BroadwayGirlNYC: Tony Categories that SHOULD exist!

It's Tony Awards Season again, and as I run around town getting tickets to the few shows I haven't seen, I've been pondering the things about theatre that I appreciate the most.  Surely, score and libretto and scenery and (of course) acting.  But what about the ensembles, the special effects, the death scenes, and the on-stage chemistry of so many sexy couples?  Sure, the Tonys can't cover EVERYTHING (the broadcast already runs long every year, not that I'm complaining).  But I think the shows deserve accolades for more than just the traditional Tony honors.  So I present to you my 2011 Alternative Broadway Awards -- aka Tony categories that SHOULD exist -- complete with nominations.

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Winners in each category, along with the Prize Pack winner, will be announced in next week's column. 

 

Complete list of nominations:

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Good People's set/ curtain movement during scene changes

War Horse's puppetry

Pitman Painters masterpiece, painted onstage

Brief Encounter's film-to-stage actor interaction

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert's bus

 

 

SEXIEST COUPLE

Bobby Canavale & Elizabeth Rodriguez in The Motherfucker with the Hat

Tony Sheldon & C. David Johnson in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Nina Ariada & Robert Sean Leonard in Born Yesterday

Josh Gad & Nikki James in The Book of Mormon

Janet Dacal & Darren Ritchie in Wonderland

 

 

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER

Carly Rose Sonenclar, Wonderland

Madeline Rose Yen, War Horse

Jeremy Gumbs, Scottsboro Boys

Luke Mannikus, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

 

 

BEST COMEDIAN APPEARING ON BROADWAY

John Leguizamo, Ghetto Klown

Jim Gaffigan, That Championship Season

Chris Rock, The Motherfucker with the Hat

Robin Williams, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Colin Quinn, Long Story Short

Kathy Griffin, Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony

 

 

BEST SHOW OF FLESH

Evan Jonigkeit, High

Aaron Tveit, Catch Me if You Can

Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherfucker with the Hat

Nick Adams, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

 

 

BEST HOLLYWOOD TRANSFER

Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart

Pee-Wee Herman, The Pee-Wee Herman Show

Brendon Fraser, Elling

John Laroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

 

 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST (PLAY)

The Normal Heart

The Motherfucker with the Hat

Good People

Lombardi

That Championship Season

 

 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST (MUSICAL)

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

The Book of Mormon

The Scottsboro Boys

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Catch Me if You Can

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

 

 

BEST STAGE DOOR EXPERIENCE

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Elf

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Catch Me If You Can

The Book of Mormon

 

 

BEST FIGHT SCENES

Born Yesterday

War Horse

Motherfucker with the Hat

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

 

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