A scene from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Walter Kerr Theatre, New York, which has received ten Tony nominations. Picture: Joan Marcus
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder pretty much did in the competition when the nominations for the 68th Tony Awards were announced today (Tuesday).
Gentleman’s Guide pulled in ten nominations, including those for Best Musical, Best Book (by Robert L. Freedman), Best Score (Steven Lutvak and Freedman), and Best Director of a Musical (Darko Tresnjak). It also won nods for its two leading men, Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham, and one for Featured Actress in a Musical, Lauren Worsham.
Coming in closely behind was Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with eight nominations, including Best Revival of a Musical. It was also cited for its leading actor, Neil Patrick Harris; featured actress, Lena Hall, and its director, Michael Mayer.
Also in the race for Best Musical are After Midnight and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, each picking up a total of seven nominations, and Aladdin, with five nominations. In the musical revival category, Hedwig faces up against Violet, with four nominations, and Les Misérables, with three nominations. Les Mis’ nods include one for its leading actor, West End stalwart Ramin Karimloo, making his Broadway debut.
Other musicals recognised include Bullets Over Broadway, with six nominations; The Bridges of Madison County, with four; Rocky, also with four; Cabaret, with two; If/Then, with two, and A Night With Janis Joplin, with one.
As usual, the nominations offer much to puzzle over. Perhaps, the most puzzling was the decision that Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill was a revival of a play rather than a musical. With its parade of songs drawn from the Billie Holiday repertoire, it’s a jukebox musical if there ever was one. Anyway, the decision gives its star, Audra McDonald, who already has collected five Tony Awards, the chance to win one for Leading Actress in a Play. And of course, you won’t find her in the competition for Leading Actress in a Musical; that list includes Mary Bridget Davies for A Night with Janis Joplin; Sutton Foster, Violet; Idina Menzel, If/Then; Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and Kelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County.
On the male side of things, Andy Karl of Rocky rounds out the competition for Leading Actor in a Musical. He’ll be slugging it out against the aforementioned Harris, Karimloo and the guys from Gentleman’s Guide. Things could get bloody by the time the Tony Awards themselves are announced on 8 June.
Ron Cohen
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Here’s the full list of musical theatre nominees:
BEST MUSICAL
After Midnight, Aladdin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Les Misérables, Violet
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Chad Beguelin for Aladdin
Douglas McGrath for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Woody Allen for Bullets Over Broadway
Robert L. Freedman for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Music: Alan Menken/Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin for Aladdin
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown for The Bridges of Madison County
Music: Steven Lutvak/Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Music: Tom Kitt/Lyrics: Brian Yorkey for If/Then
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Neil Patrick Harris for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo for Les Misérables
Andy Karl for Rocky
Jefferson Mays for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Bryce Pinkham for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Mary Bridget Davies for A Night With Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster for Violet
Idina Menzel for If/Then
Jessie Mueller for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kelli O’Hara for The Bridges of Madison County
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein for Cabaret
Nick Cordero for Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry for Violet
James Monroe Iglehart for Aladdin
Jarrod Spector for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Linda Emond for Cabaret
Lena Hall for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox for After Midnight
Lauren Worsham for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Barreca for Rocky
Julian Crouch for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Alexander Dodge for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Santo Loquasto for Bullets Over Broadway
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Linda Cho for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
William Ivey Long for Bullets Over Broadway
Arianne Phillips for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Isabel Toledo for After Midnight
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Christopher Akerlind for Rocky
Howell Binkley for After Midnight
Donald Holder for The Bridges of Madison County
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Peter Hylenski for After Midnight
Tim O’Heir for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Mick Potter for Les Misérables
Brian Ronan for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Warren Carlyle for After Midnight
Michael Mayer for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman for Violet
Darko Tresnjak for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Warren Carlyle for After Midnight
Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine for Rocky
Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin
Susan Stroman for Bullets Over Broadway
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman for Bullets Over Broadway
Jason Robert Brown for The Bridges of Madison County
Steve Sidwell for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jonathan Tunick for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Jane Greenwood
REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Signature Theatre, New York, N.Y.
ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Rosie O’Donnell
TONY HONOURS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Joseph P. Benincasa
Joan Marcus
Charlotte Wilcox
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