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2012 Tony Awards Nominations

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Best Play

Clybourne Park - Author: Bruce Norris
Other Desert Cities - Author: Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher - Author: Rick Elice
Venus in Fur - Author: David Ives

Best Musical

Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once

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

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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

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Best Revival Of A Play

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit

Best Revival Of A Musical

Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Jesus Christ Superstar

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

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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

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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 Choreography

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

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

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

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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

"One Man, Two Guvnors" (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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

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 Honors For Excellence In The Theatre

Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
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