2006 Tony Award Nominations
Date 2006/5/16 5:40:00 | Topic: Hot Topic
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On May 16, 2006 the Tony Award nominations were announced. Academy Award Winner Julia Roberts made her stage debut in the play "Three Days of Rain". Did she receive a nomination for best leading actress? What musical received 13 nominations? Who received the award for best Regional Theatre? Find out...
And the 2006 Tony Award Nominees are:
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
Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy The Wedding Singer Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice Jersey Boys Bob Martin and Don McKellar The Drowsy Chaperone Marsha Norman The Color Purple
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison The Drowsy Chaperone Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray The Color Purple Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics: Chad Beguelin The Wedding Singer Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel The Woman in White
Best Revival of a Play Awake and Sing! Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten The Constant Wife Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy Edward Albee's Seascape Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten Faith Healer Producers: Michael Colgan & Sonia Friedman Productions, The Shubert Organization, Robert Bartner, Roger Berlind, Scott Rudin, Spring Sirkin, Gate Theatre Dublin
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 Rob Ashford The Wedding Singer Donald Byrd The Color Purple Kathleen Marshall The Pajama Game Casey Nicholaw 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 John Lee Beatty Rabbit Hole Bob Crowley The History Boys Santo Loquasto Three Days of Rain Michael Yeargan Awake and Sing!
Best Scenic Design of a Musical John Lee Beatty The Color Purple David Gallo The Drowsy Chaperone Derek McLane The Pajama Game Klara Zieglerova Jersey Boys
Best Costume Design of a Play Michael Krass The Constant Wife Santo Loquasto A Touch of the Poet Catherine Zuber Awake and Sing! Catherine Zuber Edward Albee's Seascape
Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes The Drowsy Chaperone Susan Hilferty Lestat Martin Pakledinaz The Pajama Game Paul Tazewell The Color Purple
Best Lighting Design of a Play Christopher Akerlind Awake and Sing! Paul Gallo Three Days of Rain Mark Henderson Faith Healer Mark Henderson The History Boys
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Ken Billington and Brian Monahan The Drowsy Chaperone Howell Binkley Jersey Boys Natasha Katz Tarzan Brian MacDevitt 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 The Tony Awards will take place on June 11, 2006 at Radio City Music Hall.
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