I did this last year and got a big response. I will list the nominees and you reply with your votes on who you want to win. On June 5th, a week before the Tonys, I will tally up the votes and list who we chose.
2011 TONY AWARD NOMINEES
Best Play
Good People Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Jerusalem Author: Jez Butterworth The Motherf**ker with the Hat Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis War Horse Author: Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Alex Timbers The Book of Mormon Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone The Scottsboro Boys David Thompson Sister Act Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) The Book of Mormon- Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone The Scottsboro Boys- Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown- Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
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 an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday Frances McDormand, Good People Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Sutton Foster, Anything Goes Beth Leavel, Baby It's You! Patina Miller, Sister Act Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem Billy Crudup, Arcadia John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves Judith Light, Lombardi Joanna Lumley, La Bête Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys Adam Godley, Anything Goes John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Victoria Clark, Sister Act Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Scenic Design of a Play Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Rae Smith, War Horse Ultz, Jerusalem Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice
Best Scenic Design of a Musical Beowulf Boritt, The Scottsboro Boys Derek McLane, Anything Goes Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best Costume Design of a Play Jess Goldstein, The Merchant of Venice Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest Mark Thompson, La Bête Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday
Best Costume Design of a Musical Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Lighting Design of a Play Paule Constable, War Horse David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice Mimi Jordan Sherin, Jerusalem
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys Howell Binkley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Peter Kaczorowski, Anything Goes Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design of a Play Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Simon Baker, Brief Encounter Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Jerusalem Christopher Shutt, War Horse
Best Sound Design of a Musical Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys Steve Canyon Kennedy, Catch Me If You Can Brian Ronan, Anything Goes Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Play Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Daniel Sullivan, The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd
Good People Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Jerusalem Author: Jez Butterworth**** The Motherf**ker with the Hat Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis War Horse Author: Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon **** Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Alex Timbers**** The Book of Mormon Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone The Scottsboro Boys David Thompson Sister Act Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) The Book of Mormon- Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone The Scottsboro Boys- Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater**** Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown- Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
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 an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice Mark Rylance, Jerusalem ****
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday **** Frances McDormand, Good People Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can **** Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Sutton Foster, Anything Goes **** Beth Leavel, Baby It's You! Patina Miller, Sister Act Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem Billy Crudup, Arcadia John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart**** Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves **** Judith Light, Lombardi Joanna Lumley, La Bête Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys Adam Godley, Anything Goes **** John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Victoria Clark, Sister Act **** Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Scenic Design of a Play Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Rae Smith, War Horse **** Ultz, Jerusalem Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice
Best Scenic Design of a Musical Beowulf Boritt, The Scottsboro Boys Derek McLane, Anything Goes**** Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best Costume Design of a Play Jess Goldstein, The Merchant of Venice Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest Mark Thompson, La Bête **** Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday
Best Costume Design of a Musical Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes**** Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Lighting Design of a Play Paule Constable, War Horse David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice Mimi Jordan Sherin, Jerusalem****
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys Howell Binkley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Peter Kaczorowski, Anything Goes**** Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design of a Play Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Simon Baker, Brief Encounter Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Jerusalem Christopher Shutt, War Horse ****
Best Sound Design of a Musical Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys Steve Canyon Kennedy, Catch Me If You Can Brian Ronan, Anything Goes **** Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Play Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart**** Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat Daniel Sullivan, The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes **** Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes **** Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying **** Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd