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Tony Awards Release 2012 Nominees Cheat Sheet!

By: Apr. 30, 2012
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Stage and screen stars Kristin Chenoweth & Jim Parsons will announce this year's Tony nominees tomorrow morning, May 1, 8:30am EST at New York Public Library. The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards, which are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

In preparation for the big announcement, TonyAwards.com has released a Cheat Sheet that reminds you of the eligible shows/people of this season. The full Cheat Sheet is as follows:

Best Play

Chinglish
Clybourne Park
The Columnist
End of the Rainbow
The Lyons
Magic/Bird
The Mountaintop
One Man, Two Guvnors
Other Desert Cities
Peter and the Starcatcher
Relatively Speaking
Seminar
Stick Fly
Venus in Fur

Best Musical

Bonnie & Clyde
Ghost the Musical
Leap of Faith
Lysistrata Jones
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Don't Dress for Dinner
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Man and Boy
Master Class
Private Lives
The Road to Mecca
A Streetcar Named Desire
Wit

Best Revival of a Musical

Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Godspell
Jesus Christ Superstar
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tug Coker - Magic/Bird
James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors
Hugh Dancy - Venus in Fur
Kevin Daniels - Magic/Bird
Paul Gross - Private Lives
Dulé Hill - Stick Fly
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Samuel L. Jackson - The Mountaintop
James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Stacy Keach - Other Desert Cities
Frank Langella - Man and Boy
John Larroquette - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
John Lithgow - The Columnist
Eric McCormack - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Mekhi Phifer - Stick Fly
Alan Rickman - Seminar
Blair Underwood - A Streetcar Named Desire
Gary Wilmes - Chinglish

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Nina Arianda - Venus in Fur
Angela Bassett - The Mountaintop
Tracie Bennett - End of the Rainbow
Kim Cattrall - Private Lives
Stockard Channing - Other Desert Cities
Tyne Daly - Master Class
Rachel Griffiths - Other Desert Cities
RoseMary Harris - The Road to Mecca
Linda Lavin - The Lyons
Jennifer Lim - Chinglish
Cynthia Nixon - Wit
Nicole Ari Parker - A Streetcar Named Desire
Tracie Thoms - Stick Fly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Matthew Broderick - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Danny Burstein - Follies
Reeve Carney - Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Harry Connick,, Jr. - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Raúl Esparza - Leap of Faith
Ben Fankhauser - Newsies
Richard Fleeshman - Ghost the Musical
Jeremy Jordan - Bonnie & Clyde
Jeremy Jordan - Newsies
Steve Kazee - Once
Norm Lewis - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Paul Nolan - Jesus Christ Superstar
Hunter Parrish - Godspell
Ron Raines - Follies
Josh Segarra - Lysistrata Jones

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Jennifer Damiano - Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Caissie Levy - Ghost the Musical
Kara Lindsay - Newsies
Jan Maxwell - Follies
Audra McDonald - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti - Once
Patti Murin - Lysistrata Jones
Kelli O'Hara - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes - Bonnie & Clyde
Bernadette Peters - Follies
Elena Roger - Evita




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