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    Home » Theatre » Nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards (with video)
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    Nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards (with video)

    Lance CarterBy Lance CarterMay 1, 2012Updated:November 18, 2020No Comments9 Mins Read
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    Best Play

    Clybourne Park
    Author: Bruce Norris
    Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Jane Bergère, Roger Berlind/Quintet Productions, Eric Falkenstein/Dan Frishwasser, Ruth Hendel/Harris Karma Productions, JTG Theatricals, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons

    Other Desert Cities
    Author: Jon Robin Baitz
    Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

    Peter and the Starcatcher
    Author: Rick Elice
    Producers: Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes, Disney Theatrical Productions, Suzan & Ken Wirth/DeBartolo Miggs, Catherine Schreiber/Daveed Frazier & Mark Thompson, Jack Lane, Jane Dubin, Allan S. Gordon/Adam S. Gordon, Baer & Casserly/Nathan Vernon, Rich Affanato/Peter Stern, Brunish & Trinchero/Laura Little Productions, Larry Hirschhorn/Hummel & Greene, Jamie deRoy & Probo Prods./Radio Mouse Ent., Hugh Hysell/Freedberg & Dale, New York Theatre Workshop

    Venus in Fur
    Author: David Ives
    Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Jon B. Platt, Scott Landis, Classic Stage Company

    Best Musical

    Leap of Faith
    Producers: Michael Manheim, James D. Stern, Douglas L. Meyer, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Annette Niemtzow, Daryl Roth, Robert G. Bartner, Steven and Shanna Silva, Endgame Entertainment, Patricia Monaco, Debi Coleman, Dancap Productions, Inc., Steve Kaplan, Relativity Media, LLC, Rich/Caudwell, Center Theatre Group, Michael Palitz, Richard J. Stern, Melissa Pinsly/Celine Rosenthal, Independent Presenters Network, Diana Buckhantz, Pamela Cooper, Vera Guerin, Leading Investment Co., Ltd., Christina Papagjika, Victor Syrmis, Semlitz/Glaser Productions, Jujamcyn Theaters

    Newsies
    Producers: Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher

    Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Producers: Scott Landis, Roger Berlind, Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, Standing CO Vation, Candy Spelling, Freddy DeMann, Ronald Frankel, Harold Newman, Jon B. Platt, Raise the Roof 8, Takonkiet Viravan, William Berlind/Ed Burke, Carole L. Haber/Susan Carusi, Buddy and Barbara Freitag/Sanford Robertson, Jim Herbert/Under the Wire, Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization

    Once
    Producers: Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart, Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, The Shubert Organization, Robert Cole, New York Theatre Workshop


    Best Revival of a Play

    Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Producers: Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Jon B. Platt, Columbia Pictures, Jean Doumanian, Merritt Forrest Baer, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman Productions, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott & Brian Zeilinger, Eli Bush

    Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
    Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, INFINITY Stages, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Barbara Manocherian/ Michael Palitz, Kathleen K. Johnson, Andy Sandberg, Ken Mahoney/The Broadway Consortium, Fifty Church Street Productions, Larry Hirschhorn/Bennu Productions, Patty Baker, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment, Wendy Federman, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Cricket Hooper Jiranek, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Carl Moellenberg, Harold Thau, Will Trice

    Master Class
    Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Max Cooper, Maberry Theatricals, Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group, Ted Snowdon

    Wit
    Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove


    Best Revival of a Musical

    Evita
    Producers: Hal Luftig, Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Yasuhiro Kawana, Allan S. Gordon/Adam S. Gordon, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Gutterman Fuld Chernoff/Pittsburgh CLO, Thousand Stars Productions, Adam Blanshay, Adam Zotovich, Robert Ahrens, Stephanie P. McClelland, Carole L. Haber, Richardo Hornos, Carol Fineman, Brian Smith, Warren & Jâlé Trepp

    Follies
    Producers: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, David M. Rubenstein, Michael A. Kaiser, Max A. Woodward, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Adrienne Arsht, HRH Foundation, Allan Williams

