Tony Awards Administration Committee Announces Eligibility Decisions

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on January 17 to determine the eligibility for the 14 Broadway productions that opened between August and December 2007. All other decisions than those below will be consistent with opening night credits.

For plays: Rosie Perez will be considered in the Featured Actress in a Play category for her performance in The Ritz; Boyd Gaines and Jay O. Sanders will both be considered in the Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in Pygmalion; Daniel Sunjata will be considered in the Featured Actor in a Play category for his role in Cyrano De Bergerac; Brian Cox and Rufus Sewell will both be considered in the Leading Actor in a Play category for their performances in Rock ‘N’ Roll; Martha Plimpton will be considered in the Leading Actress in a Play category for her performance in Cymbeline; Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton will both be considered in the Leading Actress in a Play category for their performances in August: Osage County; Norbert Leo Butz will be considered in the Leading Actor in a Play category for his performance in Is He Dead?; and Raúl Esparza, Michael McKean, James Frain, and Gareth Saxe will all be considered in the Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in The Homecoming.

For musicals: Max Crumm and Laura Osnes will be considered in the Leading Actor and Actress in a Musical category for their performances in Grease; and Roger Bart will be considered in the Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in Young Frankenstein.