Tony, Tony, Tony!
Tony Award nominations are out today. Here's how it shook out:BEST PLAY:August: Osage County by Tracy LettsRock 'n' Roll by Tom StoppardThe Seafarer by Conor McPhersonThe 39 Steps by Patrick BarlowBEST MUSICAL:Cry-BabyIn The HeightsPassing StrangeXanadu BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL:Cry-Baby by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas MeehanIn the Heights by Quiara Alegría HudesPassing Strange by StewXanadu Douglas by Carter Beane BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC/LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER:Cry-Baby Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & 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 BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY:Boeing-BoeingThe HomecomingLes Liaisons DangereusesMacbeth BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL:GreaseGypsyRodgers & Hammerstein's South PacificSunday in the Park with George BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood Mark Rylance (right), Boeing-Boeing Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll Patrick Stewart, Macbeth BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:Eve Best, The Homecoming Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County Kate Fleetwood, MacbethS. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba Amy Morton, August: Osage County BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights Stew, Passing Strange Paulo Szot, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:Kerry Butler, XanaduPatti LuPone (right), GypsyKelli O'Hara, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Faith Prince, A Catered Affair Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:Bobby Cannavale, MauritiusRaúl Esparza, The Homecoming Conleth Hill, The Seafarer Jim Norton, The Seafarer David Pittu, Is He Dead? BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing Laurie Metcalf, NovemberMartha Plimpton, Top Girls Rondi Reed, August: Osage County BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:Daniel Breaker, Passing StrangeDanny Burstein (above), Rodgers & Hammerstein's South PacificRobin De Jesús, In The HeightsChristopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young FrankensteinBoyd Gaines, Gypsy BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange Laura Benanti, GypsyAndrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein Olga Merediz, In The Heights Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY:Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps Conor McPherson, The Seafarer Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL:Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George Thomas Kail, In the Heights Arthur Laurents GypsyBartlett Sher Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific Dan Knechtges, Xanadu BEST ORCHESTRATIONS:Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY:Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County Anthony Ward, Macbeth BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL:David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park with GeorgeAnna Louizos, In the HeightsRobin Wagner ,The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY:Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL:David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George Martin Pakledinaz, GypsyPaul Tazewell, In the Heights Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER:Stephen Sondheim REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD:Chicago Shakespeare Theatre SPECIAL TONY AWARD:Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific.For a complete list of nominees visit the American Theatre Wing's Web site.