'Hadestown' And 'Ain’t Too Proud' Lead 2019 Tony Nominations
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING The theater world woke up early Tuesday to honor Broadway’s best ahead of the 73rd Tony Awards. While crowd-pleasing, big-budget musicals like “Tootsie” and “Beetlejuice” earned spots in the Best Musical category, the critically acclaimed “Hadestown,” which puts a new spin on an age-old Greek myth, and “Ain’t Too Proud — The Life of the Temptations,” a jukebox musical about the famed quintet, led the pack, with 14 and 12 nominations respectively. Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” starring Jeff Daniels also received nine nominations, but was snubbed for Best Play. At last year’s ceremony, “The Band’s Visit,” the stage adaptation of the film about an Egyptian band that gets lost while traveling through Israel, swept the ceremony with 10 awards, besting blockbuster musicals like “Mean Girls” and “SpongeBob SquarePants.” James Corden will once again serve as host when the 73rd Annual Tony Awards are broadcast live from Radio City Musical Hall June 9 on CBS. Best Musical “Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of The Temptations” “Beetlejuice” “Hadestown” “The Prom” “Tootsie” Best Play “Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” by Taylor Mac “Ink” by James Graham “What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Schreck Best Revival of a Musical “Kiss Me, Kate” “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!” Best Revival of a Play “Arthur Miller’s All My Sons” “The Boys in the Band” by Mart Crowley “Burn This” by Lanford Wilson “Torch Song” by Harvey Fierstein “The Waverly Gallery” by Kenneth Lonergan Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas, “The Prom” Derrick Baskin, “Ain’t Too Proud” Alex Brightman, “Beetlejuice” Damon Daunno, “Oklahoma!” Santino Fontana, “Tootsie” Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
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