Jerusalem & War Horse Lead UK Tony NomineesDate: 3 May 2011
The Royal Court's Jerusalem starring Mark Rylance has been nominated for six Tony Awards whilst the National Theatre and Handspring Puppet Company's production of War Horse has been nominated in five categories, leading the field of West End transfers on Broadway. The London exports will go head to head in the Best Play category at Tony Awards ceremony on 12 June 2011.
The London-originated production of Sister Act also received five nods, including a nomination for Whatsonstage.com Award-winner Patina Miller for Best Leading Actress and a nomination in the hotly contested Best Musical category.
Sonia Friedman's production of Arcadia, which has been recast since its 2009 run at London's Duke of York's Theatre, is nominated in two categories, as is her production of David Hirson's La Bête which transferred to New York following a production at the Comedy Theatre last year.
There are also two nominations for Kneehigh Theatre's Brief Encounter, which played a critically acclaimed run in a Haymarket cinema in 2008, including a Best Actress in a Play nomination for Hannah Yelland.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which premiered in its native Australia before opening in the West End in March 2009 received only two Tony Award nominations, one for its leading man Adam Sheldon and the other for costume designers Tim Chappel and Lizzie Gardiner. In spite of going head to head with Sister Act at last year's Whatsonstage.com Awards, the nominating committee appear to have somewhat snubbed the show - Sister Act going on to pick up five Tony nominations.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying led by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe receives eight nominations including being one of only two musicals nominated in the Best Revival category.
Other British talent who will have their fingers crossed at the 65th annual awards include Mackenzie Crook who is nominated in the Best Featured Actor in a Play category for his appearance alongside Mark Rylance in Jerusalem; Adam Godley for Best Featured actor in a Musical for his performance in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes; Joanna Lumley as Best Featured Actress in a Play in the West End transfer of La Bête; and Vanessa Redgrave who is nominated for the Leading Role in a Play for role in Driving Miss Daisy.
British creatives nominated include War Horse directors Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris; scenic designers Rae Smith and Ultz for War Horse and Jerusalem respectively; Mark Thompson for his costume designs for La Bête; lighting designer Paule Constable for War Horse; and Ian Dickinson for Autograph for the sound design on Jerusalem.
The creators of War Horse, South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company will also be honoured with a Special Tony Award for their puppet design at the Beacon Theatre ceremony on 12 June.
Elsewhere this year's nominations were dominated by satirical musical The Book of Mormon, created by South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone with 14 nominations and Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys which, with 12 nominations, is thought to be the most nominated show to have closed prior to the Tony ceremony.
A full list of nominees for the 2011 Tony Awards, presented by the Broadway League and American Theatre Wing.
| Best Play |
| Good People | Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
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| Jerusalem | Author: Jez Butterworth
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| The Motherf**ker with the Hat | Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
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| War Horse | Author: Nick Stafford
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| Best Musical |
| The Book of Mormon | |
| Catch Me If You Can | |
| The Scottsboro Boys | |
| Sister Act | |
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| Best Book of a Musical |
| Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Alex Timbers |
| The Book of Mormon | Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone |
| The Scottsboro Boys | David Thompson |
| Sister Act | Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
| The Book of Mormon | Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone |
| The Scottsboro Boys | Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb |
| Sister Act | Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Glenn Slater |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek |
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| Best Revival of a Play |
| Arcadia | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| The Merchant of Venice | |
| The Normal Heart | |
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| Best Revival of a Musical |
| Anything Goes | |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
| Brian Bedford | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Bobby Cannavale | The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
| Joe Mantello | The Normal Heart |
| Al Pacino | The Merchant of Venice |
| Mark Rylance | Jerusalem |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
| Nina Arianda | Born Yesterday |
| Frances McDormand | Good People |
| Lily Rabe | The Merchant of Venice |
| Vanessa Redgrave | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Hannah Yelland | Brief Encounter |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical |
| Norbert Leo Butz | Catch Me If You Can |
| Josh Gad | The Book of Mormon |
| Joshua Henry | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Andrew Rannells | The Book of Mormon |
| Tony Sheldon | Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical |
| Sutton Foster | Anything Goes |
| Beth Leavel | Baby It's You! |
| Patina Miller | Sister Act |
| Donna Murphy | The People in the Picture |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
| Mackenzie Crook | Jerusalem |
| Billy Crudup | Arcadia |
| John Benjamin Hickey | The Normal Heart |
| Arian Moayed | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |
| Yul Vázquez | The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
| Ellen Barkin | The Normal Heart |
| Edie Falco | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Judith Light | Lombardi |
| Joanna Lumley | La Bête |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical |
| Colman Domingo | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Adam Godley | Anything Goes |
| John Larroquette | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Forrest McClendon | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Rory O'Malley | The Book of Mormon |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
| Laura Benanti | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
| Tammy Blanchard | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Victoria Clark | Sister Act |
| Nikki M. James | The Book of Mormon |
| Patti LuPone | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown |
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| Best Direction of a Play |
| Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris | War Horse |
| Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe | The Normal Heart |
| Anna D. Shapiro | The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
| Daniel Sullivan | The Merchant of Venice |
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| Best Direction of a Musical |
| Rob Ashford | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes |
| Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker | The Book of Mormon |
| Susan Stroman | The Scottsboro Boys |
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| Best Choreography |
| Rob Ashford | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes |
| Casey Nicholaw | The Book of Mormon |
| Susan Stroman | The Scottsboro Boys |
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| Best Orchestrations |
| Doug Besterman | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Larry Hochman | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus | The Book of Mormon |
| Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank | Catch Me If You Can |
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| Best Scenic Design of a Play |
| Todd Rosenthal | The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
| Rae Smith | War Horse |
| Ultz | Jerusalem |
| Mark Wendland | The Merchant of Venice |
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| Best Scenic Design of a Musical |
| Beowulf Boritt | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Derek McLane | Anything Goes |
| Scott Pask | The Book of Mormon |
| Donyale Werle | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson |
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| Best Costume Design of a Play |
| Jess Goldstein | The Merchant of Venice |
| Desmond Heeley | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Mark Thompson | La Bête |
| Catherine Zuber | Born Yesterday |
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| Best Costume Design of a Musical |
| Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner | Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
| Martin Pakledinaz | Anything Goes |
| Ann Roth | The Book of Mormon |
| Catherine Zuber | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Play |
| Paule Constable | War Horse |
| David Lander | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |
| Kenneth Posner | The Merchant of Venice |
| Mimi Jordan Sherin | Jerusalem |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Musical |
| Ken Billington | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Howell Binkley | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Peter Kaczorowski | Anything Goes |
| Brian MacDevitt | The Book of Mormon |
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| Best Sound Design of a Play |
| Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo |
| Simon Baker | Brief Encounter |
| Ian Dickinson for Autograph | Jerusalem |
| Christopher Shutt | War Horse |
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| Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Peter Hylenski | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Catch Me If You Can |
| Brian Ronan | Anything Goes |
| Brian Ronan | The Book of Mormon |
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| Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre |
| Athol Fugard |
| Philip J. Smith |
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| Regional Theatre Tony Award® |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Isabelle Stevenson Award |
| Eve Ensler |
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| Special Tony Award |
| Handspring Puppet Company |
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Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
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| William Berloni |
| The Drama Book Shop |
| Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts |
- by Andrew Girvan
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