"Spring Awakening," "The Coast Of Utopia," "Grey Gardens," "Curtains," "Legally Blonde The Musical," "Mary Poppins," "Coram Boy," "Journey's End," And

"110 In The Shade" Are Among Multiple Nominees

        "The American Theatre Wing's 61st Annual Tony Awards(R)" To Be Broadcast In A Three-Hour Ceremony Live From Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 10 On The CBS Television Network

          Nominees in 25 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 61st Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards® were announced today at a news conference held at The New York Public Library for Performing Arts.  The event was broadcast live on CBS's "The Early Show," with anchor Harry Smith serving as the Master of Ceremonies.  The announcements were made by Broadway stars Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs. 

          THE 61st ANNUAL TONY AWARDSÒ will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 10 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.  The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 23 theater professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee.  The 2007 Tony Awards are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. This year marks the 10th anniversary that the Tonys are being held at the historic Radio City Music Hall. 

         Among the multiple nominees which received Tony Award nominations are: "Spring Awakening" (11), "The Coast of Utopia" (10), "Grey Gardens" (10)," Curtains" (8), "Legally Blonde The Musical" (7), "Mary Poppins" (7), "Coram Boy" (6), "Journey's End" (6), "110 in the Shade" (5), "Inherit the Wind" (4), "LoveMusik" (4) and "Radio Golf."  Other multiple nominees include: "Company," "Frost/Nixon," "A Chorus Line," "Heartbreak House," "The Little Dog Laughed" and "Talk Radio."

          It was also announced that the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award will be given to Alliance Theatre of Atlanta.  This award is given to a regional theater company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theater nationally.

        Legitimate theatrical productions opening in any of the 39 eligible Broadway theaters during the current season may be considered for Tony nominations.  The 2006/2007 eligibility season began May 11, 2006 and ended May 9, 2007.  The Tony Awards will be voted in 25 categories by 785 members of the theatrical community.  Ballots will be mailed at the end of this week.

The nominees are:

BEST PLAY (Award to Author; Award to Producer)

THE COAST OF UTOPIA                             Author: Tom Stoppard

Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

FROST/NIXON                                              Author: Peter Morgan

Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Act Productions, David Binder, Debra Black, Annette Niemtzow/Harlene Freezer, The Weinstein Company, The Donmar Warehouse

THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED                       Author: Douglas Carter Beane

Producers: Roy Gabay, Susan Dietz, Morris Berchard, Steve Bozeman, Ted Snowdon, Jerry Frankel/Doug Nevin, Jennifer Manocherian/Ina Meibach, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard

RADIO GOLF                                     Author: August Wilson

Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Margo Lion, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Tamara Tunie/Wendell Pierce, Fran Kirmser, Bunting Management Group, George Frontiere and Open Pictures, Lauren Doll/Steven Greil & The August Wilson Group, Jack Viertel, Gordon Davidson

BEST MUSICAL (Award to Producer)

CURTAINS                                                     Producers: Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley, Center Theatre Group

GREY GARDENS                                           Producers: East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden, Edwin W. Schloss, Playwrights Horizons

MARY POPPINS                                           Producers: Disney, Cameron Mackintosh

SPRING AWAKENING  Producers: Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Atlantic Theater Company, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

CURTAINS                                                     Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone

GREY GARDENS                                           Doug Wright

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL           Heather Hach

SPRING AWAKENING                                 Steven Sater

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

CURTAINS                                                     Music:  John Kander

Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes

GREY GARDENS                                           Music:  Scott Frankel

Lyrics:  Michael Korie

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL           Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin

SPRING AWAKENING                                 Music: Duncan Sheik

Lyrics:  Steven Sater

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

INHERIT THE WIND                                     Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Stephanie P. McClelland

JOURNEY'S END                                          Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D'Orta, Philip Geier

TALK RADIO                                                 Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe/Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs/Stylefour Productions, Irving Welzer/Herb Blodgett

TRANSLATIONS                                           Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Emily Mann, Jeffrey Woodward

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

THE APPLE TREE                                          Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

A CHORUS LINE                                           Producer: Vienna Waits Productions

COMPANY                                                    Producers: Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Darren Bagert, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

110 IN THE SHADE                                       Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT

JAY JOHNSON:  THE TWO AND ONLY!               Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment

KIKI & HERB ALIVE ON BROADWAY                  Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Boyd Gaines                                                                 JOURNEY'S END

Frank Langella                                                  FROST/NIXON

Brían F.

