~ff~'s Tony Nominee Fact Sheet

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:59am

I compiled the following list in an e-mail attempt to keep my friends informed about the Tonys.
I don't know if it'll be helpful to anyone here, but I thought I'd post it just for the heck of it.
Enjoy!


And please add/correct information if you feel moved to do so. :)

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They will be airing Sunday, June 5 on CBS, and I want to make
sure that you're all pumped up and ready to see them. Therefore,
I have compiled a list of all the nominated shows for your
convenience (I am the biggest loser EVER).

Here is a list (by type, then alphabetically) of all the nominated
productions. I indicated revivals with (r). I put on their websites
(I especially recommend looking at the websites of the musicals,
as many have clips of music to listen to). I also attached little
additional pieces of information that I thought you might find
interesting.

I also recommend checking out:
https://www.broadway.com (the opening night videos are most fun)
https://www.tonyawards.com (trivia and information)
https://www.broadwayworld.com (the message boards are a blast)


~TONY LIST~


NOMINATED PLAYS


Democracy
- Best Play
*** This drama closed in April after 173 performances


Doubt
~ https://www.doubtonbroadway.com/
- Best Play
- Leading Actor in a Play (Br’an F. O'Byrne)
- Leading Actress in a Play (Cherry Jones)
- Featured Actress in a Play (Heather Goldenhersh)
- Featured Actress in a Play (Adriane Lenox)
- Best Scenic Design of a Play (John Lee Beatty)
- Best Lighting Design of a Play (Pat Collins)
- Best Direction of a Play (Doug Hughes)
***John Patrick Shanley won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for drama
with this play.
*** All 4 performers were nominated for their acting.
*** This is Cherry Jones' 4th Tony nomination. She won for "The
Heiress" (1995).
***This is Br’an F. O'Byrne's 4th Tony nomination. He won last
year for "Frozen".
*** John Lee Beatty has been nominated 10 times, but has only
won once, for his first Broadway design: "Talley's Folly"(1980)
*** This is Pat Collins' 3rd nomination for lighting design. She won
for "I'm Not Rappaport" (1986).
*** Doug Hughes was nominated last year for his direction of
"Frozen".


Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (r)
- Best Revival of a Play
- Leading Actor in a Play (Bill Irwin)
- Leading Actress in a Play (Kathleen Turner)
- Featured Actor in a Play (David Harbour)
- Featured Actress in a Play (Mireille Enos)
- Best Costume Design of a Play (Jane Greenwood)
*** This is Jane Greenwood's 15th Tony nomination. She has
NEVER WON! She has designed over 100 Broadway shows
(including a previous production of "Virginia Woolf" and this year's
production of "On Golden Pond").
*** In the past Bill Irwin has been nominated for Best Play (as a
writer), Best Direction, and Best Choreography. This is his
second nomination for Best Actor. He has never won.
*** This is Kathleen Turner's 2nd nomination.


Gem of the Ocean
~ https://www.gemoftheocean.com/
- Best Play
- Leading Actress in a Play (Phylicia Rashad)
- Best Scenic Design of a Play (David Gallo)
- Best Costume Design of a Play (Constanza Romero)
- Best Lighting Design of a Play (Donald Holder)
*** Last year, Phylicia Rashad became the first African-American
woman to win Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance
in "A Raisin in the Sun".
*** This is play 9 in a 10-play cycle by August Wilson about
African-American Life.
***Donald Holder is also nominated in this category for his lighting
of "A Streetcar Named Desire". He also designed two musicals
this year ("All Shook Up" and "La Cage aux Folles")


Glengarry Glen Ross (r)
~ https://www.glengarryglenross.biz/
- Best Revival of a Play
- Featured Actor in a Play (Alan Alda)
- Featured Actor in a Play (Gordon Clapp)
- Featured Actor in a Play (Liev Screiber)
- Best Scenic Design of a Play (Santo Loquasto)
- Best Direction of a Play (Joe Mantello)
*** Director Joe Mantello has won back-to-back Tonys for his
direction of "Take Me Out" (2003) and "Assassins" (2004). He
has had a total of 4 nomintations for directing (including for
"Wicked") and 1 for acting ("Angels in America"). He also directed
this year's "Laugh Whore", which is nominated for "Special
Theatrical Event".
*** This is Alan Alda's 3rd nomination.
*** This is Santo Loquasto's 12th nomination. He has won 3 times.


