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| Tony Award Nominations 2019: ‘Hadestown’ Leads the Pack | Tony Award Nominations 2019: ‘Hadestown’ Leads the Pack |
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| • The new musical “Hadestown” dominated the Tony nominations Tuesday, getting nods in 14 categories. Read the full list of nominees. | • The new musical “Hadestown” dominated the Tony nominations Tuesday, getting nods in 14 categories. Read the full list of nominees. |
| • “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Network,” two costly dramas that have been big hits at the box office, were not nominated in the best new play category. | • “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Network,” two costly dramas that have been big hits at the box office, were not nominated in the best new play category. |
| • Among the bold-faced names nominated were Annette Bening, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Daniels, Adam Driver, Elaine May and Laurie Metcalf. | • Among the bold-faced names nominated were Annette Bening, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Daniels, Adam Driver, Elaine May and Laurie Metcalf. |
| • The awards ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. Eastern on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall, and broadcast on CBS. James Corden is the host. | • The awards ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. Eastern on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall, and broadcast on CBS. James Corden is the host. |
| “Hadestown,” a folk-and-blues-inflected musical reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, led the Tony nominations Tuesday morning, winning nods in 14 categories and becoming a front-runner in the hotly contested, and financially significant, race for the season’s best new musical. | “Hadestown,” a folk-and-blues-inflected musical reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, led the Tony nominations Tuesday morning, winning nods in 14 categories and becoming a front-runner in the hotly contested, and financially significant, race for the season’s best new musical. |
| An unconventional show born of the downtown theater scene — sung-through, poetic, packed with both emotion and politics — “Hadestown” will now face off against four others for the big prize: “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” an exuberantly sung and danced jukebox musical, which garnered 12 nominations; “Tootsie,” a musical comedy adapted from the popular film but updated to reflect today’s gender politics, which got 11 nominations; “Beetlejuice,” another movie adaptation, which scared up eight nominations; and “The Prom,” about a group of egotistic New York actors who come to the aid of an Indiana high schooler who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom, which got seven. | An unconventional show born of the downtown theater scene — sung-through, poetic, packed with both emotion and politics — “Hadestown” will now face off against four others for the big prize: “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” an exuberantly sung and danced jukebox musical, which garnered 12 nominations; “Tootsie,” a musical comedy adapted from the popular film but updated to reflect today’s gender politics, which got 11 nominations; “Beetlejuice,” another movie adaptation, which scared up eight nominations; and “The Prom,” about a group of egotistic New York actors who come to the aid of an Indiana high schooler who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom, which got seven. |
| “I can’t believe this is real — I never expected that this road was going to lead here,” said the singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, who fell in love with the Greek myth as a child and then, a dozen years ago, adapted it for the stage in a DIY-production that she packed into a silver school bus and toured around community theaters in Vermont. | “I can’t believe this is real — I never expected that this road was going to lead here,” said the singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, who fell in love with the Greek myth as a child and then, a dozen years ago, adapted it for the stage in a DIY-production that she packed into a silver school bus and toured around community theaters in Vermont. |
| Now she is a two-time Tony nominee, for the show’s book and score. “I just got captivated by the idea that there’s this character who believed that if he could make a piece of art beautiful enough, he could change the world,” she said. | Now she is a two-time Tony nominee, for the show’s book and score. “I just got captivated by the idea that there’s this character who believed that if he could make a piece of art beautiful enough, he could change the world,” she said. |
| The nominations, which come at the end of a lucrative Broadway season notable for the plethora of nonmusical plays, were striking not only for those recognized, but also for those snubbed. | The nominations, which come at the end of a lucrative Broadway season notable for the plethora of nonmusical plays, were striking not only for those recognized, but also for those snubbed. |
| Neither “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Network,” two costly dramas that have been big hits at the box office, was nominated in the best new play category. They did not come away empty-handed — “Mockingbird” was nominated in nine categories, and “Network” in five — but it was clear that the nominators preferred fully original work in the best play category. (Aaron Sorkin based “Mockingbird” on the 1960 Harper Lee novel, while Lee Hall’s “Network” follows the plot of the 1976 film.) | Neither “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Network,” two costly dramas that have been big hits at the box office, was nominated in the best new play category. They did not come away empty-handed — “Mockingbird” was nominated in nine categories, and “Network” in five — but it was clear that the nominators preferred fully original work in the best play category. (Aaron Sorkin based “Mockingbird” on the 1960 Harper Lee novel, while Lee Hall’s “Network” follows the plot of the 1976 film.) |
