Tony awards 2010 nominees

This are the nominees for the Tony awards 2010 this coming June 13,2010. It is really a great idea to appreciate the art of making shows in movies. They are giving all their best and now it is time for them to reward them giving us great entertainment. Below are the list of the nominees .

BEST PLAY
"In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play"
"Next Fall"
"Red"
"Time Stands Still"

BEST MUSICAL
"American Idiot"
"Fela!"
"Memphis"
"Million Dollar Quartet"

BEST BOOK OF MUSICAL
"Everyday Rapture," Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
"Fela!," Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
"Memphis," Joe DiPietro
"Million Dollar Quartet," Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
"The Addams Family," Music & lyrics: Andrew Lippa
"Enron," Music: Adam Cork; Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
"Fences," Music: Branford Marsalis
"Memphis," Music: David Bryan; Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
"Fences"
"Lend Me a Tenor"
"The Royal Family"
"A View from the Bridge"

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
"Finian's Rainbow"
"La Cage aux Folles"
"A Little Night Music"
"Ragtime"

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Kelsey Grammer, "La Cage aux Folles"
Sean Hayes, "Promises, Promises"
Douglas Hodge,"La Cage aux Folles"
Chad Kimball, "Memphis"
Sahr Ngaujah, "Fela!"

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Baldwin, "Finian's Rainbow"
Montego Glover, "Memphis"
Christiane Noll, "Ragtime"
Sherie Rene Scott, "Everyday Rapture"
Catherine Zeta-Jones, "A Little Night Music"

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jude Law, "Hamlet"
Alfred Molina, "Red"
Liev Schreiber, "A View from the Bridge"
Christopher Walken, "A Behanding in Spokane"
Denzel Washington, "Fences"

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Viola Davis, "Fences"
Valerie Harper, "Looped"
Linda Lavin, "Collected Stories"
Laura Linney, "Time Stands Still"
Jan Maxwell, "The Royal Family"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
David Alan Grier, "Race"
Stephen McKinley Henderson, "Fences"
Jon Michael Hill, "Superior Donuts"
Stephen Kunken, "Enron"
Eddie Redmayne, "Red"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Maria Dizzia, "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play"
Rosemary Harris, "The Royal Family"
Jessica Hecht, "A View from the Bridge"
Scarlett Johansson, "A View from the Bridge"
Jan Maxwell, "Lend Me a Tenor"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Kevin Chamberlin, "The Addams Family"
Robin De Jesus, "La Cage aux Folles"
Christopher Fitzgerald, "Finian's Rainbow"
Levi Kreis, "Million Dollar Quartet"
Bobby Steggert, "Ragtime"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Barbara Cook, "Sondheim on Sondheim"
Katie Finneran, "Promises, Promises"
Angela Landsbury, "A Little Night Music"
Karine Plantadit, "Come Fly Away"
Lillias White, "Fela!"

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael Grandage, "Red"
Sheryl Kaller, "Next Fall"
Kenny Leon, "Fences"
Gregory Mosher,"A View from the Bridge"

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Ashley, "Memphis"
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, "Ragtime"
Terry Johnson, "La Cage aux Folles"
Bill T. Jones, "Fela!"

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, "Promises, Promises"
Bill T. Jones, "Fela!"
Lynne Page, "La Cage aux Folles"
Twyla Tharp, "Come Fly Away"

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Jason Carr, "La Cage aux Folles"
Aaron Johnson, "Fela!"
Jonathan Tunick, "Promises, Promises"
Daryl Waters and David Bryan, "Memphis"

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty, "The Royal Family"
Alexander Dodge, "Present Laughter"
Santo Loquasto, "Fences"
Christopher Oram, "Red"

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Marina Draghici, "Fela!"
Christine Jones, "American Idiot"
Derek McLane, "Ragtime"
Tim Shortall, "La Cage aux Folles"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Martin Pakledinaz, "Lend Me a Tenor"
Constanza Romero, "Fences"
David Zinn, "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play"
Catherine Zuber, "The Royal Family"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Marina Draghici, "Fela!"
Santo Loquasto, "Ragtime"
Paul Tazewell, "Memphis"
Matthew Wright, "La Cage aux Folles"

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Neil Austin, "Hamlet"
Neil Austin, "Red"
Mark Henderson, "Enron"
Brian MacDevitt, "Fences"

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams, "American Idiot"
Donald Holder, "Ragtime"
Nick Richings, "La Cage aux Folles"
Robert Wierzel, "Fela!"

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Acme Sound Partners, "Fences"
Adam Cork, "Enron"
Adam Cork, "Red"
Scott Lehrer, "A View from the Bridge"

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Jonathan Deans, "La Cage aux Folles"
Robert Kaplowitz, "Fela!"
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, "A Little Night Music"
Dan Moses Schreier, "Sondheim on Sondheim"

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Alan Ayckbourn and Marian Seldes

REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Conn.

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
David Hyde Pierce

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
B.H. Barry
Tom Viola

We are looking forward to who shall win on every category
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