HERE ARE THE 2015 TONY AWARD NOMINEES
Best Play
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Simon Stephens
Producers: Stuart Thompson, Tim Levy for NT America, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Nick Starr & Chris Harper for NT Productions, Bob Boyett, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Roy Furman, Glass Half Full Productions, Ruth Hendel, Jon B. Platt, Prime Number Group, Scott Rudin, Triple Play Broadway, The Shubert Organization, The National Theatre
Disgraced
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Producers: The Araca Group, Lincoln Center Theater, Jenifer Evans, Amanda Watkins, Richard Winkler, Rodger Hess, Stephanie P. McClelland, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Jessica Genick, Jonathan Reinis, Carl Levin/Ashley De Simone/TNTDynaMite Productions, Alden Bergson/Rachel Weinstein, Greenleaf Productions, Darren DeVerna/Jere Harris, The Shubert Organization, The David Merrick Arts Foundation
Hand to God
Author: Robert Askins
Producers: Kevin McCollum, Broadway Global Ventures, CMC, Morris Berchard, Mariano V. Tolentino, Jr., Stephanie Kramer, LAMS Productions, DeSimone/Winkler, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Timothy Laczynski, Lily Fan, Ayal Miodovnik, Jam Theatricals, Ensemble Studio Theatre, MCC Theater
Co-Authors: Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis & Nick Salmon for Playfull Productions UK, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jam Theatricals, Ron Kastner, Kyodo Tokyo, Inc., Tulchin Bartner Productions, WLE MSG, Jane Bergère, Scott M. Delman, Rebecca Gold, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Kit Seidel, Triple Play Productions, Gabrielle Palitz, Georgia Gatti, Jessica Genick, Will Trice, The Shubert Organization, The Royal Shakespeare Company
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Best Musical
Producers: Stuart Oken, Van Kaplan, Roy Furman, Stephanie McClelland, Darren Bagert, Carole L. Haber, James Nederlander, Five Cent Productions, Michael Leavitt, Apples and Oranges Studios/Dominion Pictures, Roger Berlind/Arch Road, Simone Genatt Haft/Marc Routh, Triptyk Studios/Spencer Ross, Ed Walson/Peter May, Adam Zotovich/Celia Atkin, Eugene Beard/Julie Boardman/Kalish-Weinstein, Stuart Ditsky/Jim Herbert/Sandy Robertson, Suzanne Friedman/Independent Presenters Network/Wonderful Productions, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust/Jenkins-Taylor/Proctors, Harriet Newman Leve/Jane Dubin/Sarabeth Grossman, Caiola Productions/Jennifer Isaacson/Raise the Curtain, Elephant Eye Theatrical & Pittsburgh CLO, Théâtre du Châtelet
Fun Home
Producers: Fox Theatricals, Barbara Whitman, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Tom Casserly, Paula Marie Black, Latitude Link, Terry Schnuck/Jack Lane, The Forstalls, Nathan Vernon, Mint Theatrical, Elizabeth Armstrong, Jam Theatricals, Delman Whitney, Kristin Caskey & Mike Isaacson, The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham
Something Rotten!
Producers: Kevin McCollum, Broadway Global Ventures, CMC, Mastro/Goodman, Jerry & Ronald Frankel, Morris Berchard, Kyodo Tokyo Inc., Wendy Federman, Barbara Freitag, LAMS Productions, Winkler/DeSimone, Timothy Laczynski, Dan Markley, Harris/Karmazin, Jam Theatricals, Robert Greenblatt, Jujamcyn Theaters
Producers: Tom Kirdahy, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Tom Smedes, Hugh Hayes, Peter Stern, Judith Ann Abrams, Rich Affannato, Hunter Arnold, Carl Daikeler, Ken Davenport, Bharat Mitra & Bhavani Lev, Peter May, Ted Snowdon, Bruno Wang Productions, Taylor Cleghorn, Sandi Moran, Mark Lee & Ed Filipowski, Blodgett Calvin Family, Gabrielle Palitz/Weatherby & Fishman LLC, Marguerite Hoffman/Jeremy Youett, Carlos Arana, Veenerick & Katherine Vos Van Liempt, 42nd.Club/Silva Theatrical, Kate Cannova/Terry Loftis, The Shubert Organization, Williamstown Theatre Festival
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Best Revival of a Play
The Elephant Man
Producers: James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Catherine Adler, Roger Berlind, Caiola Productions, Patrick Catullo, Roy Furman, Larry Hirschhorn, Jeffrey Finn Productions, Van Kaplan, Edward M. Kaufmann, Hal Luftig, Arielle Tepper Madover, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, The Shubert Organization, Douglas Smith, Jonathan M. Tisch, WLE MSG, LLC., Scott & Brian Zeilinger, Williamstown Theatre Festival
Producers: Robert Fox, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Roy Furman, Jon B. Platt, The Shubert Organization, Stephanie P. McClelland, Catherine Adler, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Heni Koenigsberg, Spring Sirkin, Stuart Thompson, True Love Productions, The Araca Group, Carlos Arana, David Mirvish, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson
This Is Our Youth
Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Jon B. Platt, Roy Furman, The Shubert Organization, Ruth Hendel, Scott M. Delman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Sonia Friedman, Tulchin Bartner, The Araca Group, Heni Koenigsberg, Daryl Roth, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Catherine & Fred Adler, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
You Can’t Take It with You
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman & Winkler, Daryl Roth, Terry Schnuck, Jane Bergère, Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, Laruffa & Hinderliter, Larry Magid, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, Venuworks Theatricals, Jessica Genick, Will Trice, Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers
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Best Revival of a Musical
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Adam Siegel, Hattie K. Jutagir, Ambassador Theatre Group
On the Town
Producers: Howard and Janet Kagan, Severn Partners Entertainment, Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Paula Marie Black, Nigel Lythgoe, Michael J. Moritz,, Jr., Mahoney/Alden/Badway, Ambassador Theatre Group, Margie and Bryan Weingarten, Kim Schall, Michael Rubenstein, Terry/Louise/Chris Lingner, Brunish & Trinchero, Stephanie Rosenberg, Laruffa & Hinderliter, Rubinstein/Handleman, Lizbeth Bintz, Riki Kane Larimer, 24 Hour Adventure Production, A&A Gordon, Matt Ross/Ben Feldman/Pamela Cooper, Barrington Stage Company
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers
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Best Book of a Musical
An American in Paris
Craig Lucas
Fun Home
Lisa Kron
Something Rotten!
Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
The Visit
Terrence McNally
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Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Fun Home
(Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: Lisa Kron)
The Last Ship
(Music & Lyrics: Sting)
Something Rotten!
(Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick)
The Visit
(Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Steven Boyer (Hand to God)
Bradley Cooper (The Elephant Man)
Ben Miles (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
Bill Nighy (Skylight)
Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Geneva Carr (Hand to God)
Helen Mirren (The Audience)
Elisabeth Moss (The Heidi Chronicles)
Carey Mulligan (Skylight)
Ruth Wilson (Constellations)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris (Fun Home)
Robert Fairchild (An American in Paris)
Brian d’Arcy James (Something Rotten!)
Ken Watanabe (The King and I)
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth (On the Twentieth Century)
Leanne Cope, (An American in Paris)
Beth Malone ( Fun Home)
Kelli O’Hara (The King and I)
Chita Rivera (The Visit)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Matthew Beard (Skylight)
K. Todd Freeman (Airline Highway)
Richard McCabe ( The Audience)
Alessandro Nivola ( The Elephant Man)
Nathaniel Parker (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
Micah Stock (It’s Only a Play)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It with You)
Patricia Clarkson (The Elephant Man)
Lydia Leonard (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
Sarah Stiles (Hand to God)
Julie White (Airline Highway)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Christian Borle ( Something Rotten!)
Andy Karl (On he Twentieth Century)
Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!)
Brandon Uranowitz (An American in Paris)
Max von Essen (An American in Paris)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Judy Kuhn (Fun Home)
Sydney Lucas (Fun Home)
Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I)
Emily Skeggs (Fun Home)
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Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Bob Crowley (Skylight)
Christopher Oram (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
David Rockwell (You Can’t Take It with You)
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Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions (An American in Paris)
David Rockwell (On the Twentieth Century)
Michael Yeargan (The King and I)
David Zinn (Fun Home)
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Best Costume Design of a Play
Bob Crowley (The Audience)
Jane Greenwood (You Can’t Take It with You)
Christopher Oram (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
David Zinn (Airline Highway)
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Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes(Something Rotten!)
Bob Crowley (An American in Paris)
William Ivey Long (On the Twentieth Century)
Catherine Zuber (The King and I)
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Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Paule Constable and David Plater (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
Natasha Katz (Skylight)
Japhy Weideman (Airline Highway)
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Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Donald Holder (The King and I)
Natasha Katz (An American in Paris)
Ben Stanton (Fun Home)
Japhy Weideman (The Visit)
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Best Direction of a Play
Stephen Daldry (Skylight)
Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Scott Ellis (You Can’t Take It with You)
Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)
Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God)
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Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Gold (Fun Home)
Casey Nicholaw (Something Rotten!)
John Rando (On the Town)
Bartlett Sher (The King and I)
Christopher Wheeldon (An American in Paris)
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Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse (On the Town)
Christopher Gattelli (The King and I)
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Casey Nicholaw (Something Rotten!)
Christopher Wheeldon (An American in Paris)
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Best Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott (An American in Paris)
John Clancy (Fun Home)
Larry Hochman (Something Rotten!)
Rob Mathes (The Last Ship)
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SPECIAL TONY AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award: John Cameron Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Stephen Schwartz
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Arnold Abramson
Adrian Bryan-Brown
Gene O’Donovan
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Tony Nominations by Show
An American in Paris – 12
Fun Home – 12
Something Rotten! – 10
The King and I – 9
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two – 8
Skylight – 7
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – 6
Hand to God – 5
On the Twentieth Century – 5
The Visit – 5
You Can’t Take It with You – 5
Airline Highway – 4
The Elephant Man – 4
On the Town – 4
The Audience – 3
The Last Ship – 2
Constellations – 1
Disgraced – 1
Gigi – 1
The Heidi Chronicles – 1
It’s Only a Play – 1
This Is Our Youth – 1
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The 69th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8 on CBS. Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming are this year’s hosts.
