Tony Nominations!

[Gill Blackman]

So, what does everyone think?

I'm really disapointed that Christian Borle wasn't nominated, especially since Michael McGrath and Christopher Sieber did. I also wish Raul Esparza had been nominated over John Lithgow.

I'm very pleased with ALL the nominations for The Light in the Piazza - especially Matthew Morrison - he really deserves it!

I'm also very pleased with nominations for Sutton Foster, Marc Kudisch and Jan Maxwell.

I knew Christina Applegate would get nominated. In my opinion, she doesn't deserve it - she is only mediocre, and so she better not win over Victoria Clark or Sutton Foster.

I'm happy with a lot of the nominations (I just got back from seeing a lot of these shows however it seems like for a year where there has been SO many new shows, the nominations shut a lot of shows out completely. Only one for Little Women, none for Brooklyn (at least costumes would have been deserved), but then at the same time, the shows that got nominated were all very deserving!

So there are my thoughts!

---- The Nominations -----

Best Play

Democracy
Doubt
Gem of the Ocean
The Pillowman


Best Musical

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


Best Revival of a Play

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glengarry Glen Ross
On Golden Pond
Twelve Angry Men


Best Revival of a Musical

La Cage aux Folles
Pacific Overtures
Sweet Charity


Best Special Theatrical Event

Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!
Laugh sleeper
700 Sundays
Whoopi, the 20th Anniversary Show


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men
Billy Crudup, The Pillowman
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Cherry Jones, Doubt
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Mary-Louise Parker, Reckless
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot
Gary Beach, La Cage aux Folles
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Tim Curry, Monty Python's Spamalot
John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Erin Dilly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sutton Foster, Little Women
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross
Gordon Clapp, Glengarry Glen Ross
David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt
Dana Ivey, The Rivals
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Marc Kudisch, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael McGrath, Monty Python's Spamalot
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
Christopher Sieber, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza
Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Direction of a Play

John Crowley, The Pillowman
Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men
Doug Hughes, Doubt
Joe Mantello, Glengarry Glen Ross


Best Direction of a Musical

James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot
Jack O’Brien, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza


Best Choreography

Wayne Cilento, Sweet Charity
Jerry Mitchell, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jerry Mitchell, La Cage aux Folles
Casey Nicholaw, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Orchestrations

Larry Hochman, Monty Python's Spamalot
Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin, The Light in the Piazza
Jonathan Tunick, Pacific Overtures
Harold Wheeler, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the
Theatre

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

The Light in the Piazza
Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel

Monty Python's Spamalot
Music: John Du Prez and Eric Idle; Lyrics: Eric Idle

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music & Lyrics: William Finn


Best Book of a Musical

Jeffrey Lane, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Craig Lucas, The Light in the Piazza
Eric Idle, Monty Python's Spamalot
Rachel Sheinkin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Doubt
David Gallo, Gem of the Ocean
Santo Loquasto, Glengarry Glen Ross
Scott Pask, The Pillowman


Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
Rumi Matsui, Pacific Overtures
Anthony Ward, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael Yeargan, The Light in the Piazza


Best Costume Design of a Play

Jess Goldstein, The Rivals
Jane Greenwood, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
William Ivey Long, A Streetcar Named Desire
Constanza Romero, Gem of the Ocean


Best Costume Design of a Musical

Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
Junko Koshino, Pacific Overtures
William Ivey Long, La Cage aux Folles
Catherine Zuber, The Light in the Piazza


Best Lighting Design of a Play

Pat Collins, Doubt
Donald Holder, Gem of the Ocean
Donald Holder, A Streetcar Named Desire
Brian MacDevitt, The Pillowman


Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Christopher Akerlind, The Light in the Piazza
Mark Henderson, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Kenneth Posner, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot


Regional Theatre Tony Award

Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Edward Albee

[Stephen - Yar Matey]

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THESE SHOWS!!

[Name]

I've only heard songs from Spamalot, since I bought the cast album sunday (which by the way, is very good). Personally though, I find it strange that David Hyde Pierce didn't even get a Nom. He has some of the funnier songs on the CD and he is one of the three leads, but that's just me. Since I haven't seen any of these plays or musicals, I can't make many comments. I'm happy for Billy Crudup getting a nom for Pillowman, which I really wish I could see but I won't be able to, same situation with Norbert.

Can't wait to watch the Tony's though, thats for sure

[Emmy]

Oops...I was name by the way x.x I was wondering why it was asking for a name, I was signed in...x.x

[Zujin]

Yeah I think Spamalot can win best Musical. Will there be a page for Spamalot on the site?

[Susan]

Spamalot, of course, is going to all but sweep the awards. I too, am disappointed that Christian Borle didn't even get nominated--in my eyes, at least, he deserved it more than Christopher Sieber. Also, it's a little disappointing that David Hyde Pierce didn't get nominated, but, unfortunately, that was hardly unexpected.

Since there was no nom for Christian Borle, I'm rooting for Dan Fogler in the Best Featured Actor category--"Magic Foooooooooooooooot!"

Also, almost everyone knew that a mediocre-at-best show like The Frogs (oh, it breaks my heart to call a Sondheim directed by Susan Stroman starring Nathan Lane and Roger Bart mediocre, but it really was) wouldn't get nominated, at least not for anything big...but it's still a little sad.
It might have deserved a nod for costumes (as, I agree, Brooklyn did), but William Ivey Long was already nominated for La Cage, and it's not like he doesn't have enough Tonys already, right?

[Valjean87]

Gill said:

So, what does everyone think?

I'm really disapointed that Christian Borle wasn't nominated, especially since Michael McGrath and Christopher Sieber did. I also wish Raul Esparza had been nominated over John Lithgow.