| The race for best new play is now likely to be a face-off between “The Ferryman,” Jez Butterworth’s gripping family drama set in a troubled Northern Ireland in 1981, and “What the Constitution Means to Me,” an autobiographical piece by Heidi Schreck about gender and American legal history, inspired by her adolescent experience giving speeches about the Constitution to win scholarship money. | The race for best new play is now likely to be a face-off between “The Ferryman,” Jez Butterworth’s gripping family drama set in a troubled Northern Ireland in 1981, and “What the Constitution Means to Me,” an autobiographical piece by Heidi Schreck about gender and American legal history, inspired by her adolescent experience giving speeches about the Constitution to win scholarship money. |
| “Choir Boy,” “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” and “Ink” are the other contenders for best new play. | |
| “I’m a little bit speechless,” said the “Choir Boy” playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, a critically celebrated presence Off Broadway whose Broadway debut came thanks, in part, to his winning an Academy Award for the screenplay of “Moonlight.” | “I’m a little bit speechless,” said the “Choir Boy” playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, a critically celebrated presence Off Broadway whose Broadway debut came thanks, in part, to his winning an Academy Award for the screenplay of “Moonlight.” |
| “Choir Boy,” about a gay teenager struggling with his status in the choir of an all-male high school, was inspired, he said, “by growing up and learning the history of Negro spirituals” and also by “really wanting to investigate being queer and black and also loving my community and my people.” | “Choir Boy,” about a gay teenager struggling with his status in the choir of an all-male high school, was inspired, he said, “by growing up and learning the history of Negro spirituals” and also by “really wanting to investigate being queer and black and also loving my community and my people.” |
| [Our chief theater critics, Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, discuss the nominations.] | [Our chief theater critics, Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, discuss the nominations.] |
| A panel of 42 theater experts, who saw the 21 plays and 13 musicals eligible for awards, determined the nominations. The nominators are not allowed to have any financial relationship with any of the eligible shows. | A panel of 42 theater experts, who saw the 21 plays and 13 musicals eligible for awards, determined the nominations. The nominators are not allowed to have any financial relationship with any of the eligible shows. |
| Now begins the campaigning. Many acting categories appear to be hotly contested — the featured performances were especially strong this season — so watch for a lot of politicking, Tonys-style, over the next few weeks. The nominees will be showing up for gala dinners and fancy luncheons and giving a lot of interviews as they try to remind voters of their charm and skill. | Now begins the campaigning. Many acting categories appear to be hotly contested — the featured performances were especially strong this season — so watch for a lot of politicking, Tonys-style, over the next few weeks. The nominees will be showing up for gala dinners and fancy luncheons and giving a lot of interviews as they try to remind voters of their charm and skill. |
| The 831 Tony voters — actors, producers, writers, directors, designers and others active in the theater community, some with financial interest in the nominated shows — have until noon on June 7 to cast their electronic ballots. | The 831 Tony voters — actors, producers, writers, directors, designers and others active in the theater community, some with financial interest in the nominated shows — have until noon on June 7 to cast their electronic ballots. |
| The winners are to be announced on June 9 at the 73rd annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall, hosted by James Corden, and broadcast on CBS starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. The Tony Awards, formally called the Antoinette Perry Awards, are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theater Wing. | The winners are to be announced on June 9 at the 73rd annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall, hosted by James Corden, and broadcast on CBS starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. The Tony Awards, formally called the Antoinette Perry Awards, are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theater Wing. |
| This season did not feature a talk-of-the-town starmaking performance like those of Cynthia Erivo in “The Color Purple” or Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen” in recent seasons. | This season did not feature a talk-of-the-town starmaking performance like those of Cynthia Erivo in “The Color Purple” or Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen” in recent seasons. |
| But the nominators gave nods to performers well known from television and film, including Bryan Cranston, as a decompensating television anchor in “Network”; Annette Bening, as the determined mother trying to hold a troubled family together in “All My Sons”; Adam Driver, as the wild-eyed suitor of his recently deceased brother’s roommate in “Burn This”; and Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” | But the nominators gave nods to performers well known from television and film, including Bryan Cranston, as a decompensating television anchor in “Network”; Annette Bening, as the determined mother trying to hold a troubled family together in “All My Sons”; Adam Driver, as the wild-eyed suitor of his recently deceased brother’s roommate in “Burn This”; and Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” |
| Laurie Metcalf will be up for her third Tony in three years for her fierce-yet-fragile performance as Hillary Clinton in “Hillary and Clinton.” Also noteworthy: Elaine May, 86, the beloved comedian and director, was nominated for portraying a woman losing her memory in “The Waverly Gallery” — her first time appearing on Broadway in 50 years. | Laurie Metcalf will be up for her third Tony in three years for her fierce-yet-fragile performance as Hillary Clinton in “Hillary and Clinton.” Also noteworthy: Elaine May, 86, the beloved comedian and director, was nominated for portraying a woman losing her memory in “The Waverly Gallery” — her first time appearing on Broadway in 50 years. |
