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Tony awards: Nominations list
The Tony Awards recognise the best of Broadway from light musicals to serious plays. The prizes will be handed out in New York on 11 June.

The nominations in full:

Best Play
The History Boys
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Rabbit Hole
Shining City

Best Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer

Best Book of a Musical
The Wedding Singer
Jersey Boys
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Color Purple

Best Original Score
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Color Purple
The Wedding Singer
The Woman in White

Best Revival of a Play
Awake and Sing!
The Constant Wife
Edward Albee's Seascape
Faith Healer

Best Revival of a Musical
The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd
The Threepenny Opera

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes - Faith Healer
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
Zeljko Ivanke - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
David Wilmot - The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Kate Burton - The Constant Wife
Judy Kay - Souvenir
Lisa Kron - Well
Cynthia Nixon - Rabbit Hole
Lynn Redgrave - The Constant Wife

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris - Sweeney Todd
Harry Connick Jr - The Pajama Game
Stephen Lynch - The Wedding Singer
Bob Martin - The Drowsy Chaperone
John Lloyd Young - Jersey Boys

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster - The Drowsy Chaperone
LaChanze - The Color Purple
Patti LuPone - Sweeney Todd
Kelli O'Hara - The Pajama Game
Chita Rivera - Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett - The History Boys
Domhnall Gleeson - The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Ian McDiarmid - Faith Healer
Mark Ruffalo - Awake and Sing!
Pablo Schreiber - Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tyne Daly - Rabbit Hole
Frances de la Tour - The History Boys
Jayne Houdyshell - Well
Alison Pill - The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Zoe Wanamaker - Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein - The Drowsy Chaperone
Jim Dale - The Threepenny Opera
Brandon Victor Dixon - The Color Purple
Manoel Felciano - Sweeney Todd
Christian Hoff - Jersey Boys

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Carolee Carmello - Lestat
Felicia P Fields - The Color Purple
Megan Lawrence - The Pajama Game
Beth Leavel -The Drowsy Chaperone
Elisabeth Wither-Mendes - The Color Purple

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rabbit Hole
The History Boys
Three Days of Rain
Awake and Sing!

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Pajama Game
Jersey Boys

Best Costume Design of a Play
The Constant Wife
A Touch of the Poet
Awake and Sing!
Edward Albee's Seascape

Best Costume Design of a Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone
Lestat
The Pajama Game
The Color Purple

Best Lighting Design
Awake and Sing!
Three Days of Rain
Faith Healer
The History Boys

Best Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner - The History Boys
Wilson Milam - The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Bartlett Sher - Awake and Sing!
Daniel Sullivan - Rabbit Hole

Best Direction of a Musical
John Boyle - Sweeney Todd
Kathleen Marshall - The Pajama Game
Des McAnuff - Jersey Boys
Casey Nicholaw - The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford - The Wedding Singer
Donald Byrd - The Color Purple
Kathleen Marshall - The Pajama Game
Casey Nicholaw - The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Orchestrations
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Pajama Game
Jersey Boys
Sweeney Todd




SEE ALSO:
Hairspray leads Tony nominations
12 May 03 |  Entertainment
Elton takes vampires to Broadway
07 May 03 |  Entertainment
Curtain down on theatre's 2002
30 Dec 02 |  Entertainment
Izzard eyes Broadway success
06 Nov 02 |  Entertainment


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