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay Abaire Shining City – Conor McPherson Best Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Wedding Singer Best Book of a Musical The Color Purple – Marsha Norman The Drowsy Chaperone – Bob Martin and Don McKellar Jersey Boys – Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice The Wedding Singer – Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy Best Original Score The Color Purple – Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray The Drowsy Chaperone – Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison The Wedding Singer – Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin The Woman in White – Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel Best Revival of a Play Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee’s Seascape Faith Healer Best Revival of a Musical The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd The Threepenny Opera Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – Zeljko Ivanek Faith Healer – Ralph Fiennes The History Boys – Richard Griffiths The Lieutenant of Inishmore – David Wilmot Shining City – Oliver Platt Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play The Constant Wife – Kate Burton The Constant Wife – Lynn Redgrave Rabbit Hole – Cynthia Nixon Souvenir – Judy Kaye Well – Lisa Kron Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone – Bob Martin Jersey Boys – John Lloyd Young The Pajama Game – Harry Connick, Jr. Sweeney Todd – Michael Cerveris The Wedding Singer – Stephen Lynch Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life – Chita Rivera The Color Purple – LaChanze The Drowsy Chaperone – Sutton Foster The Pajama Game – Kelli O’Hara Sweeney Todd – Patti LuPone Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Awake and Sing! – Mark Ruffalo Awake and Sing! – Pablo Schreider The Faith Healer – Ian McDiarmid The History Boys – Samuel Barnett The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Domhnall Gleeson Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Awake and Sing! – Zoe Wanamaker The History Boys – Frances de la Tour The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Alison Pill Rabbit Hole – Tyne Daly Well – Jayne Houdyshell Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical The Color Purple – Brandon Victor Dixon The Drowsy Chaperone – Danny Burstein Jersey Boys – Christian Hoff Sweeney Todd – Manoel Felciano The Threepenny Opera – Jim Dale Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical The Color Purple – Felicia P. Fields The Color Purple – Elisabeth Withers-Mender The Drowsy Chaperone – Beth Leavel Lestat – Carolee Carmello The Pajama Game – Megan Lawrence Best Direction of a Play Awake and Sing! The History Boys The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole Best Direction of a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd Best Choreography The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone The Pajama Game The Wedding Singer Best Orchestration The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd Best Scenic Design of a Play Awake and Sing! The History Boys Rabbit Hole Three Days of Rain Best Scenic Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Best Costume Design of a Play Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee’s Seascape A Touch of the Poet Best Costume Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Lestat The Pajama Game Best Lighting Design of a Play Awake and Sing! Faith Healer The History Boys Three Days of Rain Best Lighting Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys Tarzan Special Tony Awards Harold Prince Sarah Jones Breakdown by show: Awake and Sing! Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Mark Ruffalo Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Pablo Schreider Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Zoe Wanamaker Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Zeljko Ivanek Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Chita Rivera The Color Purple Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – LaChanze Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Brandon Victor Dixon Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Felicia P. Fields Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Elisabeth Withers-Mender Best Choreography Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical The Constant Wife Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Kate Burton Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Lynn Redgrave Best Costume Design of a Play The Drowsy Chaperone Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Bob Martin Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Sutton Foster Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Danny Burstein Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Beth Leavel Best Direction of a Musical Best Choreography Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Faith Healer Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Ralph Fiennes Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Ian McDiarmid Best Lighting Design of a Play The History Boys Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Richard Griffiths Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Samuel Barnett Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Frances de la Tour Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play Jersey Boys Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – John Lloyd Young Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Christian Hoff Best Direction of a Musical Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Lestat Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Carolee Carmello Best Costume Design of a Musical The Lieutenant of Inishmore Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – David Wilmot Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Domhnall Gleeson Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Alison Pill Best Direction of a Play The Pajama Game Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Harry Connick, Jr. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Kelli O’Hara Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Megan Lawrence Best Direction of a Musical Best Choreography Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Rabbit Hole Best Play Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Cynthia Nixon Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Tyne Daly Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Edward Albee’s Seascape Best Revival of a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Shining City Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Oliver Platt Souvenir Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Judy Kaye Sweeney Todd Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Michael Cerveris Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Patti LuPone Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Manoel Felciano Best Direction of a Musical Best Orchestration Tarzan Best Lighting Design of a Musical Three Days of Rain Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play The Threepenny Opera Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Jim Dale A Touch of the Poet Best Costume Design of a Play The Wedding Singer Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Stephen Lynch Best Choreography Well Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Lisa Kron Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Jayne Houdyshell The Woman in White Best Original Score Breakdown by number of nominations: Thirteen Nominations The Drowsy Chaperone (Most Nominated Original Musical) Eleven Nominations The Color Purple Nine Nominations The Pajama Game (Most Nominated Musical Revival) Eight Nominations Awake and Sing! (Most Nominated Play Revival) Jersey Boys Seven Nominations The History Boys (Most Nominated Original Play) Six Nominations Sweeney Todd Five Nominations The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole The Wedding Singer Four Nominations The Constant Wife Faith Healer Two Nominations Lestat Edward Albee’s Seascape Shining City Three Days of Rain The Threepenny Opera Well One Nomination Bridge and Tunnel The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Souvenir Tarzan A Touch of the Poet The Woman in White No Nominations Absurd Person Singular After the Night and the Music Barefoot in the Park The Blonde in the Thunderbird Festen Hot Feet In My Life Latinologues Lennon Mark Twain Tonight! A Naked Girl on the Appian Way The Odd Couple Primo Ring of Fire Will be posting a brief analysis soon
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Paul TreasureWed, 17 May 2006, 12:16 pm
Tony Nominations were announced last night: Best Play The History Boys – Alan Bennett The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Martin McDonagh Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay Abaire Shining City – Conor McPherson Best Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Wedding Singer Best Book of a Musical The Color Purple – Marsha Norman The Drowsy Chaperone – Bob Martin and Don McKellar Jersey Boys – Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice The Wedding Singer – Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy Best Original Score The Color Purple – Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray The Drowsy Chaperone – Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison The Wedding Singer – Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin The Woman in White – Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel Best Revival of a Play Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee’s Seascape Faith Healer Best Revival of a Musical The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd The Threepenny Opera Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – Zeljko Ivanek Faith Healer – Ralph Fiennes The History Boys – Richard Griffiths The Lieutenant of Inishmore – David Wilmot Shining City – Oliver Platt Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play The Constant Wife – Kate Burton The Constant Wife – Lynn Redgrave Rabbit Hole – Cynthia Nixon Souvenir – Judy Kaye Well – Lisa Kron Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone – Bob Martin Jersey Boys – John Lloyd Young The Pajama Game – Harry Connick, Jr. Sweeney Todd – Michael Cerveris The Wedding Singer – Stephen Lynch Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life – Chita Rivera The Color Purple – LaChanze The Drowsy Chaperone – Sutton Foster The Pajama Game – Kelli O’Hara Sweeney Todd – Patti LuPone Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Awake and Sing! – Mark Ruffalo Awake and Sing! – Pablo Schreider The Faith Healer – Ian McDiarmid The History Boys – Samuel Barnett The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Domhnall Gleeson Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Awake and Sing! – Zoe Wanamaker The History Boys – Frances de la Tour The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Alison Pill Rabbit Hole – Tyne Daly Well – Jayne Houdyshell Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical The Color Purple – Brandon Victor Dixon The Drowsy Chaperone – Danny Burstein Jersey Boys – Christian Hoff Sweeney Todd – Manoel Felciano The Threepenny Opera – Jim Dale Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical The Color Purple – Felicia P. Fields The Color Purple – Elisabeth Withers-Mender The Drowsy Chaperone – Beth Leavel Lestat – Carolee Carmello The Pajama Game – Megan Lawrence Best Direction of a Play Awake and Sing! The History Boys The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole Best Direction of a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd Best Choreography The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone The Pajama Game The Wedding Singer Best Orchestration The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd Best Scenic Design of a Play Awake and Sing! The History Boys Rabbit Hole Three Days of Rain Best Scenic Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Pajama Game Best Costume Design of a Play Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee’s Seascape A Touch of the Poet Best Costume Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Lestat The Pajama Game Best Lighting Design of a Play Awake and Sing! Faith Healer The History Boys Three Days of Rain Best Lighting Design of a Musical The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys Tarzan Special Tony Awards Harold Prince Sarah Jones Breakdown by show: Awake and Sing! Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Mark Ruffalo Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Pablo Schreider Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Zoe Wanamaker Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Zeljko Ivanek Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Chita Rivera The Color Purple Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – LaChanze Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Brandon Victor Dixon Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Felicia P. Fields Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Elisabeth Withers-Mender Best Choreography Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical The Constant Wife Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Kate Burton Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Lynn Redgrave Best Costume Design of a Play The Drowsy Chaperone Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Bob Martin Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Sutton Foster Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Danny Burstein Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Beth Leavel Best Direction of a Musical Best Choreography Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Faith Healer Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Ralph Fiennes Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Ian McDiarmid Best Lighting Design of a Play The History Boys Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Richard Griffiths Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Samuel Barnett Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Frances de la Tour Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play Jersey Boys Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – John Lloyd Young Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Christian Hoff Best Direction of a Musical Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Lestat Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Carolee Carmello Best Costume Design of a Musical The Lieutenant of Inishmore Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – David Wilmot Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – Domhnall Gleeson Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Alison Pill Best Direction of a Play The Pajama Game Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Harry Connick, Jr. