{"id":814,"date":"2010-05-04T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2010\/05\/tony-awards-2010-and-theyre-off.html"},"modified":"2010-06-16T02:10:07","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T06:10:07","slug":"tony-awards-2010-and-theyre-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Tony Awards 2010 – And they’re off…"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many things about this year’s award nominations with which I am pleased. There is love for the long closed Ragtime, <\/span>Finian’s Rainbow <\/span>and The Royal Family. <\/span>The estimable Jan Maxwell is a double nominee for two superlative comic turns. Christiane Noll and Bobby Steggert, the heart and soul of Ragtime <\/span>are in contention. It’s also nice to see that Jon Michael Hill’s supporting turn in Superior Donuts, <\/span>the talk of Broadway this fall, was not overlooked. And of course, there is Lansbury’s 7th nomination as she sets her sights on a record sixth award (if she doesn’t get it, you can be assured that Julie Harris Harriet-Waltered her). But the one nomination that makes me truly smile is the one for the lovely, incandescent Kate Baldwin, who is next in the line of our great leading ladies. She’s also the first Tony nominee that I’ve known personally, so I am just thrilled for her – she is as lovely, gracious and exceptional as she seems. Team Kate!<\/p>\n

Here is the full list of this year’s Tony nominees:<\/p>\n

The 2010 Tony Award Nominations
\nPresented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing<\/p>\n

Best Play<\/p>\n

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play<\/span>
\nAuthor: Sarah Ruhl
\nProducers: Lincoln Center Theater, Andr\u00e9 Bishop, Bernard Gersten<\/p>\n

Next Fall<\/span>
\nAuthor: Geoffrey Nauffts
\nProducers: Elton John and David Furnish, Barbara Manocherian, Richard Willis, Tom Smedes, Carole L. Haber\/Chase Mishkin, Ostar, Anthony Barrile, Michael Palitz, Bob Boyett, James Spry\/Catherine Schreiber, Probo Productions, Roy Furman, Naked Angels<\/p>\n

Red<\/span>
\nAuthor: John Logan
\nProducers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Stephanie P. McClelland, Matthew Byam Shaw, Neal Street, Fox Theatricals, Ruth Hendel\/Barbara Whitman, Philip Hagemann\/Murray Rosenthal, The Donmar Warehouse<\/p>\n

Time Stands Still<\/span>
\nAuthor: Donald Margulies
\nProducers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Nelle Nugent\/Wendy Federman<\/p>\n

Best Musical<\/p>\n

American Idiot<\/span>
\nProducers: Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman, Ruth and Steven Hendel, Vivek J. Tiwary and Gary Kaplan, Aged in Wood and Burnt Umber, Scott Delman, Latitude Link, HOP Theatricals and Jeffrey Finn, Larry Welk, Bensinger Filerman and Moellenberg Taylor, Allan S. Gordon\/Elan V. McAllister, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Awaken Entertainment, John Pinckard and John Domo<\/p>\n

Fela!<\/span>
\nProducers: Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Chip Meyrelles\/Ken Greiner, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz\/Cathy Glaser, Daryl Roth\/True Love Productions, Susan Dietz\/Mort Swinsky, Knitting Factory Entertainment, Alicia Keys<\/p>\n

Memphis<\/span>
\nProducers: Junkyard Dog Productions, Barbara and Buddy Freitag, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Latitude Link, Jim and Susan Blair, Demos Bizar Entertainment, Land Line Productions, Apples and Oranges Productions, Dave Copley, Dancap Productions, Inc., Alex and Katya Lukianov, Tony Ponturo, 2 Guys Productions, Richard Winkler, Lauren Doll, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, Linda and Bill Potter, Broadway Across America, Jocko Productions, Patty Baker, Dan Frishwasser, Bob Bartner\/Scott and Kaylin Union, Loraine Boyle\/Chase Mishkin, Remmel T. Dickinson\/Memphis Orpheum Group, ShadowCatcher Entertainment\/Vijay and Sita Vashee<\/p>\n

Million Dollar Quartet<\/span>
\nProducers: Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, American Pop Anthology, Broadway Across America, James L. Nederlander<\/p>\n

Best Book of a Musical<\/p>\n

Everyday Rapture<\/span> – Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
\nFela!<\/span> – Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
\nMemphis<\/span> – Joe DiPietro
\nMillion Dollar Quartet<\/span> – Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux<\/p>\n

Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre<\/p>\n

The Addams Family<\/span> – Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
\nEnron<\/span> – Music: Adam Cork & Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
\nFences<\/span> – Music: Branford Marsalis
\nMemphis<\/span> – Music: – David Bryan & Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan<\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Play<\/p>\n

Fences<\/span>
\nProducers: Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott Rudin<\/p>\n

Lend Me a Tenor<\/span>
\nProducers: The Araca Group, Stuart Thompson, Carl Moellenberg, Rodney Rigby, Olympus Theatricals, Broadway Across America, The Shubert Organization, Wendy Federman\/Jamie deRoy\/Richard Winkler, Lisa Cartwright, Spring Sirkin, Scott and Brian Zeilinger<\/p>\n

The Royal Family<\/span>
\nProducers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove<\/p>\n

A View from the Bridge<\/span>
\nProducers: Stuart Thompson, The Araca Group, Jeffrey Finn, Broadway Across America, Olympus Theatricals, Marisa Sechrest, The Weinstein Company, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions\/Robert G. Bartner, Mort Swinsky\/Joseph Deitch, Adam Zotovich\/Ruth Hendel\/Orin Wolf, Shelter Island Enterprises, The Shubert Organization<\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Musical<\/p>\n

Finian’s Rainbow<\/span>
\nProducers: David Richenthal, Jack Viertel, Alan D. Marks, Michael Speyer, Bernard Abrams, David M. Milch, Stephen Moore, Debbie Bisno\/Myla Lerner, Jujamcyn Theaters, Melly Garcia, Jamie deRoy, Jon Bierman, Richard Driehaus, Kevin Spirtas, Jay Binder, StageVentures 2009 Limited Partnership<\/p>\n

La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nProducers: Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani, Barry and Fran Weissler and Edwin W. Schloss, Bob Bartner\/Norman Tulchin, Broadway Across America, Matthew Mitchell, Raise The Roof 4 Richard Winkler\/Bensinger Taylor\/Laudenslager Bergr\u00e8re, Arelene Scanlan\/John O’Boyle, Independent Presenters Network, Olympus Theatricals, Allen Spivak, Jerry Frankel\/Bat-Barry Productions, Nederlander Presentations, Inc\/Harvey Weinstein, Menier Chocolate Factory<\/p>\n

A Little Night Music<\/span>
\nProducers: Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, The Menier Chocolate Factory, Roger Berlind, David Babani, Sonia Friedman Productions, Andrew Fell, Daryl Roth\/Jane Bergere, Harvey Weinstein\/Raise the Roof 3, Beverly Bartner\/Dancap Productions, Inc., Nica Burns\/Max Weitzenhoffer, Eric Falkenstein\/Anna Czekaj, Jerry Frankel\/Ronald Frankel, James D. Stern\/Douglas L. Meyer<\/p>\n

Ragtime<\/span>
\nProducers: Kevin McCollum, Roy Furman, Scott Delman, Roger Berlind, Max Cooper, Tom Kirdahy\/Devin Elliott, Jeffrey A. Sine, Stephanie P. McClelland, Roy Miller, Lams Productions, Jana Robbins, Sharon Karmazin, Eric Falkenstein\/Morris Berchard, RialtoGals Productions, Independent Presenters Network, Held-Haffner Productions, HRH Foundation, Emanuel Azenberg, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Michael Kaiser, Max Woodward<\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play<\/p>\n

Jude Law, Hamlet<\/span>
\nAlfred Molina, Red<\/span>
\nLiev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge<\/span>
\nChristopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane<\/span>
\nDenzel Washington, Fences<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play<\/p>\n

Viola Davis, Fences<\/span>
\nValerie Harper, Looped<\/span>
\nLinda Lavin, Collected Stories<\/span>
\nLaura Linney, Time Stands Still<\/span>
\nJan Maxwell, The Royal Family<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical<\/p>\n

Kelsey Grammer, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nSean Hayes, Promises, Promises<\/span>
\nDouglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nChad Kimball, Memphis<\/span>
\nSahr Ngaujah, Fela!<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical<\/p>\n

Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow<\/span>
\nMontego Glover, Memphis<\/span>
\nChristiane Noll, Ragtime<\/span>
\nSherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture<\/span>
\nCatherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play<\/p>\n

