"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
Most of us can't type that fast, and are basically in shock from what is being announced. Hardcore. As soon as there is a comprehensive list, we'll post it.
No Erin Davie. SAD. But congrats to Hi-Fi for a nod.
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
This is cut and pasted from the Tony Awards email.
Best Play
The Coast of Utopia Author: Tom Stoppard Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett
Frost/Nixon Author: Peter Morgan Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Act Productions, David Binder, Debra Black, Annette Niemtzow/Harlene Freezer, The Weinstein Company, The Donmar Warehouse
The Little Dog Laughed Author: Douglas Carter Beane Producers: Roy Gabay, Susan Dietz, Morris Berchard, Steve Bozeman, Ted Snowdon, Jerry Frankel/Doug Nevin, Jennifer Manocherian/Ina Meibach, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard
Radio Golf Author: August Wilson Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Margo Lion, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Tamara Tunie/Wendell Pierce, Fran Kirmser, Bunting Management Group, George Frontiere and Open Pictures, Lauren Doll/Steven Greil & The August Wilson Group, Jack Viertel, Gordon Davidson
Best Musical
Curtains Producers: Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley, Center Theatre Group
Grey Gardens Producers: East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden, Edwin W. Schloss, Playwrights Horizons
Mary Poppins Producers: Disney, Cameron Mackintosh
Spring Awakening Producers: Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Atlantic Theater Company, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions
Best Book of a Musical
Curtains Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone
Grey Gardens Doug Wright
Legally Blonde The Musical Heather Hach
Spring Awakening Steven Sater
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Curtains Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes
Grey Gardens Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie
Legally Blonde The Musical Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Spring Awakening Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics: Steven Sater
Best Revival of a Play
Inherit the Wind Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Stephanie P. McClelland
Journey's End Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D'Orta, Philip Geier
Talk Radio Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe/Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs/Stylefour Productions, Irving Welzer/Herb Blodgett
Translations Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Emily Mann, Jeffrey Woodward
Best Revival of a Musical
The Apple Tree Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
A Chorus Line Producer: Vienna Waits Productions
Company Producers: Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Darren Bagert, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
110 in the Shade Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
Best Special Theatrical Event
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment
Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Boyd Gaines, Journey's End Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Brían F. O'Byrne, The Coast of Utopia Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten Swoosie Kurtz, Heartbreak House Angela Lansbury, Deuce Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik Raúl Esparza, Company Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde The Musical Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade Debra Monk, Curtains Donna Murphy, LoveMusik
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf Stark Sands, Journey's End
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy Dana Ivey, Butley Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Christian Borle, Legally Blonde The Musical John Cullum, 110 in the Shade John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening David Pittu, LoveMusik
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Charlotte d'Amboise, A Chorus Line Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins Orfeh, Legally Blonde The Musical Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens Karen Ziemba, Curtains
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia Jonathan Fensom, Journey's End David Gallo, Radio Golf Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins Christine Jones, Spring Awakening Anna Louizos, High Fidelity Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens
Best Costume Design of a Play
Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House Santo Loquasto, Inherit the Wind Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Legally Blonde The Musical Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, Coram Boy Brian MacDevitt, Inherit the Wind Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia Jason Taylor, Journey's End
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening Christopher Akerlind, 110 in the Shade Howard Harrison, Mary Poppins Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens
Best Direction of a Play
Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon David Grindley, Journey's End Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia Melly Still, Coram Boy
Best Direction of a Musical
John Doyle, Company Scott Ellis, Curtains Michael Greif, Grey Gardens Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Curtains Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical
Best Orchestrations
Bruce Coughlin, Grey Gardens Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik Jonathan Tunick, 110 in the Shade
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Regional Theatre Tony Award Alliance Theatre Atlanta, GA
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Total Nominations by Production
Spring Awakening - 11 The Coast of Utopia - 10 Grey Gardens - 10 Curtains - 8 Legally Blonde The Musical - 7 Mary Poppins - 7 Coram Boy - 6 Journey's End - 6 110 in the Shade - 5 Inherit the Wind - 4 LoveMusik - 4 Radio Golf - 4 Company - 3 Frost/Nixon - 3 A Chorus Line - 2 Heartbreak House - 2 The Little Dog Laughed - 2 Talk Radio - 2 The Apple Tree - 1 Butley - 1 Deuce - 1 High Fidelity - 1 Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! - 1 Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway - 1 Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me - 1 A Moon for the Misbegotten - 1 Translations - 1 The Year of Magical Thinking - 1