I'm very pleased with ALL the nominations for The Light in the Piazza - especially Matthew Morrison - he really deserves it!

I'm also very pleased with nominations for Sutton Foster, Marc Kudisch and Jan Maxwell.

I knew Christina Applegate would get nominated. In my opinion, she doesn't deserve it - she is only mediocre, and so she better not win over Victoria Clark or Sutton Foster.

I'm happy with a lot of the nominations (I just got back from seeing a lot of these shows however it seems like for a year where there has been SO many new shows, the nominations shut a lot of shows out completely. Only one for Little Women, none for Brooklyn (at least costumes would have been deserved), but then at the same time, the shows that got nominated were all very deserving!

So there are my thoughts!

---- The Nominations -----

Best Play

Democracy
Doubt
Gem of the Ocean
The Pillowman


Best Musical

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


Best Revival of a Play

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Glengarry Glen Ross
On Golden Pond
Twelve Angry Men


Best Revival of a Musical

La Cage aux Folles
Pacific Overtures
Sweet Charity


Best Special Theatrical Event

Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!
Laugh sleeper
700 Sundays
Whoopi, the 20th Anniversary Show


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men
Billy Crudup, The Pillowman
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Cherry Jones, Doubt
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
Mary-Louise Parker, Reckless
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot
Gary Beach, La Cage aux Folles
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Tim Curry, Monty Python's Spamalot
John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Erin Dilly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sutton Foster, Little Women
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross
Gordon Clapp, Glengarry Glen Ross
David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt
Dana Ivey, The Rivals
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Marc Kudisch, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael McGrath, Monty Python's Spamalot
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
Christopher Sieber, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza
Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Direction of a Play

John Crowley, The Pillowman
Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men
Doug Hughes, Doubt
Joe Mantello, Glengarry Glen Ross


Best Direction of a Musical

James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot
Jack O’Brien, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza


Best Choreography

Wayne Cilento, Sweet Charity
Jerry Mitchell, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jerry Mitchell, La Cage aux Folles
Casey Nicholaw, Monty Python's Spamalot


Best Orchestrations

Larry Hochman, Monty Python's Spamalot
Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin, The Light in the Piazza
Jonathan Tunick, Pacific Overtures
Harold Wheeler, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the
Theatre

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

The Light in the Piazza
Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel

Monty Python's Spamalot
Music: John Du Prez and Eric Idle; Lyrics: Eric Idle

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music & Lyrics: William Finn


Best Book of a Musical

Jeffrey Lane, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Craig Lucas, The Light in the Piazza
Eric Idle, Monty Python's Spamalot
Rachel Sheinkin, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Doubt
David Gallo, Gem of the Ocean
Santo Loquasto, Glengarry Glen Ross
Scott Pask, The Pillowman


Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
Rumi Matsui, Pacific Overtures
Anthony Ward, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Michael Yeargan, The Light in the Piazza


Best Costume Design of a Play

Jess Goldstein, The Rivals
Jane Greenwood, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
William Ivey Long, A Streetcar Named Desire
Constanza Romero, Gem of the Ocean


Best Costume Design of a Musical

Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
Junko Koshino, Pacific Overtures
William Ivey Long, La Cage aux Folles
Catherine Zuber, The Light in the Piazza


Best Lighting Design of a Play

Pat Collins, Doubt
Donald Holder, Gem of the Ocean
Donald Holder, A Streetcar Named Desire
Brian MacDevitt, The Pillowman


Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Christopher Akerlind, The Light in the Piazza
Mark Henderson, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Kenneth Posner, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot


Regional Theatre Tony Award

Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Edward Albee

Why you think Christina is mediocre? I am thinking about seeing her soon since I've idolized her when I was young(Kelly in "Married With Children"). You can see my website for more information: www.geocities.com/bklynman11208/Musical.html

[Natalie]

Matthew Morrison went to my highschool!

[Sandrinoo2004]

Well I can't really comment the nominations since I haven't heard the recordings and didn't see the shows but I think that Spamalot will sweep the Tony (I am not a fan since I don't really like the humor of Monthy pynton) because the musical is original and Dirty Rotten Scoundrel isn't really with the story

[Gill Blackman]

valjean87 said:

Why you think Christina is mediocre? I am thinking about seeing her soon since I've idolized her when I was young(Kelly in "Married With Children"). You can see my website for more information: www.geocities.com/bklynman11208/Musical.html

Her acting was okay, her dancing was nothing spectacular - she often faded into the background when a true Broadway performer was on stage (and she always seemed out of breath) and her singing was extremely weak. For me, she just did not light up the stage at all. She's supposed to be the star of the show, but it didn't seem like it at all. I personally didn't think she played the character very well either.

I did go in with an open mind, however. I like her as a movie actress and I was hoping for the best but she disapointed me a lot.

[Zujin]

Sandrinoo2004 said:

(I am not a fan since I don't really like the humor of Monthy pynton) quote] Blasphemy!!!!

[Sandrinoo2004]

I am so so sorry ;D ;D ;D

[Zujin]

You are forgiven.... this time.

[Stacy]

Weighing in, finally. And welcome back, Gill! Glad your trip went so well!!

I'm pretty happy with the nominations overall! Like Susan, I was also disappointed there was no nomination for David Hyde Pierce. And surprised that Little Women was so thoroughly excluded.

I'd prefer that Spamalot didn't win everything, but the Tony voters rarely care what I think.

I'm sure I'll have more opinions after I actually see some of these shows next week!

[Stacy]

Zujin said:

Yeah I think Spamalot can win best Musical. Will there be a page for Spamalot on the site?

Yup, eventually! I'm hoping to see Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Light in the Piazza next weekend, so that would keep me busy making new pages for a while!