Monday, June 16, 2008
Stills From "The Night Janitor"
Photo Stills
I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product.
We have one more sequence to shoot in July. Adam is scouting for rooftop locations with great views of Manhattan.
2008 Tony Winners
I did a little Manhattan party-hopping last night, starting at Sarah B's (Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment) and ending the celebration with the company of South Pacific at O'Neal's. A neighbor in my building plays in the SP orchestra and extended the invitation to join her.
No, I didn't get to meet Paulo. :-(
Here are the results. Winners are noted with a *.
BEST MUSICAL
Cry-Baby
* In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
BEST PLAY
* August: Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Grease
Gypsy
* South Pacific
Sunday in the Park With George
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
* Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Cry-Baby, Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In the Heights, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes
* Passing Strange, Stew
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER
Cry-Baby, Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
* In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid, Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange, Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics: Stew
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
* Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Eve Best, The Homecoming
* Deanna Dunagan, August:
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little
Amy Morton, August:
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park With George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Stew, Passing Strange
* Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
* Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park With George
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bobby Cannavale,
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
* Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
* Rondi Reed, August:
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Robin De Jesus, In the Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
* Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
* Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seaferer
* Anna D. Shapiro, August:
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park With George
Thomas Kail, In the Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
* Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park With George
* Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
* Todd Rosenthal, August:
Anthony Ward, Macbeth
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park With Geroge
Anna Louizos, In the Heights
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein
* Micheal Yeargan, South Pacific
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
* Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
David Farley, Sunday in the Park With George
Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
Paul Tazewell, In the Heights
* Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
* Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison, Macbeth
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson, August:
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park With George
Howell Binkley, In the Heights
* Donald Holder, South Pacific
Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork, Macbeth
Ian Dickson, Rock 'n' Roll
* Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Acme Sound Partners, In the Heights
Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park With George
* Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER
Stephen Sondheim
REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Robert Russell Bennett
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Another Bit of Self-Promotion
For tickets, visit Theatermania.com
Our first read-through is set for Thursday of this week.