The official list of nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards was officially released. In a press conference hosted by Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis and reported by Broadway.com, the list ended up having most of the nominees coming from “An American In Paris” and “Fun Home” with 12 nominations each. They are followed by “Something Rotten” (10 nominations and “The King and I” (9 nominations).
One of the high-profiles performers today that earned a nomination was two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper. His titular role in the play “The Elephant Man” served to be a good start in his crossover to theater. The nomination he earned in the 2015 Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play will be a barometer to be used in the future theater performances especially if he gets to bag the price.
The other crossover star that earned positive acclaim was Japanese movie star Ken Watanabe. Playing the memorable Thai monarch King Mongkut in Broadway revival of “The King and I”, the committee at the 2015 Tony Awards was just as enamored enough to get him included in this list of nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
The rest of the nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards are as follows:
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Play
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two by Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
Hand to God by Robert Askins
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Musical
The Visit
Something Rotten
Fun Home
An American in Paris
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Revival of a Play
You Can’t Take It With You
This is Our Youth
The Elephant Man
Skylight
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Revival of a Musical
The King and I
On The Twentieth Century
On The Town
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Director of a Play
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, “Hand to God”
Jeremy Herrin, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Scott Ellis, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Marianne Elliot, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Stephen Daldry, “Skylight”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Director of a Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, “An American in Paris”
Bartlett Sher, “The King and I”
John Rando, “On The Town”
Casey Nicholaw, “Something Rotten”
Sam Gold, “Fun Home”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon, “An American in Paris”
Casey Nicholshaw, “Something Rotten”
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Christopher Gattelli, “The King and I”
Joshua Bergasse, “On The Town”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Play
Alex Sharp, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Bill Nighy, “Skylight”
Ben Miles, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Bradley Cooper, “The Elephant Man”
Steven Boyer, “Hand to God”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Leading Actress in a Play
Ruth Wilson, “Constellations”
Carey Mulligan, “Skylight”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Heidi Chronicles”
Helen Mirren “The Audience”
Geneva Carr, “Hand to God”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Yazbeck, “On The Town”
Ken Watanabe, “The King and I”
Brian d’Arcy James, “Something Rotten”
Robert Fairchild, “An American in Paris”
Michael Cerveris, “Fun Home”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Chita Rivera, “The Visit”
Kelly O’Hara, “The King and I”
Beth Malone, “Fun Home”
Leanne Cope, “An American in Paris”
Kristin Chenoweth, “On The Twentieth Century”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Micah Stock “It’s Only A Play”
Nathaniel Parker, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Alessandro Nivola, “The Elephant Man”
Richard McCabe, “The Audience”
K. Todd Freeman, “Airline Highway”
Matthew Beard, “Skylight”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Play
Julie White, “Airline Highway”
Sarah Stiles, “Hand to God”
Lydia Leonard, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Patricia Clarkson, “The Elephant Man”
Annaleigh Ashford, “You Can’t Take It With You”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Max von Essen, “An American in Paris”
Brandon Uranowitz, “An American in Paris”
Brad Oscar, “Something Rotten”
Andy Karl, “On The Twentieth Century”
Christian Borle, “Something Rotten”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Emily Skeggs, “Fun Home”
Ruthie Ann Miles, “The King and I”
Sydney Lucas, “Fun Home”
Judy Kuhn, “Fun Home”
Victoria Clark, “Gigi”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Book of a Musical
“The Visit” by Terrence McNally
“Something Rotten” by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
“An American in Paris” by Craig Lucas
“Fun Home” by Lisa Kron
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Score
“The Visit” by John Kander and Fred Ebb
“Something Rotten” by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
“The Last Ship” by Sting
“Fun Home” by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Scenic Design of a Play
David Rockwell, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Christopher Oram, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Bob Crowley, “Skylight”
Bunny Christie & Finn Ross, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Zinn, “Fun Home”
Michael Yeargan, “The King and I”
David Rockwell, “On The Twentieth Century”
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, “An American in Paris”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Costume Design of a Play
David Zinn, “Airline Highway”
Christopher Oram, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Jane Greenwood, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Bob Crowley, “The Audience”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, “The King and I”
William Ivey Long “On The Twentieth Century”
Bob Crowley, “An American in Paris”
Gregg Barnes, “Something Rotten”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Lighting Design of a Play
Japhy Weideman, “Airline Highway”
Natasha Katz, “Skylight”
Paule Constable and David Plater, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Paule Constable, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Japhy Weideman, “The Visit”
Ben Stanton, “Fun Home”
Natasha Katz, “An American in Paris”
Donald Holder, “The King and I”
2015 Tony Awards Nominees for Best Orchestrations
Rob Mathes, “The Last Ship”
Larry Hochman, “Something Rotten”
John Clancy, “Fun Home”
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky and Bill Elliott, “An American in Paris”
The 2015 Tony Awards will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth, a nominee herself for the musical “On The Twentieth Century”. She will have Alan Cumming as co-host for this year’s award ceremony.
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