Monday, May 9, 2022

2021 - 2022 Tony Award Nominations Announced. Musical "A Strange Loop" Gets 11, Play "The Lehman Trilogy" Gets 8


A Strange Loop (c) Marc J. Franklin


2021 - 2022 Tony Awards Nominations 


Here is the list of nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards, which will be presented on June 12 at Radio City Musical Hall.  Notable milestone:  L. Morgan Lee is the first transgender performer to be nominated, a record four female directors were nominated, the first time in any year and Best Actor has seven nominations, the most nominations in one category ever.   



The Minutes (c) Jeremy Daniel

Best Play 
Clyde's by Lynn Nottage 
Hangmen by Martin McDonagh 
The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, Ben Power 
The Minutes by Tracy Letts 
Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau 



Best Musical 
Girl From The North Country 
MJ 
Mr. Saturday Night 
Paradise Square 
SIX: The Musical 
A Strange Loop 


How I Learned to Drive (c) Jeremy Daniel


Best Revival of a Play 
American Buffalo 
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf 
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel 
Take Me Out 
Trouble in Mind 


Best Revival of a Musical 
Caroline, or Change 
Company 
The Music Man 


Best Book of a Musical 
Girl From The North Country by Conor McPherson 
MJ by Lynn Nottage 
Mr. Saturday Night by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel 
Paradise Square by Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan 
A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson 


Best Original Score Written for the Theatre 
Flying Over Sunset by Tom Kitt and Michael Korie 
Mr. Saturday Night by Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green 
Paradise Square by Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare 
SIX: The Musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss 
A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson 


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play 
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy 
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy 
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy 
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive 
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo 
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues 
David Threlfall, Hangmen
 


Macbeth (c) Joan Marcus


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play 
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth 
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind 
Ruth Negga, Macbeth 
Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H. 
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive 


The Music Man (c) Julieta Cervantes


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical 
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night 
Myles Frost, MJ 
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man 
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire 
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop 


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical 
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change 
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset 
Sutton Foster, The Music Man 
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square 
Mare Winningham, Girl From The North Country 


Take Me Out (c) Joan Marcus


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play 
Alfie Allen, Hangmen 
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind 
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out 
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde's 
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out 
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out 


Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play 
Uzo Aduba, Clyde's 
Rachel Dratch, POTUS... 
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls... 
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew 
Julie White, POTUS... 
Kara Young, Clyde's 


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical 
Matt Doyle, Company 
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square 
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl 
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop 
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square 


Mr. Saturday Night (c) Matthew Murphy



Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical 
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From The North Country 
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night 
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man 
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop 
Patti LuPone, Company 
Jennifer Simard, Company 


Best Direction of a Play 
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth 
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls... 
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy 
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo 
Les Waters, Dana H. 


SIX, The Musical (c) Joan Marcus

Best Direction of a Musical 
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop 
Marianne Elliott, Company 
Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country 
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, SIX: The Musical 
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
 


Best Scenic Design of a Play 
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS... 
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew 
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy 
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen 
Scott Pask, American Buffalo 
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth
 


Best Scenic Design of a Musical 
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over 
Sunset Bunny Christie, Company 
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop 
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ 
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square 


The Skin of Our Teeth (c) Julieta Cerbantes


Best Costume Design of a Play 
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth 
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls... 
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind 
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon's Plaza Suite 
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde's 


Best Costume Design of a Musical 
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change 
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square 
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical 
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man 
Gabriella Slade, SIX: The Musical 
Paul Tazewell, MJ 


The Lehman Trilogy (c) Julieta Cervantes


Best Lighting Design of a Play 
Joshua Carr, Hangmen 
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls... 
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy 
Jane Cox, Macbeth 
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth 


Best Lighting Design of a Musical 
Neil Austin, Company 
Tim Deiling, SIX: The Musical 
Donald Holder, Paradise Square 
Natasha Katz, MJ 
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset 
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop 


Best Sound Design of a Play 
Justin Ellington, for colored girls... 
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H. 
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth 
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy 
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth 


Best Sound Design of a Musical 
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country 
Paul Gatehouse, SIX: The Musical 
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company 
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop 
Gareth Owen, MJ 


Paradise Square (c) Kevin Berne


Best Choreography 
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls... 
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man 
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, SIX: The Musical 
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square 
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ 


Best Orchestrations 
David Cullen, Company 
Tom Curran, SIX: The Musical 
Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country 
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ 
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop


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