Sunday in the Park with Tony

What a day it’s been. The recently elected new Australian Government presented their first Federal Budget today AND the 2008 Tony Award Nominations were announced.

I’m going to address the Tony Nominations first. 

I’m so pleased that my friends at ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ were recognised with nine nominations.

1. Best Revival of a Musical: Sunday in the Park with George, alongside Grease, Gypsy and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific.

2. Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Daniel Evans, alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), Stew (Passing Strange), Paulo Szot (South Pacific) and Tom Wopat (A Catered Affair).

3. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Jenna Russell, alongside Kerry Butler (Xanadu), Patti LuPone (Gypsy), Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific) and Faith Prince (A Catered Affair).

4. Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Farley and Timothy Bird & the Knifedge Creative Network, alongside Anna Louizos (In the Heights), Robin Wagner (The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein), Michael Yeargan (South Pacific).

5. Best Costume Design of a Musical: David Farley, alongside Martin Pakledinaz (Gypsy), Paul Tazewell (In the Heights) and Catherine Zuber (South Pacific).

6. Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Ken Billington, alongside Howell Binkley (In the Heights), Donald Holder (South Pacific) and Natasha Katz (The Little Mermaid).

7. Best Sound Design of a Musical: Sebastian Frost, alongside Acme Sound Partners (In the Heights), Scott Lehrer (South Pacific) and Dan Moses Schreier (Gypsy).

8. Best Direction of a Musical: Sam Buntrock, alongside Thomas Kail (In the Heights), Arthur Laurents (Gypsy) and Bartlett Sher (South Pacific).

9. Best Orchestrations: Jason Carr, alongside Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman (In the Heights), Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange) and Jonathan Tunick (A Catered Affair).

Also, Christopher Gatelli who is credited with Musical Staging at SITPWG is nominated in the category of Best Choreography for his work on South Pacific.

 

Sunday in the Park with George’s composer, Stephen Sondheim, will be honoured with a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. 

More information can be found on the Tony Awards website and winners will be announced on Sunday June 15.

 

Oh – and I never intended to talk about the Federal Budget…

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