2006 Tony Award Nominations Announced
The musical The Drowsy Chaperone leads the pack with 13 nominations. Among the other musicals that received multiple nominations are The Color Purple (11), The Pajama Game (9), Jersey Boys(8), and Sweeney Todd (7). Plays with multiple nominations include Awake and Sing!(8), The History Boys (7), Rabbit Hole (5), and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (5).
Notable acting omissions include Gabriel Byrne (A Touch of the Poet), Maria Friedman (The Woman in White), Cherry Jones (Faith Healer), Brían O’Byrne (Shining City), and Julia Roberts (Three Days of Rain). Among the productions that were totally shut out of nominations are In My Life, Ring of Fire, Lennon, The Odd Couple, and Barefoot in the Park, all of which received predominantly negative reviews. Disney’s Tarzan received only one nomination, for lighting design.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has decided not to give an award for Best Recreation of a Role, a brand-new category. A special Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to producer/director Harold Prince, and the annual Regional Theatre Award will be presented to the Intiman Theatre in Seattle. Last week, it was announced that there would be no award for Best Special Theatrical Event; instead, a special Tony will be given to Sarah Jones, the writer and star of Bridge & Tunnel.
Following is a complete list of the 2006 Tony Award nominees. For more information, visit the website www.tonyawards.com.
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Best Play
The History Boys
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Rabbit Hole
Shining City
Best Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer
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 Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer
Richard Griffiths, The History Boys
Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Oliver Platt, Shining City
David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Best 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 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 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 Featured Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett, The History Boys
Domnhall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Insihmore
Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer
Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!
Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!
Best 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
Zoe Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!
Best 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 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 Director of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!
Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole
Best Director 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 Original Score
Chad Begeulin & Matthew Sklar, The Wedding Singer
Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone
Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, The Color Purple
Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, The Woman in White
Best Book of a Musical
Chad Begeulin & Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer
Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman, Jersey Boys
Bob Martin & Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone
Marsha Norman, The Color Purple
Best Orchestrations
Larry Blank, The Drowsy Chaperone
Steve Orich, Jersey Boys
Danny Troob & Dick Lieb, The Pajama Game
Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd
Best Set 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 Set 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 & Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone
Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys
Natasha Katz, Tarzan
Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple
