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The Tony Awards will be presented in a nationally televised ceremony on CBS on June 10.

Nominees by category:

Best Play

The Coast of Utopia. Author: Tom Stoppard

Frost/Nixon. Author: Peter Morgan

The Little Dog Laughed. Author: Douglas Carter Beane

Radio Golf. Author: August Wilson

Best Musical

Curtains

Grey Gardens

Mary Poppins

Spring Awakening

Best Book of a Musical

Curtains, Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone

Grey Gardens, Doug Wright

Legally Blonde the Musical, Heather Hach, University of Colorado

Spring Awakening, Steven Sater

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) written for the theater

Curtains. Music: John Kander. Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander and Rupert Holmes

Grey Gardens. Music: Scott Frankel, Lyrics: Michael Korie

Legally Blonde the Musical. Music and Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Spring Awakening, Music: Duncan Sheik, Lyrics: Steven Sater

Best Revival of a Play

Inherit the Wind

Journey’s End

Talk Radio

Translations

Best Revival of a Musical

The Apple Tree

A Chorus Line

Company

110 in the Shade

Best Special Theatrical Event

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Kiki & Herb, Alive on Broadway

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Boyd Gaines, Journey’s End

Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Brían F. O’Byrne, The Coast of Utopia

Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind

Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten

Swoozie Kurtz, Heartbreak House

Angela Lansbury, Deuce

Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking

Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik

Raúl Esparza, Company

Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening

Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins

David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde the Musical

Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade

Debra Monk, Curtains

Donna Murphy, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf

Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia

John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf

Stark Sands, Journey’s End

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy

Dana Ivey, Butley

Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy

Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me

Christian Borle, Legally Blonde The Musical

John Cullum, 110 in the Shade

John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening

David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Charlotte d’Amboise, A Chorus Line

Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins

Orfeh, Legally Blonde The Musical

Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Karen Ziemba, Curtains

Best Direction of a Play

Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon

David Grindley, Journey’s End

Jack O’Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Melly Still, Coram Boy

Best Direction of a Musical

John Doyle, Company

Scott Ellis, Curtains

Michael Greif, Grey Gardens

Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, Curtains

Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins

Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening

Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical

Best Orchestrations

Bruce Coughlin, Grey Gardens

Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening

Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik

Jonathan Tunick, 110 in the Shade

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia

Jonathan Fensom, Journey’s End

David Gallo, Radio Golf

Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Christine Jones, Spring Awakening

Anna Louizos, High Fidelity

Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

Best Costume Design of a Play

Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy

Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House

Santo Loquasto, Inherit the Wind

Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Legally Blonde The Musical

Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening

William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, Coram Boy

Brian MacDevitt, Inherit the Wind

Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Jason Taylor, Journey’s End

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening

Christopher Akerlind, 110 in the Shade

Howard Harrison, Mary Poppins

Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens

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