2019 Tony Award nominations: Hadestown and not so proud to lead the pack



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The nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced on April 30th. The season of awards with the most nominations is Hadestown, who won a total of 14 nominations. To hang around was Not too proud – The life of temptations with 12. The two titles of the coveted category of the best music have been Beetlejuice, the prom, and Tootsie.

Among HadestownThe 14 nominations were two for composer and librettist Anais Mitchell, a nod to director Rachel Chavkin and four for her performers: Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray, Andre De Shields and Patrick Page.

Meanwhile, in plays, The passer and Kill a mocking bird has accumulated the most nominations with nine each, but only the first is in contention for the best game. Completing this category are Choir Boy, Gary: A sequel to Titus Andronicus, Ink, and What the constitution means to me

Laureate Tony Bebe Neuwirth and Candidate Tony Brandon Victor Dixon announced the New York Public Library's recognized artists and productions for the performing arts at Lincoln Center. The 73rd Annual Ceremony will be broadcast by CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9th. James Corden will be the host.

See below the list of nominees, live update.

Best musical
Not too proud – The life and times of temptations
Beetlejuice
Hadestown
Prom
Tootsie

Best game
Choir boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney
The passer by Jez Butterworth
Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus by Taylor Mac
Ink by James Graham
What the constitution means to me by Heidi Schreck

Best Wake Up Of A Musical
Kiss me, Kate
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Best alarm clock of a room
Arthur Miller's All my sons
The boys in the group by Mart Crowley
Burn this
Song of the flame by Harvey Fierstein
The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan

Best performance of an actor in a lead role in a musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Prom
Derrick Baskin, Not too proud
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Damon Daunno, Oklahoma!
Santino Fontana, Tootsie

Best Performance of an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Caitlin Kinnunen, Prom
Beth Leavel, Prom
Eva Noblezada, Hadestown
Kelli O'Hara, Kiss me, Kate

Best performance of an actor in a lead role in a play
Paddy Considine, The passer
Bryan Cranston, Network
Jeff Daniels, Kill a mocking bird
Adam Driver, Burn this
Jeremy Pope, Choir boy

Best performance of an actress in a lead role in a play
Annette Bening, All my sons
Laura Donnelly, The passer
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Janet McTeer, Bernhardt / Hamlet
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
Heidi Schreck, What the constitution means to me

Best book of a musical
Not too proudDominique Morisseau
Beetlejuice, Scott Brown and Anthony King
HadestownAnaïs Mitchell
Prom, Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin
TootsieRobert Horn

Best original score (music and / or lyrics) written for the theater
Be colderJoe Iconis
BeetlejuiceEddie Perfect
HadestownAnaïs Mitchell
Prom, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Kill a mocking bird Adam Guettel
Tootsie, David Yazbek

Best direction of a musical
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Scott Ellis, Tootsie
Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!
McAnuff, Not too proud
Casey Nicholaw, Prom

Best direction of a game
Rupert Goold, Ink
Sam Mendes, The passer
Bartlett Sher, Kill a mocking bird
Ivo van Hove, Network
George C. Wolfe, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus

Best performance of an actor in a role presented in a musical
Andre De Shields, Hadestown
Andy Grotelueschen, Tootsie
Patrick Page, Hadestown
Jeremy Pope, Not too proud
Ephraim Sykes, Not too proud

Best performance of an actress in a role presented in a musical
Lilli Cooper, Tootsie
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Sarah Stiles, Tootsie
Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
Mary Testa, Oklahoma!

Best performance of an actor in a role presented in a play
Bertie Carvel, Ink
Robin De Jesús, The boys in the group
Gideon Glick, Kill a mocking bird
Brandon Uranowitz, Burn this
Benjamin Walker, All my sons

Best performance of an actress in a role presented in a play
Fionnula Flanagan, The passer
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kill a mocking bird
Kristine Nielsen, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus
Julie White, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson, King Lear

Best choreography
Camille A. Brown, Choir boy
Warren Carlyle, Kiss me, Kate
Denis Jones, Tootsie
David Neumann, Hadestown
Sergio Trujillo, Not too proud

Best orchestrations
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown
Larry Hochman, Kiss me, Kate
Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!
Simon Hale, Tootsie
Harold Wheeler, Not too proud

Best scenic design of a musical
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini, Not too proud
Peter England, King Kong
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Laura Jellinek, Oklahoma!
David Korins, Beetlejuice

Best scenic design of a game
Miriam Buether, Kill a mocking bird
Bunny Christie, Ink
Rob Howell, The passer
Santo Loquasto, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus
Jan Versweyveld, Network

Best costume design of a musical
Michael Krass, Hadestown
William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice
William Ivey Long, Tootsie
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
Paul Tazewell, Not too proud

Best gaming costume
Rob Howell, The passer
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt / Hamlet
Clint Ramos, Song of the flame
Ann Roth, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ann Roth, Kill a mocking bird

Best sound design of a musical
Peter Hylenski, Beetlejuice
Peter Hylenski, King Kong
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Not too proud
Drew Levy, Oklahoma!
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown

Best sound design of a play
Adam Cork, Ink
Scott Lehrer, Kill a mocking bird
Fitz Patton, Choir boy
Nick Powell, The passer
Eric Sleichim, Network

Best lighting of a musical
Kevin Adams, The Cher Show
Howell Binkley, Not too proud
Bradley King, Hadestown
Peter Mumford, King Kong
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice

Best lighting of a game
Neil Austin, Ink
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus
Peter Mumford, The passer
Jennifer Tipton, Kill a mocking bird
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden, Network

The final count follows:
Hadestown – 14
Not too proud – The life and times of temptations – 12
Tootsie – 11
The passer – 9
Kill a mocking bird – 9
Beetlejuice – 8
The Oklahoma of Rodgers & Hammerstein! – 8
Gary: a sequel to Titus Andronicus – 7
Prom – 7
Ink – 6
Network – 5
Choir boy – 4
Kiss me, Kate – 4
All my sons from Arthur Miller – 3
Burn this – 3
The Cher Show – 3
King Kong – 3
Bernhardt / Hamlet – 2
The boys in the group – 2
Song of the flame – 2
The Waverly Gallery – 2
What the constitution means to me – 2
Be colder – 1
Hillary and Clinton – 1
King Lear – 1

A number of honorary recipients of the 2019 Tony Award have already been announced. Terrence McNally, Rosemary Harris and Harold Wheeler will each receive a distinction for their entire career in the theater; Judith Light has been named winner of the Isabelle Stevenson Award this year; the Regional Theater Tony Award will go to TheaterWorks Silicon Valley; Tony Honors for Theater Excellence will go to Broadway Inspirational Voices, Peter Entin, Joseph Blakely Forbes and FDNY Engine 54; and special Tony prizes will be awarded to Jason Michael Webb, Sonny Tilders and the late Marin Mazzie.

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