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Best Play
The winner of this year's Best Play will join the good company of Mister Roberts (the first winner), Death of a Salesman, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Lost in Yonkers. This year's nominees for Best Play are:
- Act One
- All the Way
- Casa Valentina
- Mothers and Sons
- Outside Mullingar
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Best Musical
The first winner of this award was Kiss Me, Kate (1949). Other winners include South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Sweeney Todd, Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Rent. This year's nominees for Best Musical are:
- After Midnight
- Aladdin
- Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
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Best Revival of a Play
The revival awards have been given out since 1977. This year's nominees for Best Revival of a Play are:
- The Cripple of Inishmaan
- The Glass Menagerie
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Twelfth Night
Best Revival of a Musical
If there aren't enough revivals in a given year, then the musical and plays may be combined for awards nominations. This year's nominees for Best Revival of a Musical are
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Les Misérables
- Violet
Violet has become increasingly popular in recent years, but Hedwig is not likely to see much action anytime soon.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Previous winners of this Tony Award include James Earl Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Frank Langella and Ralph Fiennes.
- Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson in All The Way
- Chris O'Dowd as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men
- Mark Rylance as Richard III in Richard III
- Samuel Barnett as Viola in Twelfth Night
- Tony Shalhoub as Moss Hart, Barnett Hart and George S.Kaufman in Act One
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
In the past, this award has gone to Eli Wallach, Roddy McDowall and Al Pacino, to name just a few.
- Brian J. Smith as Jim O'Connor in The Glass Menagerie
- Mark Rylance as Olivia in Twelfth Night
- Paul Chahidi as Maria in Twelfth Night
- Reed Birney as Charlotte in Casa Valentina
- Stephen Fry as Malvolio in Twelfth Night
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
These impressive nominees are triple threats — they can sing, dance and act.
- Andy Karl as Rocky Balboa in Rocky
- Bryce Pinkham as Monty Navarro in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Jefferson Mays as the D'Ysquith Family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig Robinson in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Ramin Karimloo as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
The award for Featured Role might be compared to the Oscar's Best Supporting Actor nod.
- Danny Burstein as Herr Schultz in Cabaret
- James Monroe Iglehart as Genie in Aladdin
- Jarrod Spector as Barry Mann in Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
- Joshua Henry as Flick in Violet
- Nick Cordero as Cheech in Bullets Over Broadway
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
This Tony has been awarded to greats such as Ann Bancroft, Julie Harris, Maureen Stapleton and Judi Dench.
- Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
- Cherry Jones as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
- Estelle Parsons as Alexandra in The Velocity of Autumn
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Lena Younger in A Raisin in the Sun
- Tyne Daly as Katharine Gerard in Mothers and Sons
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin, Angela Lansbury and Judith Light are just a few of the wonderful actresses who've won this prestigious Tony.
- Anika Noni Rose as Beneatha Younger in A Raisin in the Sun
- Celia Keenan-Bolger as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
- Mare Winningham as Rita in Casa Valentina
- Sarah Greene as Helen McCormick in The Cripple of Inishmaan
- Sophie Okonedo as Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Which of these nominees will join the ranks of greats like Mary Martin, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing and Vivien Leigh?
- Idina Menzel as Elizabeth Vaughan in If/Then
- Jessie Mueller as Carole King in Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
- Kelli O'Hara as Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County
- Mary Bridget Davies as Janis Joplin in A Night with Janis Joplin
- Sutton Foster as Violet Karl in Violet
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
These "supporting actresses" stole the show.
- Adriane Lenox as various characters in After Midnight
- Anika Larsen as Cynthia Weil in Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
- Lauren Worsham as Phoebe D'Ysquith in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Lena Hall as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Linda Emond as Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret
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