David Alan Grier, Race<\/span>
\nStephen McKinley Henderson, Fences<\/span>
\nJon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts<\/span>
\nStephen Kunken, Enron<\/span>
\nEddie Redmayne, Red<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play<\/p>\n

Maria Dizzia, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play<\/span>
\nRosemary Harris, The Royal Family<\/span>
\nJessica Hecht, A View from the Bridge<\/span>
\nScarlett Johansson, A View from the Bridge<\/span>
\nJan Maxwell, Lend Me a Tenor<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical<\/p>\n

Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family<\/span>
\nRobin De Jes\u00fas, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nChristopher Fitzgerald, Finian’s Rainbow<\/span>
\nLevi Kreis, Million Dollar Quartet<\/span>
\nBobby Steggert, Ragtime<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical<\/p>\n

Barbara Cook, Sondheim on Sondheim<\/span>
\nKatie Finneran, Promises, Promises<\/span>
\nAngela Lansbury, A Little Night Music<\/span>
\nKarine Plantadit, Come Fly Away<\/span>
\nLillias White, Fela!<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Play<\/p>\n

John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family<\/span>
\nAlexander Dodge, Present Laughter<\/span>
\nSanto Loquasto, Fences<\/span>
\nChristopher Oram, Red<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Musical<\/p>\n

Marina Draghici, Fela!<\/span>
\nChristine Jones, American Idiot<\/span>
\nDerek McLane, Ragtime<\/span>
\nTim Shortall, La Cage aux Folles<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Play<\/p>\n

Martin Pakledinaz, Lend Me a Tenor<\/span>
\nConstanza Romero, Fences<\/span>
\nDavid Zinn, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play<\/span>
\nCatherine Zuber, The Royal Family<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Musical<\/p>\n

Marina Draghici, Fela!<\/span>
\nSanto Loquasto, Ragtime<\/span>
\nPaul Tazewell, Memphis<\/span>
\nMatthew Wright, La Cage aux Folles<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Play<\/p>\n

Neil Austin, Hamlet<\/span>
\nNeil Austin, Red<\/span>
\nMark Henderson, Enron<\/span>
\nBrian MacDevitt, Fences<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Musical<\/p>\n

Kevin Adams, American Idiot<\/span>
\nDonald Holder, Ragtime<\/span>
\nNick Richings, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nRobert Wierzel, Fela!<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Sound Design of a Play<\/p>\n

Acme Sound Partners, Fences<\/span>
\nAdam Cork, Enron<\/span>
\nAdam Cork, Red<\/span>
\nScott Lehrer, A View from the Bridge<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Sound Design of a Musical<\/p>\n

Jonathan Deans, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nRobert Kaplowitz, Fela!<\/span>
\nDan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, A Little Night Music<\/span>
\nDan Moses Schreier, Sondheim on Sondheim<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Play<\/p>\n

Michael Grandage, Red<\/span>
\nSheryl Kaller, Next Fall<\/span>
\nKenny Leon, Fences<\/span>
\nGregory Mosher, A View from the Bridge<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Musical<\/p>\n

Christopher Ashley, Memphis<\/span>
\nMarcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime<\/span>
\nTerry Johnson, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nBill T. Jones, Fela!<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Choreography<\/p>\n

Rob Ashford, Promises, Promises<\/span>
\nBill T. Jones, Fela!<\/span>
\nLynne Page, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nTwyla Tharp, Come Fly Away<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Orchestrations<\/p>\n

Jason Carr, La Cage aux Folles<\/span>
\nAaron Johnson, Fela!<\/span>
\nJonathan Tunick, Promises, Promises<\/span>
\nDaryl Waters & David Bryan, Memphis<\/span><\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
\nAlan Ayckbourn
\nMarian Seldes<\/p>\n

Regional Theatre Tony Award
\nThe Eugene O\u2019Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut<\/p>\n

Isabelle Stevenson Award
\nDavid Hyde Pierce<\/p>\n

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
\nAlliance of Resident Theatres\/New York
\nB.H. Barry
\nTom Viola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many things about this year’s award nominations with which I am pleased. There is love for the long closed Ragtime, Finian’s Rainbow and The Royal Family. The estimable Jan Maxwell is a double nominee for two superlative comic turns. Christiane Noll and Bobby Steggert, the heart and soul of Ragtime are in contention. … Continue reading Tony Awards 2010 – And they’re off…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1766],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tony-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}