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2014 Tony Award Nominees Announced

“It’s called the great white way” for a reason! The 2014 Tony Award nominees were announced and only a few blacks were honored among the list. But it’s alright, because it’s all white. Among the potential winners are: Anika Noni Rose, the highly-raved about “After Midnight” and the diverse cast of “Aladdin.”

Peep the nominee list, below:

Best Play

Act One

All The Way

Casa Valentina

Mothers and Sons

Outside Mullingar

Best Musical

After Midnight

Aladdin

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Revival of a Play

The Cripple of Inishmaan

The Glass Menagerie

A Raisin in the Sun

Twelfth Night

Best Revival of a Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Les Misérables

Violet

Best Book of a Musical

Aladdin — Chad Beguelin

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical — Douglas McGrath

Bullets Over Broadway — Woody Allen

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder — Robert L. Freedman

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Aladdin — Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin

The Bridges of Madison County — Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder — Music by Steven Lutvak and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak

If/Then — Music by Tom Kitt  and lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Samuel Barnett — Twelfth Night

Bryan Cranston — All The Way

Chris O’Dowd — Of Mice and Men

Mark Rylance — Richard III

Tony Shalhoub — Act One

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Tyne Daly — Mothers and Sons

LaTanya Richardson Jackson — A Raisin in the Sun

Cherry Jones — The Glass Menagerie

Audra McDonald — Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Estelle Parsons — The Velocity of Autumn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Neil Patrick Harris — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Ramin Karimloo — Les Misérables

Andy Karl — Rocky

Jefferson Mays — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Bryce Pinkham — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Mary Bridget Davies — A Night with Janis Joplin

Sutton Foster — Violet

Idina Menzel — If/Then

Jessie Mueller — Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

Kelli O’Hara — The Bridges of Madison County

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Reed Birney — Casa Valentina

Paul Chahidi — Twelfth Night

Stephen Fry — Twelfth Night

Mark Rylance — Twelfth Night

Brian J. Smith — The Glass Menagerie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Sarah Greene — The Cripple of Inishmaan

Celia Keenan-Bolger — The Glass Menagerie

Sophie Okonedo — A Raisin in the Sun

Anika Noni Rose — A Raisin in the Sun

Mare Winningham — Casa Valentina

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Danny Burstein — Cabaret

Nick Cordero — Bullets Over Broadway

Joshua Henry — Violet

James Monroe Iglehart — Aladdin

Jarrod Spector — Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Linda Emond — Cabaret

Lena Hall — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Anika Larsen — Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

Adriane Lenox — After Midnight

Lauren Worsham — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt — Act One

Bob Crowley — The Glass Menagerie

Es Devlin — Machinal

Christopher Oram — The Cripple of Inishmaan

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Christopher Barreca — Rocky

Julian Crouch — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Alexander Dodge — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Santo Loquasto — Bullets Over Broadway

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jane Greenwood — Act One

Michael Krass — Machinal

Rita Ryack — Casa Valentina

Jenny Tiramani — Twelfth Night

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Linda Cho — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

William Ivey Long — Bullets Over Broadway

Arianne Phillips — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Isabel Toledo — After Midnight

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable — The Cripple of Inishmaan

Jane Cox — Machinal

Natasha Katz — The Glass Menagerie

Japhy Weideman — Of Mice and Men

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Christopher Akerlind — Rocky

Howell Binkley — After Midnight

Donald Holder — The Bridges of Madison County

Best Sound Design of a Play

Alex Baranowski — The Cripple of Inishmaan

Steve Canyon Kennedy — Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Dan Moses Schreier — Act One

Matt Tierney — Machinal

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski — After Midnight

Tim O’Heir — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Mick Potter — Les Misérables

Brian Ronan — Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

Best Direction of a Play

Tim Carroll — Twelfth Night

Michael Grandage — The Cripple of Inishmaan

Kenny Leon — A Raisin in the Sun

John Tiffany — The Glass Menagerie

Best Direction of a Musical

Warren Carlyle — After Midnight

Michael Mayer — Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Leigh Silverman — Violet

Darko Tresnjak — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Choreography

Warren Carlyle — After Midnight

Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine — Rocky

Casey Nicholaw — Aladdin

Susan Stroman — Bullets Over Broadway

Best Orchestrations

Doug Besterman — Bullets Over Broadway

Jason Robert Brown — The Bridges of Madison County

Steve Sidwell — Beautiful – The Carole King Musical

Jonathan Tunick — A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Jane Greenwood

Regional Theatre Award

Signature Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Rosie O’Donnell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Joseph P. Benincasa

Joan Marcus

Charlotte Wilcox

 

 

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