Tony Awards Nominations

The nominations in 24 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 69th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced yesterday by Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, who will be starring in the upcoming Manhattan Theatre Club production of Heisenberg this May, and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Bruce Willis, who will make his Broadway debut next season in the new play Misery, at the Tony Awards Nominations ceremony.

Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker

Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will host the 2015 Tony Awards which will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, on Sunday, June 7th.

BEST PLAY

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Author: Simon Stephens

Disgraced

Author: Ayad Akhtar

Hand to God

Author: Robert Askins

Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Co-Authors: Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton

BEST MUSICAL

An American in Paris

Fun Home

Something Rotten!

The Visit

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

The Elephant Man

Skylight

This Is Our Youth

You Can’t Take It with You

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

The King and I

On the Town

On the Twentieth Century

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Craig Lucas – An American in Paris

Lisa Kron – Fun Home

Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell – Something Rotten!

Terrence McNally – The Visit

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

Fun Home

Music: Jeanine Tesori

Lyrics: Lisa Kron

The Last Ship

Music & Lyrics: Sting

Something Rotten!

Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

The Visit

Music: John Kander

Lyrics: Fred Ebb

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Steven Boyer – Hand to God

Bradley Cooper – The Elephant Man

Ben Miles – Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Bill Nighy – Skylight

Alex Sharp – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Geneva Carr – Hand to God

Helen Mirren – The Audience

Elisabeth Moss – The Heidi Chronicles

Carey Mulligan – Skylight

Ruth Wilson – Constellations

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Michael Cerveris – Fun Home

Robert Fairchild – An American in Paris

Brian d’Arcy James – Something Rotten!

Ken Watanabe – The King and I

Tony Yazbeck – On the Town

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Kristin Chenoweth – On the Twentieth Century

Leanne Cope – An American in Paris

Beth Malone – Fun Home

Kelli O’Hara – The King and I

Chita Rivera – The Visit

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Matthew Beard – Skylight

K. Todd Freeman – Airline Highway

Richard McCabe – The Audience

Alessandro Nivola – The Elephant Man

Nathaniel Parker – Wolf Hall Part One & Two

Micah Stock – It’s Only a Play

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Annaleigh Ashford – You Can’t Take It with You

Patricia Clarkson – The Elephant Man

Lydia Leonard – Wolf Hall Part One & Two

Sarah Stiles – Hand to God

Julia White - Airline Highway

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Christian Borle – Something Rotten!

Andy Karl – On the Twentieth Century

Brad Oscar – Something Rotten!

Brandon Uranowitz – An American in Paris

Max von Essen – An American in Paris

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ANA ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Victoria Clark – Gigi

Judy Kuhn – Fun Home

Sydney Lucas – Fun Home

Ruthie Ann Miles – The King and I

Emily Skeggs – Fun Home

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Marianne Elliott – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Scott Ellis – You Can’t Take It with You

Jeremy Herrin – Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Moritz von Stuelpnagel – Hand to God

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Sam Gold – Fun Home

Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten!

John Rando – On the Town

Bartlett Sher – The King and I

Christopher Wheeldon – An American in Paris

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Joshua Bergasse – On the Town

Christopher Gatelli – The King and I

Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Casey Nicholaw – Something Rotten!

Christopher Wheeldon – An American in Paris

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliot – An American in Paris

John Clancy – Fun Home

Larry Hochman – Something Rotten!

Rob Mathes – The Last Ship

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

Bunny Christie, Finn Ross – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Bob Crowley – Skylight

Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall Parts One & Tow

David Rockwell – You Can’t Take It with You

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Bob Crowly, 59 Productions – An American in Paris

David Rockwell – On the Twentieth Century

Michael Yeargan – The King and I

David Zinn – Fun Home

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY

Bob Crowley – The Audience

Jane Greenwood – You Can’t Take It with You

Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall Part One & Two

David Zinn – Airline Highway

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Gregg Barnes – Something Rotten!

Bob Crowley – An American in Paris

William Ivey Long – On the Twentieth Century

Catherine Zuber – The King and I

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY

Paule Constable – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Paule Constable, David Plater – Wolf Hall Part One & Two

Natasha Katz – Skylight

Japhy Weideman – Airline Highway

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Donald Holder – The King and I

Natasha Katz – An American in Paris

Ben Stanton – Fun Home

Japhy Weideman – The Visit

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE

Tommy Tune

REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD

Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio

ISABELLE STEVENSON TONY AWARD

Stephen Schwartz

SPECIAL TONY AWARD

John Cameron Mitchell

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE

Arnold Abramson

Adrian Bryan-Brown

Gene O’Donovan

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