Aye Tony, What You Say? - The 61st Annual Tony Nominations - It's A Spring Awakening

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The Tony Nominations have been announced. Awards to be given out Sunday June 10th starting at 8pm on CBS.

My beloved Spring Awakening has done quite well already. Here were the Drama League Winners, The Outer Critics Award Winners, The New York Drama Critics' Circle, all in which Spring Awakening won Best Musical. At this point, if it doesn't win the Tony, it'll show just how much of a sham the Tony's are (though they've been doing a half decent job of late). Plus, don't forget to vote in the Audience Awards.

UPDATE. Here's another Fan Choice Awards from BroadwayWorld.com. GO VOTE!!!



HAHA... Legally Blonde didn't make the Best Musical cut. SUCKA!
Woohoo, Other than the Actress categories, Spring Awakening made the cut in every one it was eligible (I think. let me verify this). WOOHOO for Jonathan Groff and John Galagher Jr.! Woohoo for Bill T. Jones for Choreography, Kevin Adams and everyone else! (I would say Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik too but did we have any doubt about those nods?)

11 NOMINATIONS FOR SPRING AWAKENING!!!

Here are the nominations:

BEST PLAY




















The Coast of Utopia Author: Tom Stoppard
Frost/Nixon Author: Peter Morgan
The Little Dog Laughed Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Radio Golf Author: August Wilson


BEST MUSICAL




















Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening


BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY




















Inherit the Wind
Journey's End
Talk Radio
Translations


BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Curtains Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone
Grey Gardens Doug Wright
Legally Blonde The Musical Heather Hach
Spring Awakening Steven Sater

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Curtains Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes
Grey Gardens Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie
Legally Blonde The Musical Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Spring Awakening Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics: Steven Sater

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL




















The Apple Tree
A Chorus Line
Company
110 in the Shade


BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle Company
Scott Ellis Curtains
Michael Greif Grey Gardens
Michael Mayer Spring Awakening

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Boyd Gaines Journey's End
Frank Langella Frost/Nixon
Brían F. O’Byrne The Coast of Utopia
Christopher Plummer Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber Talk Radio

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Eve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten
Swoozie Kurtz Heartbreak House
Angela Lansbury Deuce
Vanessa Redgrave The Year of Magical Thinking
Julie White The Little Dog Laughed

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris LoveMusik
Raúl Esparza Company
Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee Mary Poppins
David Hyde Pierce Curtains

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde The Musical
Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald 110 in the Shade
Debra Monk Curtains
Donna Murphy LoveMusik

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle Legally Blonde The Musical
John Cullum 110 in the Shade
John Gallagher, Jr. Spring Awakening
David Pittu LoveMusik

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Charlotte d’Amboise A Chorus Line
Rebecca Luker Mary Poppins
Orfeh Legally Blonde The Musical
Mary Louise Wilson Grey Gardens
Karen Ziemba Curtains

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jennifer Ehle The Coast of Utopia
Xanthe Elbrick Coram Boy
Dana Ivey Butley
Jan Maxwell Coram Boy
Martha Plimpton The Coast of Utopia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Anthony Chisholm Radio Golf
Billy Crudup The Coast of Utopia
Ethan Hawke The Coast of Utopia
John Earl Jelks Radio Golf
Stark Sands Journey's End

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford Curtains
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear Mary Poppins
Bill T. Jones Spring Awakening
Jerry Mitchell Legally Blonde The Musical

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Bruce Coughlin Grey Gardens
Duncan Sheik Spring Awakening
Jonathan Tunick LoveMusik
Jonathan Tunick 110 in the Shade

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Bob Crowley & Scott Pask The Coast of Utopia
Jonathan Fensom Journey's End
David Gallo Radio Golf
Ti Green and Melly Still Coram Boy

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Bob Crowley Mary Poppins
Christine Jones Spring Awakening
Anna Louizos High Fidelity
Allen Moyer Grey Gardens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Ti Green and Melly Still Coram Boy
Jane Greenwood Heartbreak House
Santo Loquasto Inherit the Wind
Catherine Zuber The Coast of Utopia

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Gregg Barnes Legally Blonde The Musical
Bob Crowley Mary Poppins
Susan Hilferty Spring Awakening
William Ivey Long Grey Gardens

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paule Constable Coram Boy
Brian MacDevitt Inherit the Wind
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz The Coast of Utopia
Jason Taylor Journey's End

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams Spring Awakening
Christopher Akerlind 110 in the Shade
Howard Harrison Mary Poppins
Peter Kaczorowski Grey Gardens

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Nominations by Production

Spring Awakening - 11
The Coast of Utopia - 10
Grey Gardens - 10
Curtains - 8
Legally Blonde The Musical - 7
Mary Poppins - 7
Coram Boy - 6
Journey's End - 6
110 in the Shade - 5
Inherit the Wind - 4
LoveMusik - 4
Radio Golf - 4
Company - 3
Frost/Nixon - 3
A Chorus Line - 2
Heartbreak House - 2
The Little Dog Laughed - 2
Talk Radio - 2
The Apple Tree - 1
Butley - 1
Deuce - 1
High Fidelity - 1
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! - 1
Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway - 1
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me - 1
A Moon for the Misbegotten - 1
Translations - 1
The Year of Magical Thinking - 1

Here are some reactions from the nominees already. How cute! They are all being nice. You know they just want to knock down their competition to get to that spinny Tony Award.