Nominations in 27 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were announced today by Tony Award Winners Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. To view the complete list of nominees, click here.
The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.
The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009 (8-11pm, live EST, PT time delay) on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.
BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees:
'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'
Kevin Adams (Hair)
Broadway: Hair, Spring Awakening (Tony Award; also London, Japan, Korea, Vienna, U.S. tour), The 39 Steps (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), Passing Strange, Take Me Out, Hedda Gabler (Kate Burton), Sexaholix, The Good Body, An Almost Holy Picture. Off-Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; new work by Edward Albee, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Durang, Arthur Kopit, Terrence McNally, Charles Mee Jr., Neil Simon, Anna Deveare Smith and Paula Vogel. Concerts: Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs, Audra McDonald (Joe's Pub, Town Hall, Lincoln Center), Patti LuPone, Sandra Bernhard. 1999 and 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards, 2002 Obie for Sustained Excellence.
Kevin Adams (next to normal)
Broadway: Hair, Spring Awakening (Tony Award; also London, Japan, Korea, Vienna, U.S. tour), The 39 Steps (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), Passing Strange, Take Me Out, Hedda Gabler (Kate Burton), Sexaholix, The Good Body, An Almost Holy Picture. Off-Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; new work by Edward Albee, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Durang, Arthur Kopit, Terrence McNally, Charles Mee Jr., Neil Simon, Anna Deveare Smith and Paula Vogel. Concerts: Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs, Audra McDonald (Joe's Pub, Town Hall, Lincoln Center), Patti LuPone, Sandra Bernhard. 1999 and 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards, 2002 Obie for Sustained Excellence.