O'Byrne

THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Christopher Plummer                                                    INHERIT THE WIND

Liev Schreiber                                                              TALK RADIO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Eve Best                                                                       A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN

Swoosie Kurtz                                                              HEARTBREAK HOUSE

Angela Lansbury                                                           DEUCE

Vanessa

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

Julie White                                                                    THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Michael Cerveris                                                          LOVEMUSIK

Raúl Esparza                                                                COMPANY

Jonathan Groff                                                  SPRING AWAKENING

Gavin Lee                                                                     MARY POPPINS

David Hyde Pierce                                                       CURTAINS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Laura Bell Bundy                                                          LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

Christine Ebersole                                                         GREY GARDENS

Audra

McDonald

110 IN THE SHADE

Debra Monk                                                                CURTAINS

Donna Murphy                                                 LOVEMUSIK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Anthony Chisholm                                                        RADIO GOLF

Billy Crudup                                                                 THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Ethan Hawke                                                                THE COAST OF UTOPIA

John Earl Jelks                                                  RADIO GOLF

Stark Sands                                                                  JOURNEY'S END

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Jennifer Ehle                                                                 THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Xanthe Elbrick                                                  CORAM BOY

Dana Ivey                                                                     BUTLEY

Jan Maxwell                                                                 CORAM BOY

Martha Plimpton                                                           THE COAST OF UTOPIA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Brooks Ashmanskas                                                     MARTIN SHORT:  FAME BECOMES ME

Christian Borle                                                  LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

John Cullum                                                                  110 IN THE SHADE

John Gallagher, Jr. SPRING AWAKENING

David Pittu                                                                   LOVEMUSIK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Charlotte d'Amboise A CHORUS LINE

Rebecca Luker                                                 MARY POPPINS

Orfeh                                                                           LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

Mary Louise Wilson

GREY GARDENS

Karen Ziemba                                                              CURTAINS

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

Bob Crowley & Scott Pask

THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Jonathan Fensom                                                          JOURNEY'S END

David Gallo                                                                  RADIO GOLF

Ti Green and Melly Still

CORAM BOY

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Bob Crowley                                                                MARY POPPINS

Christine Jones                                                 SPRING AWAKENING

Anna Louizos                                                               HIGH FIDELITY

Allen Moyer                                                                 GREY GARDENS

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY

Ti Green and Melly Still 

CORAM BOY

Jane Greenwood                                                          HEARTBREAK HOUSE

Santo Loquasto                                                            INHERIT THE WIND

Catherine Zuber

THE COAST OF UTOPIA

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Gregg Barnes                                                               LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

Bob Crowley                                                                MARY POPPINS

Susan Hilferty                                                               SPRING AWAKENING

William Ivey Long

GREY GARDENS

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY

Paule Constable                                                            CORAM BOY

Brian MacDevitt                                                           INHERIT THE WIND

Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Jason Taylor                                                                 JOURNEY'S END

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Kevin Adams                                                               SPRING AWAKENING

Christopher Akerlind

110 IN THE SHADE

Howard Harrison                                                          MARY POPPINS

Peter Kaczorowski                                                       GREY GARDENS

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Michael Grandage                                                        FROST/NIXON

David Grindley                                                 JOURNEY'S END

Jack O'Brien                                                                THE COAST OF UTOPIA

Melly Still                                                                     CORAM BOY

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

John Doyle                                                                   COMPANY

Scott Ellis                                                                     CURTAINS

Michael Greif               

GREY GARDENS

Michael Mayer                                                 SPRING AWAKENING

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Rob Ashford                                                                CURTAINS

Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear

MARY POPPINS

Bill T. Jones                                                                  SPRING AWAKENING

Jerry Mitchell                                                                LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Bruce Coughlin                                                 GREY GARDENS

Duncan Sheik                                                               SPRING AWAKENING

Jonathan Tunick                                                            LOVEMUSIK

Jonathan Tunick

110 IN THE SHADE

The Tonys were founded in memorial to Antoinette ("Tony") Perry, the American Theatre Wing's World War II chairperson.  The winners are selected by the governing board of Actors Equity, The Dramatists Guild, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the United Scenic Artists, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, the Casting Society of America, the American Theatre Wing and members of the League of American Theatres and Producers, as well as journalists.

THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING'S 61st ANNUAL TONY AWARDS(R) are a presentation of Tony Award Productions, which is a joint venture of the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.  Emmy Award winners Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment will return as executive producers.  Weiss will also serve as director for the eighth consecutive year.  Elizabeth Ireland McCann returns as managing producer and Joey Parnes will serve as coordinating producer for Tony Award Productions.

RATING:  To Be Announced

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