Shakespeare's Globe picks up eight Tony Award nominations

Shakespeare’s Globe has picked up eight Tony Awards nominations, with Michael Grandage’s production of The Cripple of Inishmaan receiving six.

Twelfth Night, first staged by Shakespeare’s Globe in the UK in 2012 and then commercially produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, picked up a total of seven nominations, with actor Mark Rylance earning a supporting actor nod for his work as Olivia in the show and co-star Samuel Barnett receiving a best actor nomination for his portrayal of Viola. This marks Barnett’s first Tony nomination though he has previously won the Drama Desk award for best featured actor in a play for The History Boys.

Cast members Stephen Fry and Paul Chahidi also picked up supporting actor nods, with director Tim Carroll also nominated and the show itself up for best revival.

Rylance meanwhile also received a best actor nomination for his performance in the title role of Richard III. In this category he faces competition from Chris O’Dowd, for Of Mice and Men. Rylance has previously won in this category for his work Boeing-Boeing in 2008 and in Jerusalem in 2011.

Jenny Tiramani, meanwhile, is nominated for her costumes on Twelfth Night.

Among Carroll’s competition in the director category this year will be John Tiffany, for The Glass Menagerie, and Michael Grandage, who earned a nomination for his work in The Cripple of Inishmaan.

The Cripple of Inishmaan has also been nominated for best revival and Sarah Greene has been nominated in the featured actress section. The play has also picked up nominations for Christopher Oram’s set, Paule Constable’s lighting and Alex Baranowski’s sound design.

Other Brits picking up nominations include Tim Rice, for his lyrics on Aladdin, Es Devlin, who picked up a nomination for her design of Machinal, Julian Crouch, who is nominated for his design of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Mick Potter, who is up for his sound design on Les Miserables. Sophie Okonedo is nominated for A Raisin in the Sun.

Among those overlooked this year were Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen for their work in Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land.

The musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder has picked up a total of 10 nominations, including a nod for best musical.

Actor Audra McDonald has received a nod for best actress in a play for her portrayal of Billy Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. If she wins in this category, it would mark her sixth acting Tony, the most of any actress.

Hosting the Tony Awards this year will be actor Hugh Jackman. Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the Tony Awards will be broadcast live from New York Radio City Musical Hall on June 8.

The nominations in full are:

 

Best Play

Act One by James Lapine

All The Way by Robert Schenkkan

Casa Valentina by Harvey Fierstein

Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally

Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley

 

Best Musical

After Midnight

Aladdin

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

 

Best Revival of a Play

The Cripple of Inishmaan

The Glass Menagerie

A Raisin in the Sun

Twelfth Night

 

Best Revival of a Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Les Misérables

Violet

 

Best Book of a Musical

Aladdin – Chad Beguelin

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath

Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman

 

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Aladdin – Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin

The Bridges of Madison County – Music and Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Music: Steven Lutvak, Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak

If/Then – Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Brian Yorkey

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Samuel Barnett, Twelfth Night

Bryan Cranston, All The Way

Chris O’Dowd, Of Mice and Men

Mark Rylance, Richard III

Tony Shalhoub, Act One

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, A Raisin in the Sun

Cherry Jones, The Glass Menagerie

Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Estelle Parsons, The Velocity of Autumn

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Ramin Karimloo, Les Misérables

Andy Karl, Rocky

Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin

Sutton Foster, Violet

Idina Menzel, If/Then

Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Kelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Reed Birney, Casa Valentina

Paul Chahidi, Twelfth Night

Stephen Fry, Twelfth Night

Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night

Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Sarah Greene, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie

Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun

Anika Noni Rose, A Raisin in the Sun

Mare Winningham, Casa Valentina

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Danny Burstein, Cabaret

Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway

Joshua Henry, Violet

James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin

Jarrod Spector, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Linda Emond, Cabaret

Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Anika Larsen, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Adriane Lenox, After Midnight

Lauren Worsham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

 

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, Act One

Bob Crowley, The Glass Menagerie

Es Devlin, Machinal

Christopher Oram, The Cripple of Inishmaan

 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Christopher Barreca, Rocky

Julian Crouch, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Santo Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway

 

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jane Greenwood, Act One

Michael Krass, Machinal

Rita Ryack, Casa Valentina

Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Linda Cho, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway

Arianne Phillips, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Isabel Toledo, After Midnight

 

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Jane Cox, Machinal

Natasha Katz, The Glass Menagerie

Japhy Weideman, Of Mice and Men

 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Christopher Akerlind, Rocky

Howell Binkley, After Midnight

Donald Holder, The Bridges of Madison County

 

Best Sound Design of a Play

Alex Baranowski, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Steve Canyon Kennedy, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Dan Moses Schreier, Act One

Matt Tierney, Machinal

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski, After Midnight

Tim O’Heir, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Mick Potter, Les Misérables

Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

 

Best Direction of a Play

Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night

Michael Grandage, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun

John Tiffany, The Glass Menagerie

 

Best Direction of a Musical

Warren Carlyle, After Midnight

Michael Mayer, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Leigh Silverman, Violet

Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

 

Best Choreography

Warren Carlyle, After Midnight

Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine, Rocky

Casey Nicholaw, Aladdin

Susan Stroman, Bullets Over Broadway

 

Best Orchestrations

Doug Besterman, Bullets Over Broadway

Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County

Steve Sidwell, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Jonathan Tunick, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder