FULL LIST: Nominees, 2015 Tony Awards

MANILA, Philippines – It’s that time of year! The nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 28.

Hit musicals An American in Paris, adapted from the Oscar-winning classic, and Fun Home swept the board in nominations.

Each won 12 nominations, including “Best Musical.”

Here is the full list of nominees:

Leading Actor in a Play:

• Steven Boyer, Hand to God
• Bradley Cooper, Elephant Man
• Ben Miles, Wolf Hall
• Bill Nighy, Skylight
• Alexander Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Leading Actress in a Play:

• Geneva Carr, Hand to God
• Helen Mirren, The Audience
• Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
• Carey Mulligan, Skylight
• Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Leading Actor in a Musical:

• Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
• Robbie Fairchild, An American in Paris
• Brian d’Arcy James, Something Rotten!
• Ken Watanabe, The King and I
• Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Leading Actress in a Musical:

• Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
• Leanne Michelle Cope, An American in Paris
• Beth Malone, Fun Home
• Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
• Chita Rivera, The Visit

Best Revival of a Play:

• Elephant Man
• Skylight
• This is our Youth
• You Can’t Take It With You

Best Revival of a Musical:

• The King and I
• On the Town
• On the Twentieth Century

Best Play:

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Simon Stephens
• Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar
• Hand to God, by Robert Askins
• Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton

Best Musical:

• An American in Paris
• Fun Home
• Something Rotten!
• The Visit

Best Director of a Play:

• Stephen Daldry, Skylight
• Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Scott Ellis, You Can’t Take It With You
• Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall
• Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God

Best Director of a Musical:

• Sam Gold, Fun Home
• Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!
• John Rando, On the Town
• Bartlett Sher, The King and I
• Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Best Book of a Musical:

• Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten!
• Lisa Kron, Fun Home
• Craig Lucas, An American in Paris
• Terrence McNally, The Visit

Best Score:

• John Kander and Fred Ebb, The Visit
• Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, Something Rotten!
• Sting, The Last Ship
• Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, Fun Home

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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 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
• 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 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 Lighting Design of a Play:

• Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Paule Constable and David Plater, Wolf Hall
• 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, Don Sebesky and Bill Elliott, An American in Paris
• John Clancy, Fun Home
• Larry Hochman, Something Rotten!
• Rob Mathes, The Last Ship

Special Awards:

• Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Tommy Tune
• Special Tony Award: John Cameron Mitchell
• Regional Theatre Tony Award: Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio
• Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Stephen Schwartz
• Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Arnold Abramson, Adrian Bryan-Brown, Gene O’Donovan

Fun Home has won rave reviews for its father-daughter tale since being adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori from Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, moving to Broadway from a smaller off-Broadway theater in New York.

An American in Paris, which made its Broadway debut this month after a run in the French capital, is directed by British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, who was nominated in two of its 12 categories.

Musicals Something Rotten and a Broadway’s revival of The King and I each won 10 and 9 nominations respectively.

There were 6 nominations, including best play, best director and best actor, for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time about an autistic boy.

British imports, Wolf Hall, Skylight and The Audience scooped 8, 7 and 3 nominations respectively. 

Author Hillary Mantel, who won the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up the Bodies, was nominated as co-author with Mike Poulton for best play. 

Stars of the screen dominated nominations in the best actor categories. 

Hollywood heartthrob and Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper won one of four nominations for The Elephant Man as best actor.  

Elisabeth Moss, who plays Peggy Olson in hit TV show Mad Men, was nominated as best actress in The Heidi Chronicles despite producers announcing the play is to close early next week. 

British film star Helen Mirren was nominated for her role as the Queen in The Audience as were Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan each in Skylight.

The Last Ship, a semi-autobiographical musical written by British pop star Sting, closed in January after poor sales, but won two nominations for best original score and best orchestrations. 

Disgraced, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a successful lawyer forced to consider why he has disguised his Pakistani Muslim heritage, won one nomination in the best author category for Ayad Akhtar. 

The winners of the Tony Awards will be announced on June 7. According to Variety, Tony Award winners Alan Cummings and Kristin Chenoweth will host the event, to be held at Radio City Music Hall. . – Rappler.com