| A few artists had especially big days Tuesday. The 26-year-old actor Jeremy Pope, who had never appeared on Broadway before, accomplished the rare feat of being nominated for work in two different shows this season — as a gifted student in the play “Choir Boy,” and as a magnetic member of the Temptations in the musical “Ain’t Too Proud.” | A few artists had especially big days Tuesday. The 26-year-old actor Jeremy Pope, who had never appeared on Broadway before, accomplished the rare feat of being nominated for work in two different shows this season — as a gifted student in the play “Choir Boy,” and as a magnetic member of the Temptations in the musical “Ain’t Too Proud.” |
| And Ms. Schreck, who is 47 and also making her Broadway debut, was nominated both as the writer and the star of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” | And Ms. Schreck, who is 47 and also making her Broadway debut, was nominated both as the writer and the star of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” |
| Five musicals — “Hadestown,” “Tootsie,” “The Prom,” “Ain’t Too Proud” and a revival of “Oklahoma!” — dominated the performance categories, recognizing actors both veteran and new. The musical comedy mainstays Brooks Ashmanskas and Beth Leavel were nominated for “The Prom,” as was 27-year-old Caitlin Kinnunen, making her Broadway debut. | Five musicals — “Hadestown,” “Tootsie,” “The Prom,” “Ain’t Too Proud” and a revival of “Oklahoma!” — dominated the performance categories, recognizing actors both veteran and new. The musical comedy mainstays Brooks Ashmanskas and Beth Leavel were nominated for “The Prom,” as was 27-year-old Caitlin Kinnunen, making her Broadway debut. |
| The race for best play revival is wide open, but among the hopefuls are “The Waverly Gallery,” a Kenneth Lonergan drama, first produced in 1999, about how Alzheimer’s disease affects a woman and her family, and “The Boys in the Band,” a pioneering 1968 play by Mart Crowley about a group of gay men gathered for a birthday party. Neither play had ever been staged on Broadway before. | The race for best play revival is wide open, but among the hopefuls are “The Waverly Gallery,” a Kenneth Lonergan drama, first produced in 1999, about how Alzheimer’s disease affects a woman and her family, and “The Boys in the Band,” a pioneering 1968 play by Mart Crowley about a group of gay men gathered for a birthday party. Neither play had ever been staged on Broadway before. |
| Also nominated: “All My Sons,” “Burn This” and “Torch Song.” | Also nominated: “All My Sons,” “Burn This” and “Torch Song.” |
| There were only two musical revivals this season. Both were well reviewed, and both were nominated for the prize in that category: the revisionist “Oklahoma!”, which scored eight nominations, and the revised “Kiss Me, Kate,” which garnered four, including a seventh for Kelli O’Hara, who won in 2015. | There were only two musical revivals this season. Both were well reviewed, and both were nominated for the prize in that category: the revisionist “Oklahoma!”, which scored eight nominations, and the revised “Kiss Me, Kate,” which garnered four, including a seventh for Kelli O’Hara, who won in 2015. |
| The Tony Awards administrators have already announced the winners of several noncompetitive prizes. | The Tony Awards administrators have already announced the winners of several noncompetitive prizes. |
| The playwright Terrence McNally, the actress Rosemary Harris, and the orchestrator Harold Wheeler will be honored with special Tony Awards for lifetime achievement in the theater. | The playwright Terrence McNally, the actress Rosemary Harris, and the orchestrator Harold Wheeler will be honored with special Tony Awards for lifetime achievement in the theater. |
| Special Tony Awards will be given to Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, the Australian creators of the giant animatronic title puppet in the new musical “King Kong”; Jason Michael Webb, for the musical arrangements in the play “Choir Boy”; and posthumously to the actress Marin Mazzie for her work on women’s health issues. | Special Tony Awards will be given to Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, the Australian creators of the giant animatronic title puppet in the new musical “King Kong”; Jason Michael Webb, for the musical arrangements in the play “Choir Boy”; and posthumously to the actress Marin Mazzie for her work on women’s health issues. |
| The actress Judith Light will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, which honors volunteerism by a member of the theater community, in recognition of her work on H.I.V./AIDS issues and her support for gay rights. | The actress Judith Light will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, which honors volunteerism by a member of the theater community, in recognition of her work on H.I.V./AIDS issues and her support for gay rights. |
| TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will receive the 2019 Regional Theater Tony Award. | TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will receive the 2019 Regional Theater Tony Award. |
| And Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater will be presented to Broadway Inspirational Voices, a choir founded by Michael McElroy; Peter Entin, a retired Shubert Organization executive; Joseph Blakely Forbes, the founding president of Scenic Art Studios, a scene painting studio in Newburgh, N.Y.; and Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, a Midtown firehouse that lost 15 firefighters on Sept. 11. | And Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater will be presented to Broadway Inspirational Voices, a choir founded by Michael McElroy; Peter Entin, a retired Shubert Organization executive; Joseph Blakely Forbes, the founding president of Scenic Art Studios, a scene painting studio in Newburgh, N.Y.; and Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, a Midtown firehouse that lost 15 firefighters on Sept. 11. |
| Invariably, the awards process creates losers as well. Broadway is a brutal business, and watch for some shows that fare poorly in the nominations or voting to announce closings, particularly at the end of the summer as the tourist season wraps up. | Invariably, the awards process creates losers as well. Broadway is a brutal business, and watch for some shows that fare poorly in the nominations or voting to announce closings, particularly at the end of the summer as the tourist season wraps up. |