On Golden Pond (r)
~ https://www.goldenpondonbroadway.com/
- Best Revival of a Play
- Leading Actor in a Play (James Earl Jones)
*** James Earl Jones has been nominated for 2 previous Tony
Awards, and he won both of them.


The Pillowman
~ https://www.pillowmanonbroadway.com/
- Best Play
- Leading Actor in a Play (Billy Crudup)
- Featured Actor in a Play (Michael Stuhlbarg)
- Best Scenic Design of a Play (Scott Pask)
- Best Lighting Design of a Play (Brian MacDevitt)
- Best Direction of a Play (John Crowley)
*** This is Billy Crudup's 2nd nomination.
*** Scott Pask (who did both Scenic and Costume design) also
designed for "Sweet Charity" and "La Cage aux Folles" this year.
*** Briant McDevitt also designed lighting for "Sweet Charity",
"Good Vibrations" and "Pacific Overtures" this year. This is his
5th nomination. He won for "Into the Woods" (2002).


Reckless
~ https://www.mtc-nyc.org/reckless/index.htm
- Leading Actress in a Play (Mary-Louise Parker)
***This is her 3rd nomination. She won for "Proof" (2001).


The Rivals (r)
~ https://www.lct.org/calendar/event_detail.cfm?ID_event=71768373
- Featured Actress in a Play (Dana Ivey)
- Best Cosume Design of a Play (Jess Goldstein)
*** This play has been revived 9 times on Broadway
*** This is Dana Ivey's 4th nomination.


Sight Unseen
- Leading Actress in a Play (Laura Linney)
*** This is Laura Linney's 2nd nomination.


A Streetcar Named Desire
~ https://www.streetcar-54.com/
- Featured Actress in a Play (Amy Ryan)
- Best Costume Design of a Play (William Ivey Long)
- Best Lighting Design of a Play (Donald Holder)
*** This production stars John C. Reilly and Natasha Richardson.
*** This is Amy Ryan's 2nd nomination.
*** William Ivey Long has been nominated 10 times, but this is his
first for a play. He is also nominated this year for "La Cage aux
Folles". He has won for "Crazy for You" (1992), "The Producers"
(2001), and "Hairspray" (2003).
***Donald Holder is also nominated for "Gem of the Ocean". He
also designed two musicals this year ("All Shook Up" and "La
Cage aux Folles").


Twelve Angry Men (r)
- Best Revival of a Play
- Leading Actor in a Play (Philip Bosco)
- Best Direction of a Play (Scott Ellis)
*** Philip Bosco is now playing Grandpa Potts in
the musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
*** This is Philip Bosco's 6th nomination. He won for "Lend Me a
Tenor" (1989)
*** Scott Ellis also worked on "A Streetcar Named
Desire" and "Pacific Overtures" this year. He has had 3 previous
nominations for directing, all of which were for musicals.



NOMINATED MUSICALS


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
~ https://www.chittythemusical.com
- Leading Actress in a Musical (Erin Dilly)
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Marc Kudisch)
- Featured Actress in a Musical (Jan Maxwell)
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Anthony Ward)
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Mark Henderson)
*** This is Marc Kudisch's 2nd nomination.
*** This is Anthony Ward's 2nd nomination.
*** This is Mark Henderson's 3rd nomination.


