Good news, fans of those little cardboard cut-out dudes who spew inappropriateness all over your television screen! The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have been nominated for 14 Tony Awards for their new musical The Book of Mormon, including Best Musical. For the top prize, it will go against Catch Me If You Can, The Scottsboro Boys and Sister Act. Check out the full list of nominations below:
Best Play:
Good People
Jerusalem
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
War Horse
Best Musical:
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys – David Thompson
Sister Act- Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Book of Mormon – Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys – Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb
Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
Best Revival of a Play:
Arcadia
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart
Best Revival of a Musical:
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Brian Bedford – The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
Al Pacino- The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance – Jerusalem
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand – Good People
Lily Rabe – The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland – Brief Encounter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Norbert Leo Butz – Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad- The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry – The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells – The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon – Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Sutton Foster – Anything Goes
Beth Leavel – Baby It’s You!
Patina Miller – Sister Act
Donna Murphy- The People in the Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Mackenzie Crook – Jerusalem
Billy Crudup – Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey – The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vazquez – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Ellen Barkin – The Normal Heart
Edie Falco – The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light – Lombardi
Joanna Lumley – La Bete
Elizabeth Rodriguez – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Colman Domingo – The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley – Anything Goes
John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon – The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O’Malley – The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Laura Benanti- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark – Sister Act
Nikki M. James – The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Direction of a Play:
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris – War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe – The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan – The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical:
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography:
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations:
Doug Besterman – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman – The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus – The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank – Catch Me If You Can
