65th Tony Awards Nominees

The 65th Tony Awards that will recognize achievement in Broadway production during the 2010-2011 season will be held on June 12, 2011 at the Beacon Theater in NYC. The event will be broadcast live on CBS at 8 p.m., EST and will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

The nominations were announced on the 3rd of May, 2011 and as follows:

Best Play

* Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
* Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
* The Motherfucker With the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis
* War Horse by Nick Stafford

Best Musical

* The Book of Mormon
* Catch Me If You Can
* The Scottsboro Boys
* Sister Act

Best Book of a Musical

* Alex Timbers for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
* Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone for The Book of Mormon
* David Thompson for The Scottsboro Boys
* Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane for Sister Act

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

* Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (music and lyrics) for The Book of Mormon
* John Kander and Fred Ebb (music and lyrics) for The Scottsboro Boys
* Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics) for Sister Act
* David Yazbek (music and lyrics) for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Revival of a Play

* Arcadia
* The Importance of Being Earnest
* The Merchant of Venice
* The Normal Heart

Best Revival of a Musical

* Anything Goes
* How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

* Brian Bedford in The Importance of Being Earnest
* Bobby Cannavale in The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Joe Mantello in The Normal Heart
* Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice
* Mark Rylance in Jerusalem

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

* Nina Arianda in Born Yesterday
* Frances McDormand in Good People
* Lily Rabe in The Merchant of Venice
* Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy
* Hannah Yelland in Brief Encounter

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

* Norbert Leo Butz in Catch Me If You Can
* Josh Gad in The Book of Mormon
* Joshua Henry in The Scottsboro Boys
* Andrew Rannells in The Book of Mormon
* Tony Sheldon in Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

* Sutton Foster in Anything Goes
* Beth Leavel in Baby It's You!
* Patina Miller in Sister Act
* Donna Murphy in The People in the Picture

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

* Mackenzie Crook in Jerusalem
* Billy Crudup in Arcadia
* John Benjamin Hickey in The Normal Heart
* Arian Moayed in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
* Yul Vazquez in The Motherfucker With the Hat

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

* Ellen Barkin in The Normal Heart
* Edie Falco in The House of Blue Leaves
* Judith Light in Lombardi
* Joanna Lumley in La Bête
* Elizabeth Rodriguez in The Motherfucker With the Hat

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

* Colman Domingo in The Scottsboro Boys
* Adam Godley in Anything Goes
* John Larroquette in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Forrest McClendon in The Scottsboro Boys
* Rory O'Malley in The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

* Laura Benanti in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
* Tammy Blanchard in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Victoria Clark in Sister Act
* Nikki M James in The Book of Mormon
* Patti LuPone in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Scenic Design of a Play

* Todd Rosenthal for The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Rae Smith for War Horse
* Ultz for Jerusalem
* Mark Wendland for The Merchant of Venice

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

* Beowulf Boritt for The Scottsboro Boys
* Derek McLane for Anything Goes
* Scott Pask for The Book of Mormon
* Donyale Werle for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Best Costume Design of a Play

* Jess Goldstein for The Merchant of Venice
* Desmond Heeley for The Importance of Being Earnest
* Mark Thompson for La Bête
* Catherine Zuber for Born Yesterday

Best Costume Design of a Musical

* Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for Priscilla Queen of the Desert
* Martin Pakledinaz for Anything Goes
* Ann Roth for The Book of Mormon
* Catherine Zuber for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Lighting Design of a Play

* Paule Constable for War Horse
* David Lander for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
* Kenneth Posner for The Merchant of Venice
* Mimi Jordan Sherin for Jerusalem

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

* Ken Billington for The Scottsboro Boys
* Howell Binkley for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Peter Kaczorowski for Anything Goes
* Brian MacDevitt for The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play

* Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
* Simon Baker for Brief Encounter
* Ian Dickinson for Autograph for Jerusalem
* Christopher Shutt for War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical

* Peter Hylenski for The Scottsboro Boys
* Steve Canyon Kennedy for Catch Me If You Can
* Brian Ronan for Anything Goes
* Brian Ronan for The Book of Mormon

Best Direction of a Play

* Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris for War Horse
* Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe for The Normal Heart
* Anna D. Shapiro for The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Daniel J. Sullivan for The Merchant of Venice

Best Direction of a Musical

* Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes
* Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker for The Book of Mormon
* Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys

Best Choreography

* Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes
* Casey Nicholaw for The Book of Mormon
* Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys

Best Orchestrations

* Doug Besterman for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Larry Hochman for The Scottsboro Boys
* Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus for The Book of Mormon
* Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank for Catch Me If You Can

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