South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s musical The Book Of Mormon is leading the way at this year’s (11) Tony Awards after scooping 14 nominations.
The hit show has garnered nods across the board including the coveted Best Musical category at the 65th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
The Book of Mormon will go up against Catch Me If You Can, The Scottsboro Boys and Sister Act for the top prize.
Chris Rock’s play The Motherf**ker with the Hat will compete for Best Play against War Horse, Good People and Jerusalem.
The ceremony is sure to be a star-studded event – Hollywood actor Al Pacino is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his part in The Merchant of Venice, while Vanessa Redgrave (Driving Miss Daisy) will go head-to-head with Frances MCDormand (Good People) for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play title.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe missed out on landing a nomination for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but his co-star John Larroquette is up for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical trophy.
The satirical musical grabbed seven other nominations, including Best Revival of a Musical.
In the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play category, British actor MACkenzie Crook (Jerusalem) will face off against Billy Crudup (Arcadia), as well as John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart), Arian Moayed (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) and Yul Vazquez (The Motherf**ker with the Hat).
Meanwhile, Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart), Edie Falco (The House of Blue Leaves), Judith Light (Lombardi), Joanna Lumley (La Bete) and Elizabeth Rodriguez (The Motherf**ker with the Hat) are all up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.
The winners will be announced on 12 June (11) at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
Good People
Jerusalem
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
War Horse
Best Musical:
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys – David Thompson
Sister Act- Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Book of Mormon – Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
The Scottsboro Boys – Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb
Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
Best Revival of a Play:
Arcadia
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart
Best Revival of a Musical:
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Brian Bedford – The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
Al Pacino- The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance – Jerusalem
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Nina Arianda – Born Yesterday
Frances MCDormand – Good People
Lily Rabe – The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland – Brief Encounter
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Norbert Leo Butz – Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad- The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry – The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells – The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon – Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Sutton Foster – Anything Goes
Beth Leavel – Baby It’s You!
Patina Miller – Sister Act
Donna Murphy- The People in the Picture
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
MACkenzie Crook – Jerusalem
Billy Crudup – Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey – The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vazquez – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Ellen Barkin – The Normal Heart
Edie Falco – The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light – Lombardi
Joanna Lumley – La Bete
Elizabeth Rodriguez – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Colman Domingo – The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley – Anything Goes
John Larroquette – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest MCClendon – The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O’Malley – The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Laura Benanti- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark – Sister Act
Nikki M. James – The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Direction of a Play:
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris – War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe – The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro – The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan – The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical:
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography:
Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw – The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations:
Doug Besterman – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman – The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus – The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank – Catch Me If You Can.
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SOUTH PARK – SOUTH PARK CREATORS’ MORMON MUSICAL TOPS TONY AWARD NOMINEES