USA: MEL BROOKS MUSICAL "THE PRODUCERS " RECEIVES 15 NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW YORK THEATRE TONY AWARDS
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USA: MEL BROOKS MUSICAL "THE PRODUCERS " RECEIVES 15 NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW YORK THEATRE TONY AWARDS
- Title: USA: MEL BROOKS MUSICAL "THE PRODUCERS " RECEIVES 15 NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW YORK THEATRE TONY AWARDS
- Date: 7th May 2001
- Summary: NEW YORK NEW YORK USA (MAY 7, 2001) (REUTERS) GV EXTERIOR OF SARDI'S RESTAURANT IN MANHATTAN GV MEDIA SMV (SOUNDBITE) (English) REBA MCINTYRE ANNOUNCING THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE TONY AWARDS 2001 "The Tony nominations for Best Play awarded to author, awarded to producer. are The Invention of Love, King Hedley II, Proof, The Tales of the Allergists wife."
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- Topics: Entertainment
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- Story Text: Broadway's Oscars - the Tony nominations, were announced in New York on Monday (May 07).
The surprise of the day was the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers" that walked away with a record 15 nominations.
The American Theatre Wing's 55th Annual Antoinette Perry Tony Awards, were selected Monday (May 7) at the renowned Sardi's Restaurant in New York.
The announcements for 'Broadway's Oscars' were made by Reba Mcintyre, who is currently starring in "Annie Get Your Gun"
and Eric McCormack, the star of "Will and Grace," who takes over the starring role in "The Music Man" from May the 8th of 2001.
The Producers received a whopping 15 Tony Award nods, surpassing Company's record for the most nominations ever.
(Company set the record in1971.) The Mel Brooks mega-hit now boasts six nominated actors, including two in the Lead Actor category (Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick) and three (Roger Bart, Gary Beach and Brad Oscar) in the Featured Actor category. As expected, nominations also went to Mel Brooks for score, Brooks and Thomas Meehan for book and Susan Stroman for direction and choreography.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 3 and will be broadcast on PBS and CBS.
The Complete list is as follows For Best Play King Hedley II Proof The Invention of Love The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Musical A Class Act Jane Eyre The Full Monty The Producers
Revival of a Play Betrayal Gore Vidal's The Best Man One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe Revival of a Musical 42nd Street Bells Are Ringing Follies The Rocky Horror Show
Director of a Play Ian McElhinney, Stones In His Pockets Marion McClinton, King Hedley II Jack O'Brien, The Invention of Love Daniel Sullivan, Proof
Director of a Musical Christopher Ashley, The Rocky Horror Show Mark Bramble, 42nd Street Jack O'Brien, The Full Monty Susan Stroman, The Producers
Leading Actor in a Play Sean Campion, Stones in His Pockets Richard Easton, The Invention of Love Conleth Hill, Stones in His Pockets Brian Stokes Mitchell, King Hedley II Gary Sinise, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Leading Actress in a Play Juliette Binoche, Betrayal Linda Lavin, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Mary-Louise Parker, Proof Jean Smart, The Man Who Came to Dinner Leslie Uggams, King Hedley II
Featured Actor in a Play Larry Bryggman, Proof Charles Brown, King Hedley II Michael Hayden, Judgement at Nuremberg Robert Sean Leonard, The Invention of Love Ben Shenkman, Proof Featured Actress in a Play Viola Davis, King Hedley II Johanna Day, Proof Penny Fuller, The Dinner Party Marthe Keller, Judgement at Nuremberg Michele Lee, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Leading Actor in a Musical Matthew Broderick, The Producers Kevin Chamberlin, Seussical Tom Hewitt, The Rocky Horror Show Nathan Lane, The Producers Patrick Wilson, The Full Monty
Leading Actress in a Musical Blythe Danner, Follies Christine Ebersole, 42nd Street Randy Graff, A Class Act Faith Prince, Bells Are Ringing Marla Schaffel, Jane Eyre
Featured Actor in a Musical Roger Bart, The Producers Gary Beach, The Producers John Ellison Conlee, The Full Monty André De Shields, The Full Monty Brad Oscar, The Producers
Featured Actress in a Musical Polly Bergen, Follies Kathleen Freeman, The Full Monty Cady Huffman, The Producers Kate Levering, 42nd Street Mary Testa, 42nd Street
Choreography Jerry Mitchell, The Full Monty Jim Moore, George Pinney, John Vanderkolff, Blast! Randy Skinner, 42nd Street Susan Stroman, The Producers
Book of a Musical Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, The Producers John Caird, Jane Eyre Linda Kline and Lonny Price, A Class Act Terrence McNally, The Full Monty
Original Musical Score A Class Act: music and lyrics by Edward Kleban Jane Eyre: music and lyrics by Paul Gordon The Full Monty: music and lyrics by David Yazbek The Producers: music and lyrics by Mel Brooks Scenic Design Bob Crowley, The Invention of Love Heidi Ettinger, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Douglas Schmidt, 42nd Street Robin Wagner, The Producers Costume Design Theoni V. Aldredge, Follies Roger Kirk, 42nd Street William Ivey Long, The Producers David C. Woolard, The Rocky Horror Show Lighting Design Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Jane Eyre Paul Gallo, 42nd Street Peter Kaczorowski, The Producers Kenneth Posner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Orchestrations Doug Besterman, The Producers Larry Hochman, A Class Act Jonathan Tunick, Follies Harold Wheeler, The Full Monty
Special Theatrical Event Blast! (Cook Group Incorporated and Star of Indiana, producers).
Special Tony Award A Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater will be given to musical director Paul Gemignani.
Regional Theater Tony Award: Based on a recommendation by the American Theater Critics Association, a Tony Award for regional theater will be given to Victory Gardens Theater of Chicago, Illinois. This award is given to a regional theater company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally. A $25,000 grant will be made by Clairol's Nice'n Easy to the not-for-profit Victory Gardens Theater, which was founded in 1974.
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater Tony Honors for excellence in theatre will be given to Betty Corwin and the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, the playwrights workshop New Dramatists, and Theatre World, the annual statistics and photography book which has been published since 1945.
Productions With Multiple Nominations The Producers: 15 The Full Monty: 10 42nd Street: 9 King Hedley II: 6 Proof: 6 A Class Act: 5 Follies: 5 The Invention of Love: 5 Jane Eyre: 5 The Rocky Horror Show: 4 Stones in His Pockets: 3 The Tale of Allergist's Wife: 3 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 2 Bells Are Ringing: 2 Betrayal: 2 Judgement at Nuremberg: 2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 2 - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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