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\"Kristen<\/a>
Kristen Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will host the 2015 Tony Awards on June 7 on CBS. (Photos: Tony Awards, en.wikipedia and Zimbio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Broadway musical, Something Rotten!<\/i>, could be stinking up place at this year’s Tony Awards as the show has been nominated for 10 awards, however it could over out-shined by Fun Home<\/i> which has the most nominations of 12, but that almost doesn’t count since three actresses are nominated for \u201cBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical\u201d and only one can win.<\/p>\n

Each year, there is usually one show title that is so long that hearing its name announced over and over again becomes annoying. This year it will probably be a tie between The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/i> (six nominations) and Wolf Hall Parts One & Two<\/i> (eight nominations). Why they can’t just shorten it to Wolf Hall<\/i> is beyond me.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Tony Awards<\/a> will be presented live on June 7 at 8:00 p. m. on CBS. This year’s hosts will be Kristen Chenoweth (who herself is nominated for On the Twentieth Century<\/i>) and Alan Cumming. Presenters and musical performances of the awards show have not been decided at this time. In addition to the usual hoopla, a special lifetime achievement award will be given this year to Tommy Tune.<\/p>\n

And the Nominees are:<\/b><\/p>\n

Best Play:
\n<\/b>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/i> (Simon Stephens), Disgraced<\/i> (Ayad Akhtar), Hand to God<\/i> (Robert Askins), Wolf Hall Parts One and Two<\/i> (Hillary Mantel and Mike Poulton)<\/p>\n

Best Musical:
\n<\/b>An American in Paris, Fun Home, Something Rotten!<\/i> and The Visit<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Play:
\n<\/b>The Elephant Man, Skylight, This is Our Youth<\/i> and You Can’t Take it With You<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Revival of a Musical:
\n<\/b>The King and I, On the Town<\/i> and On the Twentieth Century<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Book of a Musical:
\n<\/b>An American in Paris, Fun Home, Something Rotten!<\/i> and The Visit<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
\n<\/b>Fun Home, The Last Ship, Something Rotten!<\/i> and The Visit<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
\n<\/b>Steven Boyer (Hand to God)<\/i>, Bradley Cooper (The Elephant Man)<\/i>, Ben Miles (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i>, Bill Nighy (Skylight) <\/i>and Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
\n<\/b>Geneva Carr (Hand to God)<\/i>, Helen Mirren (The Audience)<\/i>, Elisabeth Moss (The Heidi Chronicles)<\/i>, Carey Mulligan (Skylight)<\/i> and Ruth Wilson (Constellations)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
\n<\/b>Michael Cerveris (Fun Home)<\/i>, Robert Fairchild (An American in Paris)<\/i>, <\/i>Brian d’Arcy James (Something Rotten!)<\/i>, Ken Watanbe (The King and I)<\/i> and Tony Yazbeck (On the Town)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
\n<\/b>Kristin Chenoweth (On the Twentieth Century)<\/i>, Leanne Cope (An American in Paris)<\/i>, Beth Malone (Fun Home)<\/i>, Kelli O’Hara (The King and I) <\/i>and Chita Rivera (The Visit)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
\n<\/b>Matthew Beard (Skylight)<\/i>, K. Todd Freeman (Airline Highway)<\/i>, Richrd McCabe (The Audience)<\/i>, Alessandro Nivola (The Elephant Man)<\/i>, Nathaniel Parker (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i> and Micah Stock (It’s Only a Play)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
\n<\/b>Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It with You)<\/i>, Patricia Clarkson (The Elephant Man)<\/i>, Lydia Leonard (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i>, Sarah Stiles (Hand to God)<\/i> and Julie White (Airline Highway)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
\n<\/b>Christian Borle (Something Rotten!)<\/i>, Andy Karl (On the Twentieth Century)<\/i>, Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!)<\/i>, Brandon Uranowitz (An American in Paris)<\/i> and Max von Essen (An American in Paris)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
\n<\/b>Victoria Clark (Gigi)<\/i>, Judy Kun (Fun Home)<\/i>, Sydney Lucas (Fun Home)<\/i>, Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I)<\/i> and Emily Skeggs (Fun Home)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Play:
\n<\/b>Stephen Daldry (Skylight)<\/i>, Marianne Elliott, (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)<\/i>, Scott Ellis (You Can’t Take It with You)<\/i>, Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i>, and Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Direction of a Musical:
\n<\/b>Sam Gold (Fun Home)<\/i>, Casey Nicholaw (Something Rotten!), John Rando (On the Town)<\/i>, Bartlett Sher (The King and I)<\/i> and Christopher Wheeldon (An American in Paris)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Choreography:
\n<\/b>Joshua Bergasse (On the Town)<\/i>, Christopher Cattelli (The King and I)<\/i>, Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)<\/i>, Casey Nicholaw (Something Rotten!)<\/i> and Christopher Wheeldon (An American in Paris)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Orchestrations:
\n<\/b>Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky and Bill Elliott (An American in Paris)<\/i>, John Clancy (Fun Home)<\/i>, Larry Hochman (Something Rotten!)<\/i> and Rob Mathes (The Last Ship)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Play:
\n<\/b>Bunny Christie and Finn Ross (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)<\/i>, Bob Crowley (Skylight)<\/i>, Christopher Oram (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two) <\/i>and David Rockwell (You Can’t Take It with You)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
\n<\/b>Bob Crowley and 59 Productions (An American in Paris)<\/i>, David Rockwell (On the Twentieth Century)<\/i>, Michael Yeargan (The King and I)<\/i> and David Zinn (Fun Home)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Play:
\n<\/b>Bob Crowley (The Audience)<\/i>, Jane Greenwood (You Can’t Take It with You)<\/i>, Christopher Oram (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i> and David Zinn (Airline Highway)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
\n<\/b>Gregg Barnes (Something Rotten!), Bob Crowley (An American in Paris), William Ivey Long (On the Twentieth Century) and Catherine Zuber (The King and I)<\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Play:
\n<\/b>Paule Constable (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)<\/i>, Paul Constable and David Plater (Wolf Hall Parts One & Two)<\/i>, Natasha Katz (Skylight) <\/i>and Japhy Weideman (Airline Highway)<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
\n<\/b>Donald Holder (The King and I)<\/i>, Natasha Katz (An American in Paris), Ben Stanton (Fun Home)<\/i> and Japhy Weideman (The Visit)<\/i><\/p>\n

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
\n<\/b>Tommy Tune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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