Full Tony Nominations Out! (from the official website)- Page 2

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:38am

And congrats to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater for winning the Regional Theatre Award!

CBS is airing the nods now.

[NDR]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:38am

So happy that YF didn't receive a best musical nod.

[aliciag]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:39am

Yay for Loretta Ables Sayre! And de'Adre Aziza, good for her! I definitely didn't see that one coming.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:39am

In The Heights got 13 (yay!) followed by 11 for South Pacific :)

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:40am

Little Mermaid should have the spot? Seriously? I saw it and thought it was absolutely dreadful, I am very happy it is not up for Best Musical. I don't need to see Cry Baby to assume that it is better.

Yay for Passing Strange getting 9 nominations.

Also, Sondheim :)

[skb2010]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:40am

Woo chicago too!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:40am

I think In the Heights has the most (13).

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:40am

I am SOOOOO SUPRISED with CRY-BABY!!!!

over A CATERED AFFAIR?

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:41am

Yayyyyy Kate Fleetwood! About effing time!

And double yayyyy for Conleth Hill and Jim Norton! If only they could have recognized all five men from The Seafarer for their wonderful performances.

[DeadParrot2]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:42am

Cry Baby is a bit of a shock, but nothing astounds me more than the nomination given to Grease. Did they see the shows?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:42am

In The Heights - 13
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - 11
Sunday in the Park with George - 9
August: Osage County - 7
Gypsy - 7
Passing Strange - 7
Boeing-Boeing - 6
Macbeth - 6
The 39 Steps - 6
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 5
Cry-Baby - 4
Rock 'n' Roll - 4
The Seafarer - 4
Xanadu - 4
A Catered Affair - 3
The Homecoming - 3
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein - 3
The Little Mermaid - 2
Come Back, Little Sheba - 1
Cyrano de Bergerac - 1
Grease - 1
Is He Dead? - 1
Mauritius - 1
November - 1
Thurgood - 1
Top Girls - 1

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:42am

I am dispointed that CYRANO DE BERGERAC did not get nominations on Play Revival???

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:43am

13 noms ! Awesome !! Have to say, really surpised that Mary Testa did not get a nomination !

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:43am

Did they take the list down from the Tony website?

I just turned it on a couple minutes ago, so I missed the first few.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:43am

GYPSY - Costume Design?

WHAT!?

They really hated A CATERED AFFAIR, huh?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:43am

Awww, yay Raul!!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:44am

The 2007-2008 Tony Award nominations were announced May 13 by Tony Award winners Sara Ramirez and David Hyde Pierce at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Nominees for Best Musical include Cry-Baby, In the Heights, Passing Strange and Xanadu.

Nominees for the 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards follow:

Best Play:
August: Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

Best Musical:
Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby, Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In the Heights, Quiara Alegria Hudes
Passing Strange, Stew
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score
Cry-Baby, Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
In The Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid, Music: Alan Menken and Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew

Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereueses
Mabceth

Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park With George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park With George

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Robin De Jesús, In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In The Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights
Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
Anthony Ward, Macbeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park with George
Anna Louizos, In The Heights
Robin Wagner, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play
Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps

Best Costume Design of a Musical
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley, In The Heights
Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play
Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock 'n' Roll
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre


Updated On: 5/13/08 at 08:44 AM

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:45am

I'm so glad the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre got the award! Congrats!!

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:46am

Can't believe it!!

Rufus and Raúl! YAY!!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:46am

And they did permit GREASE to get the sympathy fill-in nod. Ugh.

[harris007]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:46am

i have a feeling THE DEER are behind this

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:46am

I can't believe CRY BABY. How was AFFAIR snubbed like this?

I had a feeling GYPSY was going to get a costume nomination. I happen to like the costumes.


I am so THRILLED for Sondheim!

[buddharich]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:48am

I knew the featrured actress cateogry would have major snubs, but de'Adre Aziza over Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Alli Mauzey, Karen Olivo, Leigh Ann Larkin, Harriet Harris, Leslie Kritzer, Mary Beth Peil? Crazy!

Other surpirses: Cry-Baby! Not much love for A Catered Affair! Top Girls only getting one nom (but for a personal favorite, Martha Plimpton!). Rock n' Roll did much better than I thought it would (both Rufus & Sinead got nominations). Grease was nominated. David Pittu but not Norbert Leo Butz. None of the men from August: Osage County. Arthur Laurents, not a surprise, I thought so.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:48am

David Hyde Pierce was so thrilled that he got choked up.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:48am

Overall I think they were pretty good. Besides some maybe some too much Cry Baby love.