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The 2012 Tony Awards Nominees

Best Musical

• Leap of Faith
• Newsies
• Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Once

Best Play

• Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
• Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
• Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
• Venus in Fur by David Ives

Best Revival of a Play

• Death of a Salesman
• Master Class
• The Best Man
• Wit

Best Revival of a Musical

• Evita
• Follies
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Porgy and Bess

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
• James Earl Jones, The Best Man
• Frank Langella, Man and Boy
• John Lithgow, The Columnist

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• 
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
• Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
• Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
• Linda Lavin, The Lyons
• Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical


• Danny Burstein, Follies
• Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
• Steve Kazee, Once
• Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess
• Ron Raines, Follies

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical


• Jan Maxwell, Follies
• Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess
• Cristin Milioti, Once
• Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• 
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
• Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
• Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
• Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• 
Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman
• Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
• Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
• Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
• Condola Rashad, Stick Fly

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• 
Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess
• Michael Cerveris, Evita
• David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess
• Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• 
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
• Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
• Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost

Best Director of a Play

• Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
• Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
• Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Director of a Musical

• Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
• Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Diane Paulus, Porgy and Bess
• John Tiffany, Once

Best Choreography

• Rob Ashford, Evita
• Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
• Steven Hoggett, Once
• Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Score

• Wayne Barker and Rick Elice, Peter and the Starcatcher
• Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Newsies
• Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Don Black and Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Book

• Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones
• Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Harvey Fierstein, Newsies
• Enda Walsh, Once

Best Orchestrations

• William David Brohn, Porgy and Bess
• Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Martin Lowe, Once
• Danny Troob, Newsies

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
• Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
• Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Bob Crowley, Once
• Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost
• Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
• George Tsypin, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark

Best Costume Design of a Play

• William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner
• Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Gregg Barnes, Follies
• ESosa, Porgy and Bess
• Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark
• Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
• Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
• Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
• Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Christopher Akerlind, Porgy and Bess
• Natasha Katz, Follies
• Natasha Katz, Once
• Hugh Vanstone, Ghost

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
• Scott Lehrer, Death of a Salesman
• Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
• Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Acme Sound Partners, Porgy and Bess
• Clive Goodwin, Once
• Kai Harada, Follies
• Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Regional Theater Award

• The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater

• Freddie Gershon
• Artie Siccardi
• TDF Open Doors

Source: Broadway.com

Watch out for The Stage Door Canteen’s The Tony Awards Challenge to be announced tomorrow!

Tony Award nominations will be announced tomorrow!

Theater for one?

Theatre-goers have been enjoying performances with a difference during a new festival in London - interactive plays, performed by solitary actors to a single audience member.

(Source: thaumaturgy)

Walking with the Ghost (of William Shakespeare)

Happy Birthday/Deathday, William Shakespeare!  

The Royal Shakespeare Company monitors the digital pulse of the Bard via myShakespeare.  Follow the ghost.  Post your projects.  Leave comments.  The world’s largest Shakespeare festival just got bigger.

When I was an undergraduate student, I really disliked having to take theatre tech classes.  I was on a performance track and never felt I needed to invest time in learning how to work with set design, sound, and lighting.  I had a knack for it, I just never thought I needed that kind of education.

Undergrad, however, was barely an introduction in comparison to my first year of grad school.  As a first year grad student, I not only had to learn how to work with wood, electronics, and metal, I had to teach!  It was kind of an interesting situation because although I did know a thing or two, I was learning and teaching, throughout my first semester.  I helped build a raked stage, welded asymmetrical windows, repaired lighting, set up sound equipment, and learned how to use just about every power tool.

Not everyone gets to have this same experience, but if you’re going to “do-it-yourself,” here are a few tips I have learned that help you handle your own projects, home renovation, and more: 

“Safety Firs”t is not something you just tell kids.  If you’re going to do you own work, it’s important that you have the right safety equipment.  Along with your new power tools, buy earplugs, goggles, work gloves, etc. before you start working. 

Know how to use the equipment, too.  I was given instruction, but you can teach yourself a lot about how these things work through safety manuals and guides online. Working with a partner is also helpful if you’re just starting out.  You can learn and work together.   

The old adage “measure twice, cut once” is incredibly valuable.  I would say, more so, you want to be fully aware when you’re working.  You want to know the plans and understand them before you implement them.

It can be very rewarding to work on your own but it takes time.  You need to spend time learning and mastering the tools.   If you don’t have the tools, you can definitely entrust a contractor to help you.  It is fun, however, to stretch yourself and be creative and proud of a job well done. 

Oliver Award Coverage At The Guardian

Lots and lots of info about the awards given last night.  Read at your leisure.  

AN EVENING WITH DAVID HENRY HWANG

Also Oskar Eustis moderates.  I may go to NYC if I can for this.

beatonna:

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nprfreshair:

When Boris Thomashefsky died, 35,000 people lined the streets of New York City to say goodbye. On today’s Fresh Air, the story of Boris and his wife Bessie, two of the greatest stars of the Yiddish stage.

(via An actor’s final exit. (Daily Mirror. July 12, 1939) - ID: psnypl_the_4766 - NYPL Digital Gallery)