By: Lauren Hufford
Nominations for the 72nd annual Tony Awards were announced last week and we’re already counting the days until Broadway’s biggest night on Sunday, June 10 at 8 p.m. on CBS. Let’s look at the musical nominees and and start with Frozen, which is only up for Best Musical category, no other nominations, unfortunately.
A theater form of the hit cinematic hit, Mean Girls is up for a total of ten nominations, which are as follows:
-Best Musical
-Taylor Louderman – Best Leading Actress in a Musical
-Grey Henson – Best Featured Actor in a Musical
-Ashley Park – Best Featured Actress in a Musical
-Scott Pask, Finn Ross, and Adam Young – Best Scenic Design of a Musical
-Gregg Barnes – Best Costume Design of a Musical
-Casey Nicholaw – Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography
-John Clancy – Best Orchestrations
-Brian Ronan – Best Sound Design in a Musical
Another strong Tony contender is SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical coming in with nine nominations:
-Best Musical
-Ethan Slater – Best Leading Actor in a Musical
-Gavin Lee – Best Featured Actor in a Musical
-David Zinn – Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Best Costume Design of a Musical
-Kevin Adams – Best Lighting Design of a Musical
-Tina Landau – Best Direction of a Musical
-Christopher Gattelli – Best Choreography
-Tom Kitt – Best Orchestrations
-Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson – Best Sound Design in a Musical
The Band’s Visit is another Broadway favorite this season with a total of nine nominations:
-Best Musical
-Tony Shalhoub – Best Leading Actor in a Musical
-Katrina Lenk – best Leading Actress in a Musical
-Ari’el Stachel – Best Featured Actor in a Musical
-Scott Pask – Best Scenic Design of a Musical
-Tyler Micoleau – Best Lighting Design of a Musical
-David Cromer – Best Direction of a Musical
-Jamshied Sharifi – Best Orchestrations
-Kai Harada – Best Sound Design in a Musical
Best Revival of a Musical is a fantastic category full of heavy hitters. There are only three nominees this year, but they all have a multitude of other nominations for their cast and crew. First up is Carousel with twelve nominations – the most of any show in this year:
-Best Revival of a Musical
-Joshua Henry – Best Leading Actor in a Musical
-Jessie Mueller – Best Leading Actress in a Musical
-Alexander Gemignani – Best Featured Actor in a Musica
-Renee Fleming – Best Featured Actress in Musical
-Lindsay Mendez – Best Featured Actress in Musical
-Ann Roth – Best Costume Design of a Musical
-Brian MacDevitt – Best Lighting Design of a Musical
-Justin Peck – Best Choreography
-Jonathan Tunick – Best Orchestrations
-Scott Lehrer – Best Sound Design in a Musical
One of my favorite shows, and the first professional show I ever saw, My Fair Lady continues to steal the hearts of theater goers everywhere and it shows with their ten nominations:
-Best Revival of a Musical
-Harry Hadden-Paton – Best Leading Actor in a Musical
-Lauren Ambrose – Best Leading Actress in a Musical
-Norbert Leo Butz – Best Featured Actor in a Musical
-Diana Rigg – Best Featured Actress in a Musical
-Michael Yeargan – Best Scenic Design of a Musical
-Catherine Zuber – Best Costume Design of a Musical
-Donald Holder – Best Lighting Design of a Musical
-Bartlett Sher – Best Direction of a Musical
-Christopher Gattelli – Best Choreography
Once on This Island has come back to Broadway with eight total nominations this year.:
-Best Revival of a Musical
-Hailey Kilgore – Best Leading Actress in a Musical
-Dane Laffrey – Best Scenic Design of a Musical
-Clint Ramos – Best Costume Design of a Musical
-Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer – Best Lighting Design of a Musical
-Michael Arden – Best Direction of a Musical
-AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin – Best Orchestrations
-Peter Hylenski – Best Sound Design in a Musical
I, personally am so excited for this season’s line up. Keep an eye out for more Tony Awards fun and games from The Backstage Pass in the coming weeks!
