The winners are announced May 20 at their gala ceremony, hosted this year by one of my favorite performers, Kristin Chenoweth. They'll webcast live on TheaterMania.com. The NYC PBS station WNET plans to tape the show and offer it to PBS stations for subsequent airing. (No clue if any of the Inland Northwest stations plan to air it, I ask them PLEASE to do so.)
The hot talk of the nominations is LoveMusik, a musical using songs by Kurt Weill. It's based on the "unlikely" love between the brilliant German composer and the street girl who became his muse and star, Lotte Lenya. Michael Cerveris plays Weill, Donna Murphy portrays Lenya. It received 12 nominations, and it hasn't even officially opened yet (it's in previews now, opening is May 3).
Kander & Ebb's Curtains, the latest screen-t0-stage transfer Legally Blonde, and the sexy Spring Awakening all received 10 nominations.
Speaking of Kander & Ebb, the longtime partnership (continuing posthumously with Curtains, with Fred Ebb's death in 2004) is being recognized with a special achievement award.
And a neat note for public radio fans: the Capitol Steps earned a nominee in "Best Lyrics" category. If you haven't listened to their political satire and parodies during their four specials airing on KPBX, KSFC, and other public radio stations, check out their clever wordplay at capsteps.com.
The musical-related nominees are:
Outstanding Musical:
Curtains - Broadway, the murder-mystery-comedy play within a musical
In the Heights - Off-Broadway debut of a 27-year-old Dominican/Cuban composer mixing salsa, meringue, hip-hop and other musical styles with traditional Broadway fare.
Legally Blonde -
LoveMusik
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening
Outstanding Revival of a Musical:
110 in the Shade
The Apple Tree
Company
Di Yam Gazlonim!
H.M.S. Pinafore
Les Miserables
Outstanding Actor in a Musical:
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Raul Esparza, Company
John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
Martin Short, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Outstanding Actress in a Musical:
Ashley Brown, Mary Poppins
Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde
Kristin Chenoweth, The Apple Tree
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Lea Michele, Spring Awakening
Donna Murphy, LoveMusik
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical:
Brooks Ashmankas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle, Legally Blonde
Aaron Lazar, Les Miserables
Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins
Orville Mendoza, Adrift in Macao
David Pittu, LoveMusik
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
Linda Balgord, The Pirate Queen
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Les Miserables
Debra Monk, Curtains
Orfeh, Legally Blonde
Barbara Walsh, Company
Karen Ziemba, Curtains
Outstanding Director of a Musical:
John Doyle, Company
Thomas Kail, In the Heights
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening
Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde
Harold Prince, LoveMusik
Alex Timbers, Gutenberg! The Musical!
Outstanding Choreography:
Patricia Birch, LoveMusik
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Matthew Bourne, Edward Scissorhands
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening
Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde
Outstanding Music:
John Kander, Curtains
Paul Leschen, Twist: Please, Sir, May I Have Some More?
Peter Melnick, Adrift in Macao
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Legally Blonde
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Outstanding Lyrics:
Fred Ebb with added lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes, Curtains
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights
Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Legally Blonde
Steven Sater, Spring Awakening
Bill Strauss, Elaina Newport and Mark Eaton, Capitol Steps
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Grey Gardens, a contender for this year's Tony's, is not eligible for the Drama Desk because it transfered from an off-Broadway theater (it was eligible last year and won Best Actress for Christine Ebersole).
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