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Nominee Reactions: Michael Cumpsty for END OF THE RAINBOW 'Going out to buy new clothes!'

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The 2012 Tony Awards Nominations were announced this morning by Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Parson s. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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Michael Cumpsty, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for END OF THE RAINBOW
"It's wonderful. Very excited. I was woken up with the news so I didn't even have to get nervous, which was nice. But since I found out it's a whirlwind - my phone and Facebook page and email have been blowing up with hundreds of messages, some from people I haven't heard from in several years. But my agent says that my first order of business is to get myself cleaned up so I supposed I have to go out and buy some new clothes today!"

Broadway: End of the Rainbow, Sunday in the Park with George, The Constant Wife, Democracy, Enchanted April, 42nd Street, Copenhagen, Electra, 1776, Racing Demon, The Heiress, Translations, Timon of Athens (Bayfield Award), La Bete and Artist Descending a Staircase; Classic Stage Company: Hamlet (Obie Award), Richard II, Richard III; Public Theater: Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, All's Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, Hamlet; Royal Shakespeare Company: The Winter's Tale; Two River Theater: Much Ado About Nothing; Television: "Boardwalk Empire", "Nurse Jackie", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Law and Order", "L.A. Law"; TV films: "Dolley Madison", "Alexander Hamilton", "Night Sins", "Hamlet"; Film: Eat Pray Love, Wall Street 2, Flags of our Fathers, The Visitor, Starting Out in the Evening, The Ex, The Ice Storm, Fatal Instinct, Downtown Express.

We'll be talking to nominees all day for their reactions! Click here for the complete list!

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