Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris at the Beacon Theatre performing a duet
at the 2011 Tony Awards .
The 68th Annual Tony Awards are being held this Sunday where the Broadway productions of the 2013-14 season will be honored with Broadway’s equivalent to the Academy Awards. The ceremony returned to its home in Radio City Music Hall last year after a two-year stay at the Beacon Theater. CBS will broadcast the awards live beginning at 8 p.m. EST.
This year’s awards will be hosted by Hugh Jackman, replacing the Master of Ceremonies for the last three years, Neil Patrick Harris. Wolverine has a long history with Tony’s, having led the broadcast three other consecutive times in the early 2000′s, and he also won the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for “The Boy from Oz” back in 2004.
27 productions received nominations this year. Award categories are divided between traditional plays and musicals and can include brand-new stories and also revivals of Broadway’s past. The nominees this year are…
Plays
Act One:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play
All the Way:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Casa Valentina:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
The Cripple of Inishmaan:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play
The Glass Menagerie:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play
Machinal:
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play
Mothers and Sons:
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Of Mice and Men:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Outside Mullingar:
Best Play
A Raisin in the Sun:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (x2)
Best Direction of a Play
Richard III:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Twelfth Night:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (x3)
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play
The Velocity of Autumn:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Musicals
After Midnight:
Best Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Choreography
Aladdin:
Best Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Choreography
Beautiful: The Carol King Story:
Best Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Orchestrations
The Bridges of Madison County:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Orchestrations
Bullets Over Broadway:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Choreography
Best Orchestrations
Cabaret:
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder:
Best Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (x2)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Orchestrations
Hedwig and the Angry Inch:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
If/Then:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Original Score
Les’ Miserables:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
A Night with Janis Joplin:
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Rocky the Musical:
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Choreography
Violet:
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
- Alex Falls
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