60th Annual Tony Awards® - Nominations

The nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards® have been announced. I am excited to see that "Sweeney Todd" has six nominations. I am also happy that the legendary Harold Prince is receiving the lifetime achievement award. The show with the most nominations is the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone", with an impressive 13 nods.


Best Play
The History Boys
Author: Alan Bennett

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Author: Martin McDonagh

Rabbit Hole
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire

Shining City
Author: Conor McPherson


Best Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer


Best Book of a Musical
The Wedding Singer
Jersey Boys
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Color Purple


Best Original Score
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Color Purple
The Wedding Singer
The Woman in White


Best Revival of a Play
Awake and Sing!
The Constant Wife
Edward Albee's Seascape
Faith Healer


Best Revival of a Musical
The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd
The Threepenny Opera


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes
Faith Healer

Richard Griffiths
The History Boys

Željko Ivanek
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Oliver Platt
Shining City

David Wlmot
The Lieutenant of Inishmore


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Kate Burton
The Constant Wife

Judy Kaye
Souvenir

Lisa Kron
Well

Cynthia Nixon
Rabbit Hole

Lynn Redgrave
The Constant Wife


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris
Sweeney Todd

Harry Connick, Jr.
The Pajama Game

Stephen Lynch
The Wedding Singer

Bob Martin
The Drowsy Chaperone

John Lloyd Young
Jersey Boys


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster
The Drowsy Chaperone

LaChanze
The Color Purple

Patti LuPone
Sweeney Todd

Kelli O'Hara
The Pajama Game

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett
The History Boys

Domhnall Gleeson
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Ian McDiarmid
Faith Healer

Mark Ruffalo
Awake and Sing!

Pablo Schreiber
Awake and Sing!


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tyne Daly
Rabbit Hole

Frances de la Tour
The History Boys

Jayne Houdyshell
Well

Alison Pill
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Zoë Wanamaker
Awake and Sing!


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein
The Drowsy Chaperone

Jim Dale
The Threepenny Opera

Brandon Victor Dixon
The Color Purple

Manoel Felciano
Sweeney Todd

Christian Hoff
Jersey Boys


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Carolee Carmello
Lestat

Felicia P. Fields
The Color Purple

Megan Lawrence
The Pajama Game

Beth Leavel
The Drowsy Chaperone

Elisabeth Withers-Mendes
The Color Purple


Best Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner
The History Boys

Wilson Milam
The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Bartlett Sher
Awake and Sing!

Daniel Sullivan
Rabbit Hole


Best Direction of a Musical
John Doyle
Sweeney Todd

Kathleen Marshall
The Pajama Game

Des McAnuff
Jersey Boys

Casey Nicholaw
The Drowsy Chaperone


Best Choreography
The Wedding Singer
The Color Purple
The Pajama Game
The Drowsy Chaperone


Best Orchestrations
Larry Blank
The Drowsy Chaperone

Dick Lieb and Danny Troob
The Pajama Game

Steve Orich
Jersey Boys

Sarah Travis
Sweeney Todd


Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rabbit Hole
The History Boys
Three Days of Rain
Awake and Sing!


Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Pajama Game
Jersey Boys


Best Costume Design of a Play
The Constant Wife
A Touch of the Poet
Awake and Sing!
Edward Albee's Seascape


Best Costume Design of a Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone
Lestat
The Pajama Game
The Color Purple


Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Harold Prince


Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA


Special Tony Award®
Sarah Jones