2004 Tony Award Nominations
By: BWW May. 10, 2004
Author: Nilo Cruz
Producer: Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Ray Larsen, Robert G. Bartner, The McCarter Theatre Center Frozen
Author: Bryony Lavery
Producer: MCC Theater, Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, John G. Schultz, Hal Newman, Zollo/Paleologos & Jeffrey Sine, Roy Gabay, Lorie COwen Levy & Beth Smith, Peggy Hill, Thompson H. Rogers, Swinsky/Filerman/Hendel, Sirkin/Mills/Baldassare, Darren BagertI Am My Own Wife
Author: Doug Wright
Producer: Delphi Productions, Playwrights HorizonsThe Retreat from Moscow
Author: William Nicholson
Producer: Susan Quint Gallin, Stuart Thompson, Ron Kastner, True Love Productions, Mary Lu Roffe, JAM TheatricalsBest MusicalAvenue Q
Producer: Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre, The New GroupCaroline, or Change
Producer: Carole Shorenstein Hays, HBO Films, Jujamcyn Theaters, Freddy DeMann, Scott Rudin, Hendel/Morten/Wiesenfeld, Bergére/Fox Theatricals/Manocherian, Roger Berlind, Clear Channel Entertainment, Joan Cullman, Greg Holland/Scott Nederlander,
Margo Lion, Daryl Roth, Zollo/Sine, The Public Theater
Producer: Ben Gannon, Robert FoxWicked
Producer: Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, David StoneBest Book of a MusicalAvenue Q
Book: Jeff WhittyCaroline, or Change
Book: Tony KushnerThe Boy from Oz
Book: Martin Sherman; Original Book: Nick EnrightWicked
Book: Winnie HolzmanBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the TheatreAvenue Q
Music & Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxCaroline, or Change
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Tony KushnerTaboo
Music & Lyrics: Boy GeorgeWicked
Music & Lyrics: Stephen SchwartzBest Revival of a PlayHenry IV
Producer: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard GerstenJumpers
Producer: Boyett Ostar Productions, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Freddy DeMann,
Jean Doumanian, Stephanie McClelland, Arielle Tepper, The National Theatre of Great BritainKing Lear
Producer: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Stratford Festival of CanadaA Raisin in the Sun
Producer: David Binder, Vivek J. Tiwary, Susan Batson, Carl Rumbaugh, Ruth Hendel, Jayne Baron Sherman, Dede Harris, Arielle Tepper, Cynthia Stroum, Barbara Whitman
Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. LevyBig River
Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy, Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, Bill O'Brien, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper ForumFiddler on the Roof
Producer: James L. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Harbor Entertainment, Terry Allen Kramer, Bob Boyett/Lawrence Horowitz, Clear Channel EntertainmentWonderful Town
Producer: Roger Berlind, Barry and Fran Weissler, Edwin W. Schloss, Allen Spivak, Clear Channel Entertainment, Harvey WeinsteinBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlaySimon Russell Beale, Jumpers
Kevin Kline, Henry IV
Frank Langella, Match
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife
Christopher Plummer, King LearBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayEileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow
Tovah Feldshuh, Golda's Balcony
Anne Heche, Twentieth Century
Swoosie Kurtz, Frozen
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the SunBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors
Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof
Euan Morton, Taboo
John Tartaglia, Avenue QBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalKristin Chenoweth, Wicked
Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q
Idina Menzel, Wicked
Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town
Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or ChangeBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayTom Aldredge, Twentieth Century
Ben Chaplin, The Retreat from Moscow
Aidan Gillen, The Caretaker
Omar Metwally, Sixteen Wounded
Brían F. O'Byrne, FrozenBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayEssie Davis, Jumpers
Sanaa Lathan, A Raisin in the Sun
Margo Martindale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anna in the Tropics Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalJohn Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof
Michael Cerveris, Assassins
Raúl Esparza, Taboo
Michael McElroy, Big River
Denis O'Hare, AssassinsBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Beth Fowler, The Boy from Oz
Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz
Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change
Jennifer Westfeldt, Wonderful Town
Karen Ziemba, Never Gonna DanceBest Scenic DesignRobert Brill, Assassins
Ralph Funicello, Henry IV
Eugene Lee, Wicked
Tom Pye, Fiddler on the RoofBest Costume DesignJess Goldstein, Henry IV
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce, Taboo
Mark Thompson, Bombay DreamsBest Lighting DesignJules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins
Brian MacDevitt, Fiddler on the Roof
Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
Kenneth Posner, WickedBest Direction of a PlayDoug Hughes, Frozen
Moises Kaufman, I Am My Own Wife
David Leveaux, Jumpers
Jack O'Brien, Henry IVBest Direction of a MusicalJoe Mantello, Assassins
Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Jason Moore, Avenue Q
George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or ChangeBest ChoreographyWayne Cilento, Wicked
Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town
Jerry Mitchell, Never Gonna Dance
Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan, Bombay DreamsBest OrchestrationsPaul Bogaev, Bombay Dreams
William David Brohn, Wicked
Larry Hochman, Fiddler on the Roof
Michael Starobin, Assassins Regional Theatre Tony Award
Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkSpecial Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement James M. NederlanderBuilding on a tradition that began in November 2003, The 2004 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre will be decided, announced and presented this fall in order to give the honorees their own moment to shine in the Tony spotlight.
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