    The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Howard Kagan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Brunish Trinchero/Lucio Simons TBC, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Terry Schnuck, Freitag Productions/Koenigsberg Filerman, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Ken Mahoney, Judith Resnick, Tulchin/Bartner/ATG, Paper Boy Productions, Christopher Hart, Alden Badway, Broadway Across America, Irene Gandy, Will Trice, American Repertory Theater

    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Producers: The Dodgers and The Really Useful Group, Latitude Link, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, Waxman-Dokton, Joe Corcoran, Detsky/Sokolowski/Kassie, Florin-Blanshay-Fan/Broadway Across America, Rich/Caudwell, Shin/Coleman, TheatreDreams North America, LLC, Stratford Shakespeare Festival

    Best Book of a Musical

    Lysistrata Jones
    Douglas Carter Beane

    Newsies
    Harvey Fierstein

    Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Joe DiPietro

    Once
    Enda Walsh


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

    Bonnie & Clyde
    Music: Frank Wildhorn
    Lyrics: Don Black

    Newsies
    Music: Alan Menken
    Lyrics: Jack Feldman

    One Man, Two Guvnors
    Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding

    Peter and the Starcatcher
    Music: Wayne Barker
    Lyrics: Rick Elice


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

    James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
    Frank Langella, Man and Boy
    John Lithgow, The Columnist


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

    Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
    Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
    Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
    Linda Lavin, The Lyons
    Cynthia Nixon, Wit


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

    Danny Burstein, Follies
    Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
    Steve Kazee, Once
    Norm Lewis, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Ron Raines, Follies


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

    Jan Maxwell, Follies
    Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Cristin Milioti, Once
    Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde


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

    Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
    Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
    Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park


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

    Linda Emond, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
    Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
    Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
    Condola Rashad, Stick Fly


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

    Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Michael Cerveris, Evita
    David Alan Grier, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar


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

    Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
    Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
    Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Jessie Mueller, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
    Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical


    Best Scenic Design of a Play

    John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
    Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
    Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher


    Best Scenic Design of a Musical

    Bob Crowley, Once
    Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical
    Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
    George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark


    Best Costume Design of a Play

    William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner
    Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
    Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher


    Best Costume Design of a Musical

    Gregg Barnes, Follies
    ESosa, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
    Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It


    Best Lighting Design of a Play

    Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
    Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
    Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities


    Best Lighting Design of a Musical

    Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Natasha Katz, Follies
    Natasha Katz, Once
    Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical


    Best Sound Design of a Play

    Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
    Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher


    Best Sound Design of a Musical

    Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Clive Goodwin, Once
    Kai Harada, Follies
    Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It


    Best Choreography

    Rob Ashford, Evita
    Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
    Steven Hoggett, Once
    Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It


    Best Direction of a Play

    Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
    Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
    Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
    Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher


    Best Direction of a Musical

    Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
    Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Diane Paulus, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    John Tiffany, Once


    Best Orchestrations

    William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
    Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Martin Lowe, Once
    Danny Troob, Newsies

     

    * * *

    Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

     

    Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
    Emanuel Azenberg

    Regional Theatre Award
    The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

    Isabelle Stevenson Award
    Bernadette Peters

    Special Tony Award
    Actors’ Equity Association
    Hugh Jackman

    Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
    Freddie Gershon
    Artie Siccardi
    TDF Open Doors

     * * *


    Tony Nominations by Production

    Once – 11

    The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – 10

    Nice Work If You Can Get It – 10

    Peter and the Starcatcher – 9

    Follies – 8

    Newsies – 8

    Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 7

    One Man, Two Guvnors – 7

    Other Desert Cities – 5

    Clybourne Park – 4

    End of the Rainbow – 3

    Evita – 3

    Ghost the Musical – 3

    Bonnie & Clyde – 2

    Don’t Dress for Dinner – 2

    Gore Vidal’s The Best Man – 2

    Jesus Christ Superstar – 2

    Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – 2

    Venus in Fur – 2

    Wit – 2

    The Columnist – 1

    Leap of Faith – 1

    The Lyons – 1

    Lysistrata Jones – 1

    Man and Boy – 1

    Master Class – 1

    On A Clear Day You Can See Forever – 1

    The Road to Mecca – 1

    Stick Fly – 1

    A Streetcar Named Desire – 1

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