Cheyenne Jackson, Boyd Gaines, Pam MacKinnon, and More Will Decide 2014 Tony Award Nominations

This season’s nominating committee includes, in alphabetical order, Douglas Aibel (artistic director, The Vineyard Theatre); Arin Arbus (associate artistic director, Theatre for a New Audience); John Arnone (scenic designer); Ira Bernstein (former producer/general manager/stage manager); Susan Birkenhead (lyricist); Mark Brokaw (theatrical director); Donald Byrd (choreographer); Ben Cameron (program director for the arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation); Mary Schmidt Campbell (Dean, Tisch School of the Arts); Veronica Claypool (arts management consultant, Full Circle Management); Douglas J. Cohen (composer/lyricist/playwright); Ida Cole (founding director, Seattle Theatre Group); John Darnton (former cultural editor of The New York Times); Jacqueline Z. Davis (executive director, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts); and Rick Elice (playwright).

Members also include Boyd Gaines (actor); Kent Gash (director, NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway); Liza Gennaro (choreographer); Kathryn Grody (actor/writer); Adam Guettel (composer/lyricist); Wendall K. Harrington (projection designer); Susan Hilferty (costume designer); Philip Himberg (producing artistic director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program); Ann Hould-Ward (costume designer); Julie Hughes (former casting director); Cheyenne Jackson (actor); Abe Jacob (sound designer), Stephen Karam (playwright); Anne Kauffman (director); Corby Kummer (senior editor; The Atlantic magazine); Dick Latessa (actor); John Leguizamo (actor/playwright); Sara Lukinson (documentary film producer); Pam MacKinnon (director); Marsha Mason (actor/playwright); Susan Rice (playwright); Mervyn Rothsten (retired writer/editor, The New York Times); Scott Schwartz (director); Linda Shelton (executive director, Joyce Theatre Foundation); Arlene Shuler (president and CEO, New York City Center); Tobie S. Stein (Brooklyn College); Robert Viagas (Playbill program director); Carol Waaser (retired AEA official); Robin Wagner (scenic designer); Tony Walton (scenic and costume designer); and Chay Yew (playwright/director).