The 69th Annual Tony Awards - Nomination Highlights

One of the lesser known award ceremonies of the year is the Tony Awards. This award ceremony recognizes achievement and excellence in Broadway theatre. The movie industry has taken the spotlight away from Broadway over past centuries and many think of plays and musicals as being fairly old fashioned, but take a look at some of the nominations below and I'm sure you will be surprised at some of the big names involved.

Best Play

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Disgraced
Hand to God
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Best Musical

An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Best Revival of a Play

The Elephant Man
Skylight
This Is Our Youth
You Can't Take It with You

Best Revival of a Musical

The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century

Best Book of a Musical

Craig Lucas for An American in Paris
Lisa Kron for Fun Home
Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell for Something Rotten!
Terrence McNally for The Visit

Best Original Score

Fun Home
The Last Ship
Something Rotten!
The Visit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Play

Steven Boyer for Hand to God
Bradley Cooper for The Elephant Man
Ben Miles for Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Bill Nighy for Skylight
Alex Sharp for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Best Performance by an Actress in a Play

Geneva Carr for Hand to God
Helen Mirren for The Audience
Elisabeth Moss for The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan for Skylight
Ruth Wilson for Constellations

Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris for Fun Home
Robert Fairchild for An American in Paris
Brian d'Arcy James for Something Rotten!
Ken Watanabe for The King and I
Tony Yazbeck for On the Town

Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical

Kristin Chenoweth for On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope for An American in Paris
Beth Malone for Fun Home
Kelli O'Hara for The King and I
Chita Rivera for The Visit

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Bunny Christie and Finn Ross for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley for Skylight
Christopher Oram for Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
David Rockwell for You Can't Take It with You

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley and 59 Productions for An American in Paris
David Rockwell for On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan for The King and I
David Zinn for Fun Home

Best Direction of a Play

Stephen Daldry for Skylight
Marianne Elliott for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Scott Ellis for You Can't Take It with You
Jeremy Herrin for Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Moritz von Stuelpnagel for Hand to God

Best Direction of a Musical

Sam Gold for Fun Home
Casey Nicholaw for Something Rotten!
John Rando for On the Town
Bartlett Sher for The King and I
Christopher Wheeldon for An American in Paris

Best Choreography

Joshua Bergasse for On the Town
Christopher Gattelli for The King and I
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Casey Nicholaw for Something Rotten!
Christopher Wheeldon for An American in Paris

Best Orchestration

Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott for An American in Paris
John Clancy for Fun Home
Larry Hochman for Something Rotten!
Rob Mathes for The Last Ship