Kristen Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will host the 2015 Tony Awards on June 7 on CBS. (Photos: Tony Awards, en.wikipedia and Zimbio
Kristen Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will host the 2015 Tony Awards on June 7 on CBS. (Photos: Tony Awards, en.wikipedia and Zimbio

The Broadway musical, Something Rotten!, 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 which has the most nominations of 12, but that almost doesn’t count since three actresses are nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical” and only one can win.

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 (six nominations) and Wolf Hall Parts One & Two (eight nominations). Why they can’t just shorten it to Wolf Hall is beyond me.

The 2015 Tony Awards 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) 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.

And the Nominees are:

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

Best Musical:
An American in Paris, Fun Home, Something Rotten! and The Visit

Best Revival of a Play:
The Elephant Man, Skylight, This is Our Youth and You Can’t Take it With You

Best Revival of a Musical:
The King and I, On the Town and On the Twentieth Century

Best Book of a Musical:
An American in Paris, Fun Home, Something Rotten! and The Visit

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Fun Home, The Last Ship, Something Rotten! and The Visit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Orchestrations:
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky and Bill Elliott (An American in Paris), John Clancy (Fun Home), Larry Hochman (Something Rotten!) and Rob Mathes (The Last Ship)

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

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

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

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

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

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Donald Holder (The King and I), Natasha Katz (An American in Paris), Ben Stanton (Fun Home) and Japhy Weideman (The Visit)

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Tommy Tune

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