NEW YORK — There was something for virtually everyone to smile about on Broadway on Tuesday after 30 of 37 shows this season got at least one Tony Award nomination. The folks at “Once” had the most reason to celebrate later at their working bar on stage.
The musical, based on the low-budget 2006 film about an unlikely romance between a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin, earned a leading 11 nominations, including nods for best musical, for its two lead actors, and its book, lighting, sound, choreography and set, which offers the audience real drinks before the show in a replica pub.
Two other musicals — “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It” — each got 10 nominations.
Disney had a good day. “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a play about the origins of Peter Pan co-produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, earned nine nominations, while its “Newsies” got eight nods. The fall revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” got eight nominations.
