'Once' Has 11 Tony Nominations

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Alexander Abad-Santos 172 Views May 1, 2012

The nominations for the 66th annual Tony Award nominations are out today, with Once, Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It leading the way with double digit nominations.  Here are the major categories:

 
Best Play: 
 
  • Clybourne Park
  • Other Desert Cities
  • Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Venus in Fur
 
Best Musical
  • Leap of Faith
  • Newsies
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Once
 
Best Revival of a Play
  • Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
  • Gore Vidal's The Best Man
  • Master Class
  • Wit
 
Best Revival of a Musical
  • Evita
  • Follies
  • The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
 

Best Actor in a Musical

  • Ron Raines, Follies
  • Danny Burstein, Follies
  • Jeremy Jordan, Newsies the Musical
  • Steve Kazee, Once
  • Norm Lewis, The Gershwins Porgy and Bess

Best Actress in a Musical

  • Jan Maxwell, Follies
  • Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
  • Cristin Milioti, Once
  • Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Actress in a Play

  • Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
  • Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
  • Linda Lavin, The Lyons
  • Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
  • Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best Actor in a Play

  • James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
  • James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
  • Frank Langella, Man and Boy
  • John Lithgow, The Columnist
 

Best Original Score:

  • Bonnie & Clyde
  • Newsies
  • One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Book of a Musical

  • Lysistrata Jones
  • Newsies
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Once

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

  • Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
  • Michael Cerveris, Evita
  • David Alan Greer, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
  • Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
  • Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical

Best Featured Actress in a Play

  • Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman
  • Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
  • Condola Rashad, Stick Fly

Best Featured Actor in a Play

  • Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
  • Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
  • Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

For the full list of the nominations, head on over to the Tony Awards.

 

 
 

 

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