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Kelli O’Hara Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Megan Lawrence Best Direction of a Musical Best Choreography Best Orchestration Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Rabbit Hole Best Play Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Cynthia Nixon Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Tyne Daly Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Edward Albee’s Seascape Best Revival of a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Shining City Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play – Oliver Platt Souvenir Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Judy Kaye Sweeney Todd Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Michael Cerveris Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Patti LuPone Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Manoel Felciano Best Direction of a Musical Best Orchestration Tarzan Best Lighting Design of a Musical Three Days of Rain Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play The Threepenny Opera Best Revival of a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Jim Dale A Touch of the Poet Best Costume Design of a Play The Wedding Singer Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Stephen Lynch Best Choreography Well Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Lisa Kron Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play – Jayne Houdyshell The Woman in White Best Original Score Breakdown by number of nominations: Thirteen Nominations The Drowsy Chaperone (Most Nominated Original Musical) Eleven Nominations The Color Purple Nine Nominations The Pajama Game (Most Nominated Musical Revival) Eight Nominations Awake and Sing! (Most Nominated Play Revival) Jersey Boys Seven Nominations The History Boys (Most Nominated Original Play) Six Nominations Sweeney Todd Five Nominations The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole The Wedding Singer Four Nominations The Constant Wife Faith Healer Two Nominations Lestat Edward Albee’s Seascape Shining City Three Days of Rain The Threepenny Opera Well One Nomination Bridge and Tunnel The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Souvenir Tarzan A Touch of the Poet The Woman in White No Nominations Absurd Person Singular After the Night and the Music Barefoot in the Park The Blonde in the Thunderbird Festen Hot Feet In My Life Latinologues Lennon Mark Twain Tonight! A Naked Girl on the Appian Way The Odd Couple Primo Ring of Fire Will be posting a brief analysis soon
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Paul TreasureWed, 17 May 2006, 04:27 pm

Tony Nominations - Paul's comments

So… Firstly… the new award for Best Replacement will not be given. Apparently Harvey Fierstein in Fiddler and Jonathan Pryce in Scoundrels were the only two performers to make it past the first hurdle, but then didn’t make it over the second. Best Play Alan Bennett (The History Boys) has previously won a Special Award in 1963 for Beyond the Fringe. History Boys leads the original plays with 7 nominations. Martin McDonagh (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) has 3 previous nominations 2005 The Pillowman; 1999 The Lonesome West and 1998 The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The Lieutenant of Inishmore has ended up with 5 nominations. First time nominations for Conor McPherson (Shining City) and David Lindsay Abaire (Rabbit Hole). Shining City only has one other nomination. Rabbit Hole, the only American play in the field, has five nominations. Best Musical With Drowsy Chaperone on 13 nominations and Color Purple on 11, this looks like a 2 horse race. Jersey Boys has 8 noms and Wedding Singer 5. Best Book of a Musical The same four shows as Best Musical are nominated here. Marsha Norman (The Color Purple) has previously won this category in 1991 for the Secret Garden, as well as being nominated Best Score in 1991 for The Secret Garden and Best Play in 1983 for ‘night Mother, which also won the Pulitzer. The writers of The Drowsy Chaperone; Jersey Boys and The Wedding Singer are all first time nominees. Although Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) is also nominated in Best Actor in a Musical. Best Original Score Jersey Boys was not eligible for this award, so it looks like Woman in White has been chosen to take its place. David Zippel (lyricist for The Woman in White) won this award in 1990 for the lyrics of City of Angels. Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer for The Woman in White) has won this award three times in 1995 for Sunset Boulevard; 1983 Cats and 1980 Evita. He has also been nominated a further 6 times. The Composers of The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone and the Wedding Singer are all first time nominees. Best Revival of a Play Awake and Sing! Leads the nominations with eight, more than any other play this year, original or revival. The others all have four or two nominations. Seascape is the only play two have been nominated for the Tony before, and won the Pulitzer in 1975. Best Revival of a Musical The Pajama Game (Best Musical 1955) leads the nominations with 9, ahead of Sweeney Todd (Best Musical 1979) with 6. This is definitely a two horse race. The Threepenny Opera with 2 nominations is the only other production eligible and I doubt they would have let a category go with only two nominees! I would be willing to bet that after the Tonys are announced there are only four musicals left standing: Drowsy Chaperone, Color Purple, Pajama Game and Sweeney Todd. With Chaperone having picked up the most. It seems like everyone else is in it just to make up numbers. Personally I now can’t wait for the awards to see the excerpts, especially The Drowsy Chaperone and Sweeney Todd. Although hopefully they will do Mack the Knife from Threepenny as well, that would be cool!
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