An American in Paris & Fun Home Lead the 2015 Tony Awards Nominations

Welcome to 2015 Tony Season! I was up bright and early today to once again be apart of the Tony Awards live announcement of the 2015 Tony Awards Nominations which was broadcast live from the Diamound Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel.

This year’s nominations were co-hosted by actor Bruce Willis, who will make his Broadway debut next season in the new play MISERY, and Emmy, Golden-Globe, and Tony Award winning actress Mary-Louse Parker who can next be seen in the upcoming production of HEISENBERG.

Tommy Tune is this years recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre while Hedwig and the Angry Inch playwright John Cameron Mitchell will also receive a Special Tony Award.  This years recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award will be Stephen Schwartz.

It was also announced this morning that Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will co-host the 69th Annual Tony Awards.  The Tony Awards will once again air live on CBS on Sunday, June 7 at 8pm ET from Radio City Music Hall.

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 An American in Paris Fun Home Something Rotten! The Visit

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN FOR THEATRE Fun Home The Last Ship Something Rotten! The Visit

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

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

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

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

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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURD 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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL Christian Borle, Something Rotten! Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century Brad Oscar, Something Rotten! Brandon Uranowitz, An American in Paris Max von Essen, An American in Paris

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL Victoria Clark, Gigi Judy Kuhn, Fun Home Sydney Lucas, Fun Home Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I Emily Skeggs, Fun Home

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BEST OCHESTRATIONS 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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