TONY AWARDS 2014 - Any Broadway lovers out there?

[PrincessInOz]

It's the 2014 Tony Awards.



Time to enjoy live talent and entertainment....
......with that hunkiest of hosts.....Tony Jackman.



Load up on munchies and drinks. The ceremonies kick off very shortly.




Here are the 2014 nominees:


Best Play
"Act One"
"All the Way"
"Casa Valentina"
"Mothers and Sons"
"Outside Mullingar"


Best Musical
"After Midnight"
"Aladdin"
"Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Revival of a Play
"The Cripple of Inishmaan"
"The Glass Menagerie"
"A Raisin in the Sun"
"Twelfth Night"


Best Revival of a Musical
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
"Les Miserables"
"Violet"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Samuel Barnett, "Twelfth Night"
Bryan Cranston, "All the Way"
Chris O'Dowd, "Of Mice and Men"
Mark Rylance, "Richard III"
Tony Shalhoub, "Act One"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Tyne Daly, "Mothers and Sons"
LaTanya Richardson Jackson, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Cherry Jones, "The Glass Menagerie"
Audra McDonald, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Estelle Parsons, "The Velocity of Autumn"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Ramin Karimloo, "Les Miserables"
Andy Karl, "Rocky"
Jefferson Mays, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
Bryce Pinkham, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Mary Bridget Davies, "A Night with Janis Joplin"
Sutton Foster, "Violet"
Idina Menzel, "If/Then"
Jessie Mueller, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
Kelli O'Hara, "The Bridges of Madison County"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney, "Casa Valentina"
Paul Chahidi, "Twelfth Night"
Stephen Fry, "Twelfth Night"
Mark Rylance, "Twelfth Night"
Brian J. Smith, "The Glass Menagerie"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Sarah Green, "The Cripple of Inishmaan"
Celia Keenan-Bolger, "The Glass Menagerie"
Sophie Okonedo, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Anika Noni Rose, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Mare Winningham, "Casa Valentina"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, "Cabaret"
Nick Cordero, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Joshua Henry, "Violet"
James Monroe Iglehart, "Aladdin"
Jarrod Spector, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Linda Emond, "Cabaret"
Lena Hall, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Anika Larsen, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
Adriane Lenox, "After Midnight"
Lauren Worsham, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Direction of a Play
Tim Carroll, "Twelfth Night"
Michael Grandage, "The Cripple of Inishmaan"
Kenny Leon, "A Raisin in the Sun"
John Tiffany, "The Glass Menagerie"


Best Direction of a Musical
Warren Carlyle, "After Midnight"
Michael Mayer, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Leigh Silverman, "Violet"
Darko Tresnjak, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Book of a Musical
Chad Beguelin, "Aladdin"
Douglas McGrath, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
Woody Allen, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Robert L. Freedman, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater
"Aladdin" (Music: Alan Menkin; Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Begeulin)
"The Bridges of Madison County" (Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown)
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" (Music: Steven Lutvak; Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak)
"If/Then" (Music: Tom Kitt; Lyrics: Brian Yorkey)


Best Choreography
Warren Carlyle, "After Midnight"
Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine, "Rocky"
Casey Nicholaw, "Aladdin"
Susan Stroman, "Bullets Over Broadway"


Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Jason Robert Brown, "The Bridges of Madison County"
Steve Sidwell, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
Jonathan Tunick, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"


Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, "Act One"
Bob Crowley, "The Glass Menagerie"
Es Devlin, "Machinal"
Christopher Oram, "The Cripple of Inishmaan"


Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Christopher Barreca, "Rocky"
Julian Crouch, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Alexander Dodge, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
Santo Loquasto, "Bullets Over Broadway"


Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood, "Act One"
Michael Krass, "Machinal"
Rita Ryack, "Casa Valentina"
Jenny Tiramani, "Twelfth Night"


Best Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
William Ivey Long, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Arianne Phillips, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Isabel Toledo, "After Midnight"


Best Sound Design of a Play
Alex Baranowski, "The Cripple of Inishmaan"
Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Dan Moses Schreier, "Act One"
Matt Tierney, "Machinal"


Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, "After Midnight"
Tim O'Heir, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Mick Potter, "Les Miserables"
Brian Ronan, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"


Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, "The Cripple of Inishmaan"
Jane Cox, "Machinal"
Natasha Katz, "The Glass Menagerie"
Japhy Wideman, "Of Mice and Men"


Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Christopher Akerlind, "Rocky"
Howell Binkley, "After Midnight"
Donald Holder, "The Bridges of Madison County"


Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Jane Greenwood


Regional Theatre Award
Signature Theatre


Isabelle Stevenson Award
Rosie O'Donnell


Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Joseph P. Benincasa
Joan Marcus
Charlotte Wilcox

 

[Imzadi]

Fun that an Aussie started the Tony Awards thread that will be hosted by a fellow Aussie.

I'm in!



But. . .

Time to enjoy live talent and entertainment....
......with that hunkiest of hosts.....Tony Jackman.

Is Hugh Jackman using a special nickname while hosting the Tonys? Or is this what you guys call him down under?

 

[PrincessInOz]

Fun that an Aussie started the Tony Awards thread that will be hosted by a fellow Aussie.

I'm in!



But. . .



Is Hugh Jackman using a special nickname while hosting the Tonys? Or is this what you guys call him down under?

OOPS!


*hangs head in shame*


My only excuse is that I hadn't had coffee and vegemite yet when I started the thread.

I would go back and change it....but it seems so appropriate to leave it...right?




Vegemite.....er......coffee anyone???

 

[Imzadi]

OOPS!


*hangs head in shame*


My only excuse is that I hadn't had coffee and vegemite yet when I started the thread.

I would go back and change it....but it seems so appropriate to leave it...right?

Yeah, we'll call him "Tony" during the Tony Awards. Besides, from the interviews he's been doing on the news here, he's got such a thick beard now, he doesn't look like Hugh Jackman.

Vegemite.....er......coffee anyone???

Err, umm, that's okay. . . I'm full.


The local news is showing the Red Carpet for the Tonys. Not quite as exciting as for the Oscars or Golden Globes. But, I did get to see an interview with Adele Dazeem. Wow, she's become an overnite sensation since the Oscars.

 

[PrincessInOz]

It's being broadcasted on the Arena Channel here. No coverage of the Red Carpet.

 

[NFLDERS]

PrincessInOz:. Thanks for the reminder and detailed list.

 

[pigletgirl]

We have it ready to record on DVR!

 

[Imzadi]

It's being broadcasted on the Arena Channel here. No coverage of the Red Carpet.

I think the Red Carpet is just NYC local. It's only airing on the local city news channel here.

 

[PrincessInOz]

We're on with "Tony" taking off his white jacket.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I need him to take off a few more items of clothes and hop that way!

No. Don't put on another jacket!!!

 

[Imzadi]

I hear Disney music!

 

[Imzadi]

All that hopping must be so hard on the knees. Ouch!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Great short, sharp and hopping opening.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Looks like Fantasia has learnt not to scream. She sounded much more mature.

 

[figment52]

What is the significance of the hopping? Is it because he is from Australia and he likes kangaroos? Seriously...I don't follow broadway enough to know why he would hop for the opening. TIA.

And thanks for the offer but I will pass on the vegemite.

 

[PrincessInOz]

What an amazing sequence from After Midnight. I hope it opens in Melbourne at some stage.

 

[PrincessInOz]

What is the significance of the hopping? Is it because he is from Australia and he likes kangaroos? Seriously...I don't follow broadway enough to know shy he would hop for the opening. TIA.

I assume that one of the musicals on Broadway now has a hopping scene?

Hope someone answers. I'd love to know too.

 

[Imzadi]

I was wondering if it was a kangaroo thing too?

Patti La Belle looked good. I read she had some health complications due to her diabetes acting up.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Seems like it's Go Skippy.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Les Miz revival is opening in Melbourne shortly. I haven't decided if I should go see it again. This sequence is tipping the scales for me to get tix.