Nominees for this years Tony Awards


A complete list of nominations for the 62nd annual Tony Awards:

Play (and playwrights): “August: Osage County” (Tracy Letts); “Rock ’n’ Roll” (Tom Stoppard); “The Seafarer” (Conor McPherson); “The 39 Steps” (Patrick Barlow).

Musical: “Cry-Baby”; “In the Heights”; “Passing Strange”; “Xanadu.”

Book — Musical: “Cry-Baby” (Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan); “In the Heights” (Quiara Alegria Hudes); “Passing Strange” (Stew); “Xanadu” (Douglas Carter Beane).

Original Score (music and/or lyrics): “Cry-Baby” (Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger); “In the Heights” (Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda); “The Little Mermaid” (Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater); “Passing Strange” (Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Lyrics: Stew).

Revival — Play: “Boeing-Boeing”; “The Homecoming”; “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; “Macbeth.”

Revival — Musical: “Grease”; “Gypsy”; “South Pacific”; “Sunday in the Park With George.”

Actor — Play: Ben Daniels, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Laurence Fishburne, “Thurgood”; Mark Rylance, “Boeing-Boeing”; Rufus Sewell, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Patrick Stewart, “Macbeth.”

Actress — 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.”

Actor — 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.”

Actress — 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.”

Featured Actor — Play: Bobby Cannavale, “Mauritius”; Raul Esparza, “The Homecoming”; Conleth Hill, “The Seafarer”; Jim Norton, “The Seafarer”; David Pittu, “Is He Dead?”

Featured Actress — Play: Sinead Cusack, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Mary McCormack, “Boeing-Boeing”; Laurie Metcalf, “November”; Martha Plimpton, “Top Girls”; Rondi Reed, “August: Osage County.”

Featured Actor — Musical: Daniel Breaker, “Passing Strange”; Danny Burstein, “South Pacific”; Robin De Jesus, “In the Heights”; Christopher Fitzgerald, “Young Frankenstein”; Boyd Gaines, “Gypsy.”

Featured Actress — Musical: Laura Benanti, “Gypsy”; De’Adre Aziza, “Passing Strange”; Andrea Martin, “Young Frankenstein”; Olga Merediz, “In the Heights”; Loretta Ables Sayre, “South Pacific.”

Direction — Play: Maria Aitken, “The 39 Steps”; Conor McPherson, “The Seafarer”; Anna D. Shapiro, “August: Osage County”; Matthew Warchus, “Boeing-Boeing.”

Direction — Musical: Sam Buntrock, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Thomas Kail, “In the Heights”; Arthur Laurents, “Gypsy”; Bartlett Sher, “South Pacific.”

Choreography: Rob Ashford, “Cry-Baby”; Andy Blankenbuehler, “In the Heights”; Christopher Gattelli, “South Pacific”; Dan Knechtges, “Xanadu.”

Orchestrations: Jason Carr, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, “In the Heights”; Stew and Heidi Rodewald; “Passing Strange”; Jonathan Tunick, “A Catered Affair.”

Scenic Design — Play: Peter McKintosh, “The 39 Steps”; Scott Pask, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Todd Rosenthal, “August: Osage County”; Anthony Ward, “Macbeth.”

Scenic Design — Musical: David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Anna Louizos, “In the Heights”; Robin Wagner, “Young Frankenstein”; Michael Yeargen, “South Pacific.”

Costume Design — Play:Gregory Gale, “Cyrano de Bergerac”; Rob Howell, “Boeing-Boeing”; Katrina Lindsay, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Peter McKintosh, “The 39 Steps.”

Costume Design — Musical: David Farley, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Martin Pakledinaz, “Gypsy”; Paul Tazewell, “In the Heights”; Catherine Zuber, “South Pacific.”

Lighting Design — Play: Kevin Adams, “The 39 Steps”; Howard Harrison, “Macbeth”; Donald Holder, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”; Ann G. Wrightson, “August: Osage County.”

Lighting Design — Musical:Ken Billington, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Howell Binkley, “In the Heights”; Donald Holder, “South Pacific,” Natasha Katz, “The Little Mermaid.”

Sound Design — Play: Simon Baker, “Boeing-Boeing”; Adam Cork, “Macbeth”; Ian Dickson, “Rock ’n’ Roll”; Mic Pool, “The 39 Steps.”

Sound Design — Musical:Acme Sound Partners, “In the Heights”; Sebastian Frost, “Sunday in the Park With George”; Scott Lehrer, “South Pacific”; Dan Moses Schreier, “Gypsy.”

Also announced:

Regional Theater Tony Award: Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Sondheim.