Can an actor be nominated for more than 1 Tony at a time?

[Casey14]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:12pm

Say if an actor or actress performed opening night for more than one show in the Tonys season, could they get nominated for Best featured or leading actor twice for both shows simultaneously?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:13pm

I know Jan Maxwell did in 2010.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:14pm

Talk to Jan Maxwell.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:18pm

Mark Rylance did it, as Richard III and Twelfth Night were considered separate productions for the Tonys.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:20pm

From the Tony Awards website:

Five individuals in Tony history have been nominated in two different performance categories in the same year.

Amanda Plummer was the first in 1982, when she was nominated as Best Actress in a Play for A Taste of Honey and Best Featured Actress in a Play for Agnes of God. She won for Agnes of God.

Dana Ivey made history in 1984 as an acting nominee for both a play and a musical. She was nominated as Best Featured Actress in a Play for Heartbreak House and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Sunday in the Park with George.

Kate Burton was nominated for two plays in 2002: Hedda Gabler (leading role) and The Elephant Man (featured).

Jan Maxwell was nominated twice in 2010, for the plays The Royal Family (lead) and Lend Me a Tenor (featured).

Mark Rylance snagged two nominations in 2014, for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (featured) and Richard III (lead). He won for Twelfth Night.
 

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:32pm

Maxwell was expected to win featured, right? Damn you, Miss Johansson.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:40pm

My memory might be playing tricks but I thought Zero Mostel won for RHINOCEROS. and FORUM in the same season

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:54pm

Dollypop said: "My memory might be playing tricks but I thought Zero Mostel won for RHINOCEROS. and FORUM in the same season

 

1961 for Rhinoceros, 1963 for Forum.

 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 5:56pm

Dollypop said: "My memory might be playing tricks but I thought Zero Mostel won for RHINOCEROS. and FORUM in the same season"

 

According to ibdb.com he won in 1961 for Rhinoceros and in 1963 for Forum. 

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 6:02pm

MadsonMelo said: "Maxwell was expected to win featured, right? Damn you, Miss Johansson.

 

Maxwell should have at least two Tonys by this point. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 6:12pm

Thanks for correcting my foggy memory

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 9:59pm

Interesting that this has happened a considerable number of times, but never in the same category. I know there have been plenty of actors who have been eligible twice in one category in one season, like Christian Borle just this year, but I guess none of those actors have ever been able to snag 2 slots.

I remember a few years ago Kenneth Posner took up 3 out of 4 slots in the Lighting Design category, and then lost to Hugh Vanstone for Matilda. That was interesting. Has anyone else every been nominated 3 times in the same category in the same season? 

EDIT - Answering my own question: Scott Rudin produced three of last year's nominees in the play revival category, so was technically nominated for all 3. He's seriously becoming the king of Broadway. Say what you will about him as a person, his IBDB page is just a laundry list of interesting, high quality shows. Though I bet plenty of producers have taken up 3 or more slots in one category. I wonder if any other artists have done it. 

Updated On: 6/19/17 at 09:59 PM