Full Tony Nominations Out! (from the official website)- Page 3

[Wanna Be A Foster]

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

I cannot believe Stew got a nomination over Cheyenne. Absurd.

And no Mary or Jackie.

[dry2olives]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:49am

The rules required that Grease be nominated. There were only 4 musical revivals and the committee is required to fill each category with a minimum number of nominees.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:49am

i agree with you all.....put a catered affair in the spot of crybaby for best musical. in the heights deserves to win this category. were the committee on drugs when they nominated crybaby for best musical?. i am rooting for in the heights.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:49am

I don't think I've ever used the word "squeed" but I squeed a little when I saw that Xanadu got more notice than Young Frankenstein and Little Mermaid.

Yay for the little show that could.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:50am

But MERMAID over AFFAIR for Best Score???

[buddharich]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:50am

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.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:51am

here you go again....


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

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:51am

Even though Cry-Baby wasn't great, at least I wasn't bored out of my mind like I was at A Catered Affair. Since no one apparently wanted to throw Mel Brooks or Disney a bone, it's the right mainstream choice.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:52am

I was sooo disapointed that A CATERED AFFAIR & CYRANO DE BERGERAC was overlooked!!!!!!

lord.have.mercy!

J*
Updated On: 5/13/08 at 08:52 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:52am

Yes, I must agree there. I enjoyed A CATERED AFFAIR, but if they wanted to go commercial, they picked the right one.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:52am

Hell, Netley. We're in hell.

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:53am

Who wouldn't get choked up announcing Stephen Sondheim's lifetime achievement award?

Surprised Kevin Kline wasn't given a nod - was hoping for an interesting competition between him and Patrick Stewart.

REALLY happy for Kerry Butler, Raul, and all the Passing Strange nods... surprised by Cry-Baby, but almost happy because I enjoy the slap in the face to Mel Brooks.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:53am

This is Stew learning he was ACTUALLY nominated for Cheyenne:

[RyToast1]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:54am

i can't wait to figure out my picks from the official nominees!!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:55am

Well, the saving grace is that Loretta Ables Sayre got a nod.

Thank God.

[harris007]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:58am

wow, cry baby?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:58am

STEW got 4 nominations - Best Actor (told ya so!!!), Book, Score, Orchestrations. He'll win Best Score, and, quite possibly, Orchestrations.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:59am

So glad for In The Heights!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

I am sooo happy for Chris Gattelli for getting a nod on choreography for SOUTH PACIFIC....


I told him last Sunday at "13"..that I think you will be nominated! and he told me... I HOPE SOO and I hope your words brings me luck!

Now, Chris.. you owe me a drink!

J*

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

Will I lose my dignity
Will someone care
Will I wake tomorrow from
This nightmare

And only ONE nod for Mauritius? No acting nods for The 39 Steps. Oh God.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

Stew for best actor in a musical??? There are many awful choices up there.

Here's hoping Xanadu wins best Musical!!!!

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

Happy that CRY-BABY got a little recognition. It is a good musical.

So happy for Andrea Martin and Chris Fitzgerald's noms!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:02am

SOUTH PACIFIC didnt get Orchestrations...

[jaystarr]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:03am

I cant get over CRY-BABY!!!!!!! I'm sorry guys...I just cant believe it!!!

Getting nominations over A CATERED AFFAIR & YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN! Its really a popularity contest!

I am beyond SHOCKED!!! I Cant even do my work (at work) anymore!!!

J*
Updated On: 5/13/08 at 09:03 AM

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:03am

No Francesca Zambini for LITTLE MERMAID??? HORRORS!