The 73rd Annual Tony Awards Are Telecast on June 9 – Nomination Highlights
By: Ellis Nassour
June 8, 2019: The American Theatre Wing’s 73rd Annual Tony Awards, honoring excellence on Broadway and regional theater, will be presented by the Broadway League and Wing on Sunday, June 9, telecast live from Radio City Music Hall from 8 – 11 P.M. on CBS. Returning to host is Tony-winning comedian/actor/and late-night TV host, James Corden. This marks Corden’s second time hosting the Awards. He proved quite a smash in 2016. His own Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play came in 2012 for the British comedy One Man, Two Guvnors
============= 2019 Tony Award Nominations Highlight ============
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Play
Choir Boy, The Ferryman, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Ink, What the Constitution Means to Me
Musical
Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations;Beetlejuice, Hadestown, The Prom, Tootsie
Leading Actor, Play
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman; Bryan Cranston, Network; Jeff Daniels, To Kill a Mockingbird; Adam Driver, Burn This; Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
Leading Actress, Play
Annette Bening, All My Sons; Laura Donnelly, The Ferryman; Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery; Janet McTear, Bernhardt/Hamlet; Laurie Metcalf, Hilary and Clinton, Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me
Leading Actor, Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom; Derrick Baskin, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations; Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice; Damon Daunno, Oklahoma!; Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Leading Actress, Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show; Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom; Beth Leavel, The Prom; Eva Noblezada, Hadestown; Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me Kate
Featured Actor, Play
Bertie Carvel, Ink; Robin de Jesus, The Boys in the Band; Gideon Glick, To Kill a Mockingbird; Brandon Uranowitz, Burn This; Benjamin Walker, All My Sons
Featured Actress, Play
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman; Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird; Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; Ruth Wilson, King Lear
Featured Actor, Musical
Andre De Shields, Hadestown; Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie; Patrick Page, Hadestown; Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations; Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations
Featured Actress, Musical
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie; Amber Gray, Hadestown; Sarah Stiles, Tootsie; Ali Stoker, Oklahoma!; Mary Testa, Oklahoma!
Director, Play
Rupert Goold, Ink; Sam Mendes, The Ferryman; Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockinbird; Ivo van Howe, Network; George C. Wolfe, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Director Musical
Rachel Chavikin, Hadestown; Scott Ellis, Tootsie; Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!, Des McAnuff, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations; Casey Nicholaw, The Prom
Book, Musical
Dominique Morisseua, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations; Scott Brown and Anthony King, Beetlejuice; Anais Mitchell, Hadestown; Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, The Prom; Robert Horn, Tootsie
Score
Joe Iconis, Be More Chill; Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice; Anais Mitchell, Hadestown; Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar, The Prom; Adam Guettel, To Kill a Mockingbird; David Yazbek, Tootsie
Choreography
Camille A. Brown, Choir Boy; Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate; Denis Jones, Tootsie; David Newmann, Hadestown; Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud/Temptations
Revival, Play
All My Sons; The Boys in the Band; Burn This; Torch Song, The Waverly Gallery
Revival, Musical
Kiss Me, Kate; Oklahoma!
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Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Actress Rosemary Harris; playwright Terrence McNally; orchestrator, composer, and conductor Harold Wheeler
Isabel Stevenson Award – Presented to a member of the theater community for volunteerism on behalf of humanitarian, social service, or charitable organizations
Judith Light, for “her impassioned advocacy to end HIV/AIDS and her support for LGBTQ and human rights
Special Tonys
The late actress Marin Mazzie “honoring her legacy of advocacy and leadership and celebrating her unwavering strength”; Sonny Tilders and the Creature Technology Company, King Kong; Jason Michael Webb, “for his outstanding arrangements for Choir Boy”