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
~ https://www.dirtyrottenscoundrelsthemusical.com/
- Best Musical
- Best Book of a Musical
- Best Original Score
- Leading Actor in a Musical (Norbert Leo Butz)
- Leading Actor in a Musical (John Lithgow)
- Leading Actress in a Musical (Sherie Rene Scott)
- Featured Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason)
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Kenneth Posner)
- Best Direction of a Musical (Jack O'Brien)
- Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell)
- Best Orchestrations (Harold Wheeler)
*** This is Norbert Leo Butz's 2nd Tony nomination.
*** This is John Lithgow's 5th Tony nomination. He has won in the
past for "The Changing Room" (1973) and "The Sweet Smell of
Success" (2002).
*** This is Joanna Gleason's 3rd nomination. She won
Leading Actress for the musical "Into the Woods" as The Baker's
Wife (1988 ). She is the daughter of Monty Hall (of television's
"Let's Make a Deal!")
*** This is Kenneth Posner's 4th nomination.
*** Jack O'Brien has won back-to-back Tony's for his direction of
"Hairspray"(2003) and "Henry IV"(2004). This is his 9th
nomination.
***Jerry Mitchell has earned 5 nominations in 5 years. He is also
nominated for "La Cage aux Folles" this year.
*** This is Harold Wheeler's 6th nomination for orchestrations.
*** The cast will be performing the number "Great Big Stuff"
at the Tony Awards.


La Cage Aux Folles (r)
~ https://www.lacage.com/
- Best Revival of a Musical
- Leading Actor in a Musical (Gary Beach)
- Best Costume Design of a Musical (William Ivey Long)
- Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell)
*** This is Gary Beach's 3rd nomination. He won for "The
Producers" (2001).
*** William Ivey Long has been nominated 10 times. He is
nominated this year for "A Streetcar Named Desire" as well.  He
also designed this year's "Sweet Charity" and "The Frogs". He
has won for "Crazy for You" (1992), "The Producers" (2001), and
"Hairspray" (2003).
***Jerry Mitchell has earned 5 nominations in 5 years. He is also
nominated for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" this year.
*** The cast will be performing at the Tony Awards, but they have
not yet announced what.


The Light in the Piazza
~ https://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/piazza/
- Best Musical
- Best Book of a Musical
- Best Original Score
- Leading Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark)
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Matthew Morrison)
- Featured Actress in a Musical (Kelli O'Hara)
- Best Scenic Design in a Musical (Michael Yeargan)
- Best Costume Design of a Musical (Catharine Zuber)
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Christopher Akerlind)
- Best Direction of a Musical (Bartlett Sher)
- Best Orchestrations (Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce
Coughlin)
*** Costume Designer Catherine Zuber also designed for "Little
Women" and "Doubt" this year.
*** This is Christopher Akerlind's 2nd nomination. He also
designed this year's "Reckless".
*** The cast will be performing the opening number, "Statues and
Stories" at the Tonys.


Little Women, the Musical
~ https://www.littlewomenonbroadway.com/
- Leading Actress in a Musical (Sutton Foster)
*** Sutton Foster won a Tony for "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
(2002)


Monty Python's Spamalot
~ https://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/
- Best Musical
- Best Book of a Musical
- Best Original Score
- Leading Actor in a Musical (Hank Azaria)
- Leading Actor in a Musical (Tim Curry)
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael McGrath)
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Sieber)
- Featured Actress in a Musical (Sara Ramirez)
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley)
- Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tim Hatley)
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Hugh Vanstone)
- Best Direction of a Musical (Mike Nichols)
- Best Choreography (Casey Nicholaw)
- Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman)
*** This is Tim Curry's 3rd nomination.
*** Tim Hatley is nominated for both Scenic Design and Costume
Design. He won for Scenic Design for "Private Lives" (2002).
*** Mike Nichols has been nominated 17 times in three categories
(Special Event, Direction, Play). He has won 8 times. He directed
"Whoopi" this year, which is nominated for Special Theatrical
Event.
*** The cast will be performing at the Tony Awards, but they have
not yet announced what.


Pacific Overtures (r)
- Best Revival of a Musical
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rumi Matsui)
- Best Costume Design of a Musical (Junko Koshino)
- Best Orchestrations (Jonathan Tunick)
*** With this show, Amon Miyamoto became the first Japanese
director ever to work on Broadway.


