Fela!, about the life of revered African world music star Fela Kuti, will go up against Green Day’s American Idiot, Memphis, and Million Dollar Quartet in the coveted Best Musical category at the 64th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
Meanwhile, Grammer and Hodge, who star as a camp gay couple in La Cage, will compete against Sean Hayes (Promises, Promises), Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Sahr Ngaujah (Fela!) for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.
The evening is sure to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood actors Jude Law (Hamlet), Alfred Molina (Red), Liev Schreiber (A View from the Bridge), Christopher Walken (A Behanding in Spokane) and Denzel Washington (Fences) pitted against each other for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play award.
Washington’s co-star Viola Davis will battle it out in the category for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, against Valerie Harper (Looped), Linda Lavin (Collected Stories), Laura Linney (Time Stands Still) and Jan Maxwell (The Royal Family).
Catherine Zeta-Jones (A Little Night Music), Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow), Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture), Montego Glover (Memphis) and Christiane Noll (Ragtime) received nods for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and Scarlett Johansson’s Broadway debut in A View from the Bridge has earned her a nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
Nominations for Best Play include In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Next Fall, Red and Time Stands Still.
The winners will be announced on 13 June (10) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Next Fall
Red
Time Stands Still
Best Musical:
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Book of a Musical:
Everyday Rapture – Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Fela! – Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Memphis – Joe DiPietro
Million Dollar Quartet – Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Addams Family – Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Enron – Music: Adam Cork, Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
Fences – Music: Branford Marsalis
Memphis – Music: David Bryan, Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan
Best Revival of a Play:
Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View from the Bridge
Best Revival of a Musical:
Finian’s Rainbow
La Cage aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
Jude Law – Hamlet
Alfred Molina – Red
Liev Schreiber – A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken – A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
Viola Davis – Fences
Valerie Harper – Looped
Linda Lavin – Collected Stories
Laura Linney – Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell – The Royal Family
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Kelsey Grammer – La Cage aux Folles
Sean Hayes – Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge – La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball – Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah – Fela!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Kate Baldwin – Finian’s Rainbow
Sherie Rene Scott – Everyday Rapture
Montego Glover – Memphis
Christiane Noll – Ragtime
Catherine Zeta-Jones – A Little Night Music
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
David Alan Grier – Race
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Fences
Jon Michael Hill – Superior Donuts
Stephen Kunken – Enron
Eddie Redmayne – Red
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
Maria Dizzia – In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Rosemary Harris – The Royal Family
Jessica Hecht – A View from the Bridge
Scarlett Johansson – A View from the Bridge
Jan Maxwell – Lend Me a Tenor
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Kevin Chamberlin – The Addams Family
Robin De Jesus – La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Fitzgerald – Finian’s Rainbow
Levi Kreis – Million Dollar Quartet
Bobby Steggert – Ragtime
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Barbara Cook – Sondheim on Sondheim
Katie Finneran – Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury – A Little Night Music
Karine Plantadit – Come Fly Away
Lillias White – Fela!
Best Direction of a Play:
Michael Grandage – Red
Sheryl Kaller – Next Fall
Kenny Leon – Fences
Gregory Mosher – A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical:
Christopher Ashley – Memphis
Marcia Milgrom Dodge – Ragtime
Terry Johnson – La Cage aux Folles
Bill T. Jones – Fela!
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford – Promises, Promises
Bill T. Jones – Fela!
Lynne Page – La Cage aux Folles
Twyla Tharp – Come Fly Away
Best Orchestrations:
Jason Carr – La Cage aux Folles
Aaron Johnson – Fela!
Jonathan Tunick – Promises, Promises
Daryl Waters & David Bryan – Memphis
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty – The Royal Family
Alexander Dodge – Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto – Fences
Christopher Oram – Red
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici – Fela!
Christine Jones – American Idiot
Derek McLane – Ragtime
Tim Shortall – La Cage aux Folles
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Martin Pakledinaz – Lend Me a Tenor
Constanza Romero – Fences
David Zinn – In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Catherine Zuber – The Royal Family
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici – Fela!
Santo Loquasto – Ragtime
Paul Tazewell – Memphis
Matthew Wright – La Cage aux Folles
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin – Hamlet
Neil Austin – Red
Mark Henderson – Enron
Brian MacDevitt – Fences
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams – American Idiot
Donald Holder – Ragtime
Nick Richings – La Cage aux Folles
Robert Wierzel – Fela!
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Acme Sound Partners – Fences
Adam Cork – Enron
Adam Cork – Red
Scott Lehrer – A View from the Bridge
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Jonathan Deans – La Cage aux Folles
Robert Kaplowitz – Fela!
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen – A Little Night Music
Dan Moses Schreier – Sondheim on Sondheim
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Alan Ayckbourn
Marian Seldes
Regional Theatre Tony Award:
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut
Isabelle Stevenson Award:
David Hyde Pierce
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
B.H. Barry
Tom Viola
