![]() Steve Kazee (center), Christin Milioti and the 'Once' cast attend the 'Once' Broadway opening night on March 18 in NYC.
May 1st, 2012
01:51 PM ET
'Once' leads 2012 Tony Award nodsThe nominations are in for the 66th annual Tony Awards, and Broadway musical "Once" leads the pack with 11 nominations, including best musical, best direction, best lead actress and best lead actor. In the best musical catgeory, "Once" is going up against "Nice Work if You Can Get It," "Newsies" and "Leap of Faith." The revival of "Porgy and Bess" is right behind "Once" with 10 nods, including one for "Private Practice" actress Audra McDonald. For plays, "Peter and the Starcatcher" leads with nine nominations, and is up for best play against "Clybourne Park," "Other Desert Cities" and "Venus in Fur."
Both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield are nominated for their performances in the revival of "Death of a Salesman" (best lead actor and best featured actor, respectively), and "Death of a Salesman" is also up for the best revival of a play Tony. Cynthia Nixon's "Wit" is competing with "Death of a Salesman" in that category, and the former "Sex and the City" star is also up for the best lead actress in a play Tony. That'll see her compete against another Hollywood name, Stockard Channing, who is nominated for her performance in "Other Desert Cities." Meanwhile, one of the most-buzzed about musicals of the last year, "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," received two Tony nods: one for best costume design, and another for best scenic design of a musical. We'll find out the winners when the Tony Awards air live on CBS from the Beacon Theatre on June 10 at 8 p.m. ET. The ceremony will be hosted once again by Neil Patrick Harris, and will also commemorate another film/theater star, Hugh Jackman, with a special Tony award. Check out the full list of nominees below: Best play "Clybourne Park" Best musical "Leap of Faith" Best revival of a play "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" Best revival of a musical "Evita" Best book of a musical "Lysistrata Jones," Douglas Carter Beane Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater "Bonnie & Clyde," Frank Wildhorn (music) and Don Black (lyrics) Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play James Corden, "One Man, Two Guvnors" Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Nina Arianda, "Venus in Fur" Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical Danny Burstein, "Follies" Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical Jan Maxwell, "Follies" Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play Christian Borle, "Peter and the Starcatcher" Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play Linda Emond, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical Phillip Boykin, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical Elizabeth A. Davis, "Once" Best scenic design of a play John Lee Beatty, "Other Desert Cities" Best scenic design of a musical Bob Crowley, "Once" Best costume design of a play William Ivey Long, "Don’t Dress for Dinner" Best costume design of a musical Gregg Barnes, "Follies" Best lighting design of a play Jeff Croiter, "Peter and the Starcatcher" Best lighting design of a musical Christopher Akerlind, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" Best sound design of a play Paul Arditti, "One Man, Two Guvnors" Best sound design of a musical Acme Sound Partners, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" Best choreography Rob Ashford, "Evita" Best direction of a play Nicholas Hytner, "One Man, Two Guvnors" Best direction of a musical Jeff Calhoun, "Newsies" Best orchestrations William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" |
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I agree completely.
What about "How to Succed" totally ignored-ridiculous
1) Have you seen ***everything*** that has been nominated? If not, how can you judge?
2) If you *have* seen everything that was nominated, then compare and contrast what you felt about the nominees that were undeserving and the ones in How To Succeed that were deserving
3) Remind us all, what exactly are your credentials to be taken seriously on this topic?
How to Succeed won 2-3 Tony Awards last year. I don't think it is eligible again.
Correct, How to Suceed did not qualify this year, only the year it debuted.
That was last year's musical, dope.
Just saw "Once" over the weekend in NYC. LOVED it!!! The Tony nods are well deserved.
The Tony "nods" are a joke this year.
Whatever happened to the days when original Broadway shows eventually became movies? The numbingly low-key, digitally-shot snorefest movie version of "Once" was arguably the most overrated screen romance-music-drama of the decade. Now it's playing at inflated prices on Broadway. No thanks!!
agreed
Are you ignoring the fact that both Rock of Ages and Les Mis movies are being released this year? Not to mention the Annie remake? There has still been a steady stream of Broadway movie releases, though perhaps movie-going culture has not embraced these films as fervently as in the past. And Once the film never set itself up to be a gripping blockbuster film but a simple story intended to highlight the Swell Season's music. Also, Once the musical sells seats for $30 every day. I call that a pretty good deal.