Sweet Charity (r)
~ https://www.sweetcharitythemusical.com/
- Best Revival of a Musical
- Leading Actress in a Musical (Christina Applegate)
- Best Choreography (Wayne Cilento)
*** Wayne Cilento has been nominated 7 times (including one
nomination for acting). He won for "The Who's Tommy"(1993)
*** The cast will perform a medley of songs from this Cy Coleman/
Dorothy Fields/Neil Simon musical at the Tony Awards.


The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
~ https://www.spellingbeethemusical.com/
- Best Musical
- Best Book of a Musical
- Best Original Score
- Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler)
- Featured Actress in a Musical (Celia Keenan-Bolger)
- Best Direction of a Musical (James Lapine)
*** James Lapine has been nominated for a total of 11 Tonys (in
categories of Direction and Book of a Musical). He has won for
his writing of "Into the Woods", "Falsettos", and "Passion" and
won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of "Sunday in the Park with
George". He has never won for directing.
*** Only 2 of the 9 cast members have previous
Broadway credits.
*** The cast will be performing portions of two songs at the Tonys: 
their opening number "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee" and "Prayer of the Comfort Counselor".



NOMINATED SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENTS


Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!
~ https://www.dame-edna.com/
- Best Special Theatrical Event


Laugh Whore
~ https://laughwhore.com/
- Best Special Theatrical Event


700 Sundays
- Best Special Theatrical Event


Whoopi The 20th Anniversary Show
- Best Special Theatrical Event
*** Whoopi produced the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie",
which won the Tony for Best Musical (2002)

Updated On: 5/30/05 at 01:59 AM

[shira467]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:20am

FF -- dare I say, you have to much time on your hands. But welldone!

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:27am

Maybe I didn't see it, but you missed that David Yazbek was nominated for The Full Monty as well - I think he was...

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 2:32am

Wow. That was a LOT of work.

I hope that your friends appreciate it.

Thanks for sharing.

Posted: 5/30/05 at 3:20am

I don't know whether your friends appreciate it, but I sure do! Thanks for all your time, effort and the willingness to share

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 4:09am

Great job FF! A one-stop resource to the 2005 Tony Awards!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 7:54am

~FF~, you officially rule!

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 8:03am

Great Job! Love it!

[Ragtime322]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 8:50am

Almost - Pat Collins, the LD for Doubt is a SHE not a HE.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 9:28am

"Norbert Leo Butz's 2nd Tony nomination"
What was his first? Fantastic list!
Updated On: 5/30/05 at 09:28 AM

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 9:35am

It was for his performance in Thou Shalt Not in 2002.

[cserannie]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 9:54am

This is cool, thanks for the info.

Updated On: 5/30/05 at 09:54 AM

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:07am

After all the work you put into that list, your friends had *better* watch the Tonys!

Great job, thanks for sharing.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:16am

Wow. That's incredible. Thanks for sharing!!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:21am

Sheesh! That sheet is something! Great job!!!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 10:22am

Well, I'm printing that out and keeping it myself.
Awesome job.

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 11:37am

Updated On: 2/7/06 at 11:37 AM

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:00pm

Wow! Thanks for all the positive responses guys!
I had a lot of fun doing that...
I really like theatrical research.
I'm thinking about trying my hand at dramaturgy...
Any thoughts?


Thenadier, you're right. I only looked into the people who were named specifically in the poll on the Tony Awards site. David Yazbek has only had one other musical on Broadway, which was "The Full Monty". If my memory serves me correctly, it was nominated for several Tony Awards and walked away with none, as that was the year of "The Producers" record-making streak. Let's hope his second show doesn't get completely shut, there is another highly publicized work of comedy genius out this year... "Spamalot".


Ragtime322, thank you so much for letting me know about Pat Collins! I corrected it.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:51pm

I just realized NOW that I could have saved myself a heck of a lot of trouble if I'd bothered to look a little harder at the Tony Awards website...
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/index.html

[Kevo711]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 1:59pm

awesome FF... much appreciated!