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  A scene from The Drowsy Chaperone. Photo credit: Joan Marcus June 1, 2006 - The nominations are in for the 60th annual Tony awards, and the contenders once again represent some of the most talented and creative forces on the Great White Way. The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting applauds the nominees: BEST PLAY: The History Boys The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole Shining City BEST MUSICAL: The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Wedding Singer BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy- The Wedding Singer Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice- Jersey Boys Bob Martin and Don McKellar- The Drowsy Chaperone Marsha Norman- The Color Purple BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE: Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison- The Drowsy Chaperone Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray- The Color Purple Music: Matthew Sklar, Lyrics: Chad Beguelin- The Wedding Singer Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics: David Zippel- The Woman in White BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY: Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee's Seascape Faith Healer BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd The Threepenny Opera BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Ralph Fiennes- Faith Healer Richard Griffiths- The History Boys Željko Ivanek- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Oliver Platt- Shining City David Wilmot- The Lieutenant of Inishmore BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Kate Burton- The Constant Wife Judy Kaye- Souvenir Lisa Kron- Well Cynthia Nixon- Rabbit Hole Lynn Redgrave- The Constant Wife BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Michael Cerveris- Sweeney Todd Harry Connick, Jr.- The Pajama Game Stephen Lynch- The Wedding Singer Bob Martin- The Drowsy Chaperone John Lloyd Young- Jersey Boys BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Sutton Foster- The Drowsy Chaperone LaChanze- The Color Purple Patti LuPone- Sweeney Todd Kelli O'Hara- The Pajama Game Chita Rivera- Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Samuel Barnett- The History Boys Domhnall Gleeson- The Lieutenant of Inishmore Ian McDiarmid- Faith Healer Mark Ruffalo- Awake and Sing! Pablo Schreiber- Awake and Sing! BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Tyne Daly- Rabbit Hole Frances de la Tour- The History Boys Jayne Houdyshell- Well Alison Pill- The Lieutenant of Inishmore Zoë Wanamaker- Awake and Sing! BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Danny Burstein- The Drowsy Chaperone Jim Dale- The Threepenny Opera Brandon Victor Dixon- The Color Purple Manoel Felciano- Sweeney Todd Christian Hoff- Jersey Boys BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Carolee Carmello- Lestat Felicia P. Fields- The Color Purple Megan Lawrence- The Pajama Game Beth Leavel- The Drowsy Chaperone Elisabeth Withers-Mendes- The Color Purple BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Nicholas Hytner- The History Boys Wilson Milam- The Lieutenant of Inishmore Bartlett Sher- Awake and Sing! Daniel Sullivan- Rabbit Hole BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: John Doyle- Sweeney Todd Kathleen Marshall- The Pajama Game Des McAnuff- Jersey Boys Casey Nicholaw- The Drowsy Chaperone BEST COREOGRAPHY: Rob Ashford- The Wedding Singer Donald Byrd- The Color Purple Kathleen Marshall- The Pajama Game Casey Nicholaw- The Drowsy Chaperone BEST ORCHESTRATIONS: Larry Blank- The Drowsy Chaperone Dick Lieb and Danny Troob- The Pajama Game Steve Orich- Jersey Boys Sarah Travis- Sweeney Todd BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY: John Lee Beatty- Rabbit Hole Santo Loquasto- Three Days of Rain Bob Crowley- The History Boys Michael Yeargan- Awake and Sing! BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: John Lee Beatty- The Color Purple David Gallo- The Drowsy Chaperone Derek McLane- The Pajama Game Klara Zieglerova- Jersey Boys BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY: Michael Krass- The Constant Wife Santo Loquasto- A Touch of the Poet Catherine Zuber- Awake and Sing! Catherine Zuber- Edward Albee's Seascape BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Gregg Barnes- The Drowsy Chaperone Susan Hilferty- Lestat Martin Pakledinaz- The Pajama Game Paul Tazewell- The Color Purple BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY: Christopher Akerlind- Awake and Sing! Paul Gallo- Three Days of Rain Mark Henderson- Faith Healer Mark Henderson- The History Boys BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Ken Billington and Brian Monahan- The Drowsy Chaperone Howell Binkley- Jersey Boys Natasha Katz- Tarzan Brian MacDevitt- The Color Purple SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE: Harold Prince SPECIAL TONY: Sarah Jones Tune in to the CBS television network on Sunday, June 11 at 8:00 pm for the ceremony! |  |
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