Spectacolul care a primit, luni, cel mai mare număr de nominalizări la Premiile Tony, distincţiile în domeniul teatrului american, a fost „A Strange Loop” de Michael R. Jackson, care a câştigat deja premiul Pulitzer pentru acest meta-musical despre un scriitor de culoare queer care scrie un musical despre un scriitor de culoare queer.
„A Strange Loop” a dominat nominalizările pentru cea de-a 75-a ediţie a premiilor Tony. Spectacolul a obţinut 11 nominalizări, potrivit The Guardian.
Zece nominalizări a primit „MJ”, musicalul despre Michael Jackson, pe care Adrian Horton din The Guardian l-a numit „o paradă plină de hituri”.
„Paradise Square”, un musical numit după un salon din Manhattan din secolul al XIX-lea, a primit 10 nominalizări.
„The Lehman Trilogy”, o dramă despre una dintre instituţiile financiare care a contribuit la declanşarea recesiunii din 2008, a primit opt nominalizări, cele mai multe pentru o piesă de teatru.
Alţi concurenţi majori sunt „Company”, o re-imaginare a clasicului lui Stephen Sondheim, care a primit nouă nominalizări şi „Six”, o repovestire feministă a poveştii celor şase soţii ale lui Henric al VIII-lea, care a primit opt nominalizări.
La categoria „Best musical” va fi o cursă între spectacolele „Paradise Square” şi „A Strange Loop”, precum şi între „MJ”, „Girl From North Country” şi „Mr. Saturday Night”.
La categoria „Best play” va fi o luptă între „Clyde’s”, „Hangmen”, „The Lehman Trilogy”, „Skeleton Crew” şi „The Minutes”.
Categoria „best musical revival” include „Company”, precum şi „Caroline, or Change” şi „The Music Man”.
„Best revival of a play” este o competiţie între „American Buffalo”, „for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”, „How I Learned to Drive”, „Take Me Out” şi „Trouble in Mind”.
Nominalizările la Premiile Tony
Best Play: “Clyde’s”, “Hangmen”, “The Lehman Trilogy”, “The Minutes”, “Skeleton Crew”
Best Musical: “Girl From The North Country”, “MJ”, “Mr. Saturday Night”, “Paradise Square”, “Six: The Musical”, “A Strange Loop”
Best Revival of a Play: “American Buffalo”, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”, “How I Learned to Drive”, “Take Me Out”, “Trouble in Mind”
Best Revival of a Musical: “Caroline, or Change”, “Company”, “The Music Man”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Simon Russell Beale, “The Lehman Trilogy”, Adam Godley, “The Lehman Trilogy”, Adrian Lester, “The Lehman Trilogy”, David Morse, “How I Learned to Drive”, Sam Rockwell, “American Buffalo”, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Lackawanna Blues”, David Threlfall, “Hangmen”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Gabby Beans, “The Skin of Our Teeth”, LaChanze, “Trouble in Mind”, Ruth Negga, “Macbeth”, Deirdre O’Connell, “Dana H.”, Mary-Louise Parker, “How I Learned to Drive”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Crystal, “Mr. Saturday Night”, Myles Frost, “MJ”
Hugh Jackman, “The Music Man”, Rob McClure, “Mrs. Doubtfire”, Jaquel Spivey, “A Strange Loop”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Sharon D Clarke, “Caroline, or Change”, Carmen Cusack, “Flying Over Sunset”, Sutton Foster, “The Music Man”, Joaquina Kalukango, “Paradise Square”, Mare Winningham, “Girl From The North Country”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Alfie Allen, “Hangmen”, Chuck Cooper, “Trouble in Mind”,
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Take Me Out”, Ron Cephas Jones, “Clyde’s”, Michael Oberholtzer, “Take Me Out”, Jesse Williams, “Take Me Out”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Uzo Aduba, “Clyde’s”, Rachel Dratch, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive”, Kenita R. Miller, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”, Phylicia Rashad, “Skeleton Crew”, Julie White, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive”, Kara Young, “Clyde’s”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Matt Doyle, “Company”, Sidney DuPont, “Paradise Square”, Jared Grimes, “Funny Girl”, John-Andrew Morrison, “A Strange Loop”, A.J. Shively, “Paradise Square”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jeannette Bayardelle, “Girl From The North Country”, Shoshana Bean, “Mr. Saturday Night”, Jayne Houdyshell, “The Music Man”, L Morgan Lee, “A Strange Loop”,
Patti LuPone, “Company”, Jennifer Simard, “Company”
Best Direction of a Play: Lileana Blain-Cruz, “The Skin of Our Teeth”, Camille A. Brown, “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”, Sam Mendes, “The Lehman Trilogy”, Neil Pepe, “American Buffalo”
Les Waters, “Dana H.”
Best Direction of a Musical: Stephen Brackett, “A Strange Loop”, Marianne Elliott, “Company”, Conor McPherson, “Girl From The North Country”, Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, “Six: The Musical”, Christopher Wheeldon, “MJ”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive”
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, “Skeleton Crew”
Es Devlin, “The Lehman Trilogy”
Anna Fleischle, “Hangmen”
Scott Pask, “American Buffalo”
Adam Rigg, “The Skin of Our Teeth”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, “Flying Over Sunset”
Bunny Christie, “Company”
Arnulfo Maldonado, “A Strange Loop”
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, “MJ”
Allen Moyer, “Paradise Square”
Best Book of a Musical: “Girl From The North Country” - Conor McPherson, “MJ” - Lynn Nottage, “Mr. Saturday Night” - Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, “Paradise Square” - Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan, “A Strange Loop” - Michael R. Jackson
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics): “Flying Over Sunset”, Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Michael Korie
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