"Fun Home," "American in Paris" Lead 2015 Tony Award Nominations
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Happy Gay Christmas! That's right, it's the morning theaterqueens have been waiting for all year: The 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced today!
Earlier this morning, Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker announced the nominees, with top contenders included musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home, with twelve nominations each, and, in the play category, Wolf Hall with eight.
Something Rotten! (10 nominations), The King and I (9), and Skylight (7) were also heavily represented.
Fun Home is the autobiographical musical about the childhood of lesbian illustrator Alison Bechdel, whose father was secretly gay and committed suicide when she was still young.
The much more upbeat American in Paris, meanwhile, is an adaptation of the 1951 Vincent Minnelli film, about a American ex-pat in post-WWII Paris who is caught between a rich American heiress and a charming young French girl.
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Hollywood stars Bradley Cooper and Helen Mirren both received nods—he for The Elephant Man, she for The Audience—but other stars like Matthew Morrison, Vanessa Hudgens and Jake Gyllenhaal were all snubbed. Hedwig creator and star John Cameron Mitchell will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award.
It was also announced that Tony winners Kristin Chenoweth (also a nominee for On the Twentieth Century) and Alan Cumming will co-host this year's ceremony on Sunday, June 7, at 8pm on CBS.
And without further ado, here are the nominees!
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Best Play
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar
Hand to God by Robert Askins
Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 by Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton
Best Musical
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten!
The Visit
Best Revival of a Play
The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
Skylight by David Hare
This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan
You Can’t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Best Revival of a Musical
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Best Book of a Musical
Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, Something Rotten!
Lisa Kron, Fun Home
Craig Lucas, An American in Paris
Terence McNally, The Visit
Best Original Score
Fun Home, music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Lisa Kron
The Last Ship, music and lyrics by Sting
Something Rotten!, music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
The Visit, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Lead Actor in Play
Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Ben Miles, Wolf Hall
Bill Nighy, Skylight
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Lead Actress in a Play
Geneva Carr, Hand to God
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan, Skylight
Ruth Wilson, Constellations
Lead Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten!
Ken Watanabe, The King and I
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
Lead Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
Beth Malone, Fun Home
Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit
Featured Actor in a Play
Matthew Beard, Skylight
K. Todd Freeman, Airline Highway
Richard McCabe, The Audience
Alessandro Nivola, The Elephant Man
Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall
Micah Stock, It's Only a Play
Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It With You
Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall
Sarah Stiles, Hand to God
Julie White, Airline Highway
Featured Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!
Brandon Uranowitz, An American in Paris
Max von Essen, An American in Paris
Featured Actress in a Musical
Victoria Clark, Gigi
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Emily Skeggs, Fun Home
Best Direction of a Play
Stephen Daldry, Skylight
Marianne Elliot, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Scott Ellis, You Can’t Take It With You
Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Gold, Fun Home
John Rando, On the Town
Bartlett Sher, The King and I
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse, On the Town
Christopher Gattelli, The King and I
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley, Skylight
Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall
David Rockwell, You Can't Take It with You
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris
David Rockwell, On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan, The King and I
David Zinn, Fun Home
Best Costume Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, The Audience
Jane Greenwood, You Can't Take It with You
Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
David Zinn, Airline Highway
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Something Rotten!
Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
William Ivey Long, On the Twentieth Century
Catherine Zuber, The King and I
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paule Constable and David Plater, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Natasha Katz, Skylight
Japhy Weideman, Airline Highway
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Donald Holder, The King and I
Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Ben Stanton, Fun Home
Japhy Weideman, The Visit
Best Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Bill Elliot and Don Sebesky, An American in Paris
John Clancy, Fun Home
Larry Hochman, Something Rotten!
Rob Mathes, The Last Ship
Total Nominations by Show
An American in Paris - 12
Fun Home - 12
Something Rotten! - 10
The King and I - 9
Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 - 8
Skylight - 7
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - 6
Hand to God - 5
On the Twentieth Century - 5
The Visit - 5
You Can't Take It with You - 5
Airline Highway - 4
The Elephant Man - 4
On the Town - 4
The Audience - 3
The Last Ship - 2
Constellations - 1
Disgraced - 1
Gigi - 1
The Heidi Chronicles - 1
It's Only a Play - 1
This Is Our Youth - 1