The 68th Tony Awards this Sunday

by | Jun 4, 2014 | Culture, Entertainment, Events | 0 comments

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Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris at the Beacon Theatre performing a duet at the 2011 Tony Awards .

The 68th Annual Tony Awards are being held this Sunday where the Broadway productions of the 2013-14 season will be honored with Broadway’s equivalent to the Academy Awards. The ceremony, which will take place at Radio City Music Hall for a second consecutive year, will be broadcast by CBS at 8 p.m. EST, along with 30 other countries receiving the live broadcast as well.

This year’s awards will be hosted by Hugh Jackman, replacing the Master of Ceremonies for the last three years, Neil Patrick Harris. The X-men actor is no stranger to the spotlight at the Tony’s as he hosted the them for three straight years in the early 2000’s and received an award for his leading role in “The Boy from Oz” in 2004.

Some of the night’s nominated musicals will have a chance to perform for the international audience: Neil Patrick Harris will lead the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Sutton Foster with the cast of Violet, Alan Cumming with the cast of Cabaret, and Idina Menzel from If/Then will perform solo. The ensembles of AladdinLes MisérablesBeautiful: The Carole King MusicalA Gentleman’s Guide to Love and MurderBullets Over Broadway, and Rocky the Musical will also perform songs from their nominated productions.

Furthermore, The cast of Wicked will celebrate their 10th anniversary by taking center stage, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, and Fantasia together will put on a performance with the cast of this year’s nominee, After Midnight, and rock legend Sting will also be in the lineup with a song from his upcoming musical, The Last Ship.

27 productions received nominations this year. Award categories are divided between traditional plays and musicals and can include brand-new stories and also revivals of Broadway’s past. The nominees this year are…

Plays

Act One:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play

All the Way:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Casa Valentina:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play

The Cripple of Inishmaan:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play

The Glass Menagerie:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill:

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play

Machinal:

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Sound Design of a Play

Mothers and Sons:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Of Mice and Men:

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Lighting Design of a Play

Outside Mullingar:

Best Play

A Raisin in the Sun:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (x2)
Best Direction of a Play

Richard III:

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Twelfth Night:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (x3)
Best Costume Design of a Play
Best Direction of a Play

The Velocity of Autumn:

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Musicals

After Midnight:

Best Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Choreography

Aladdin:

Best Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Choreography

Beautiful: The Carol King Story:

Best Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Orchestrations

The Bridges of Madison County:

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Orchestrations

Bullets Over Broadway:

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Choreography
Best Orchestrations

Cabaret:

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder:

Best Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (x2)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Orchestrations

Hedwig and the Angry Inch:

Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical

If/Then:

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Original Score

Les’ Miserables:

Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical

A Night with Janis Joplin:

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Rocky the Musical:

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Choreography

Violet:

Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical

– Alex Falls

 

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