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Theatre Lover's Journal for May 12, 2003

Tony Nominations 2003

by John Kenrick

Talk about a shocker! For once, the Tony committee has shown signs of certifiable sanity! By and large, ghastly options have been overlooked and the deserving have received recognition. What a concept!

Of course, there are still a few hints of idiocy. Some sundry observations --

Musicals101.com will post it's second annual Dean's List honors later this month. For "the record," here is the full list of nominees.

BEST PLAY
Enchanted April
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Take Me Out
Vincent in Brixton

BEST MUSICAL
Amour
Hairspray
Movin' Out
A Year With Frog and Toad

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Gypsy
La Bohème
Man of La Mancha
Nine

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Dinner at Eight
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Long Day's Journey Into Night

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Brian Bedford, Tartuffe
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eddie Izzard, Joe Egg
Paul Newman, Our Town
Stanley Tucci, Frankie and Johnny

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Atkinson, Enchanted April
Victoria Hamilton, Joe Egg
Clare Higgins, Vincent in Brixton
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Fiona Shaw, Medea

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Antonio Banderas, Nine
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Malcolm Gets, Amour
John Selya, Movin' Out
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Man of La Mancha

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Melissa Errico, Amour
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Man of La Mancha
Elizabeth Parkinson, Movin' Out
Bernadette Peters, Gypsy
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert Sean Leonard, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out
Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Christine Ebersole, Dinner at Eight
Linda Emond, Life x 3
Kathryn Meisle, Tartuffe
Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms
Marian Seldes, Dinner at Eight

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cavanaugh, Movin' Out
John Dossett, Gypsy
Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Corey Reynolds, Hairspray
Keith Roberts, Movin' Out

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Tammy Blanchard, Gypsy
Jane Krakowski, Nine
Mary Stuart Masterson, Nine
Chita Rivera, Nine
Ashley Tuttle, Movin' Out

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Laurence Boswell, Joe Egg
Robert Falls, Long Day's Journey
Joe Mantello, Take Me Out
Deborah Warner, Medea

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
David Leveaux, Nine
Baz Luhrmann, La Bohème
Jack O'Brien, Hairspray
Twyla Tharp, Movin' Out

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Jeremy Sams, Amour
Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Hairspray
Willie Reale, A Year with Frog and Toad
David Henry Hwang, Flower Drum Song

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Michel Legrand, Amour
Willie and Robert Reale, A Year with Frog and Toad
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Hairspray
Various composers, Urban Cowboy

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Robert Longbottom, Flower Drum Song
Jerry Mitchell, Hairspray
Melinda Roy, Urban Cowboy
Twyla Tharp, Movin' Out

BEST SCENIC DESIGN
John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight
Santo Loquasto, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Catherine Martin, La Bohème
David Rockwell, Hairspray

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Gregg Barnes, Flower Drum Song
William Ivey Long, Hairspray
Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie, La Bohème
Catherine Zuber, Dinner at Eight

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Donald Holder, Movin' Out
Nigel Levings, La Bohème
Brian MacDevitt, Nine
Kenneth Posner, Hairspray

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Billy Joel and Stuart Malina, Movin' Out
Nicholas Kitsopoulos, La Bohème
Jonathan Tunick, Nine
Harold Wheeler, Hairspray

SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
The Play What I Wrote
Prune Danish
Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam
Bill Maher's Victory Begins at Home

SPECIAL TONY AWARDS
The principal ensemble of La Bohème
Paul Huntley
Johnson-Liff Casting Associates
The Acting Company
Cy Feuer - Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN) - Regional Theatre Award

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