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Nominations Announced For Prancing Around the Stage In Front of Audiences

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While waiting for a Broadway show to start, a favorite pastime is flipping through your Playbill and playing its “How Many Have You Seen?” game, where you go through all the shows still open and tally how many you’ve knocked off your To-See list. It’s also the game we play when the Tony Award nominations are announced — and today the 2009 list was delivered. Who’s got your vote?

BEST PLAY
“Dividing the Estate”
“God of Carnage”
“reasons to be pretty”
“33 Variations”

BEST MUSICAL
“Billy Elliot, the Musical”
“Next to Normal”
“Rock of Ages”
“Shrek the Musical”

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
“The Norman Conquests”
“Mary Stuart”
“Waiting for Godot”

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
“Guys and Dolls”
“Hair”
“Pal Joey”
“West Side Story”

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, “Billy Elliot, the Musical”
Gavin Creel, “Hair”
Brian D’Arcy James ,”Shrek the Musical”
Constantine Maroulis, “Rock of Ages”
J. Robert Spencer, “Next to Normal”

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stockard Channing, “Pal Joey”
Sutton Foster, “Shrek the Musical”
Allison Janney, “9 to 5”
Alice Ripley, “Next to Normal”
Josefina Scaglione, “West Side Story”

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jeff Daniels, “God of Carnage”
Raul Esparza, “Speed-the-Plow”
James Gandolfini, “God of Carnage”
Geoffrey Rush, “Exit the King”
Thomas Sadoski, “reasons to be pretty”

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Hope Davis, “God of Carnage”
Jane Fonda, “33 Variations”
Marcia Gay Harden, “God of Carnage”
Janet McTeer, “Mary Stuart”
Harriet Walter, “Mary Stuart”

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Phyllida Lloyd, “Mary Stuart”
Bartlett Sher, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Matthew Warchus , “The Normal Conquests”
Matthew Warchus ,”God of Carnage”

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Stephen Daldry, “Billy Elliot, the Musical”
Michael Greif, “Next to Normal”
Kristin Hanggi, “Rock of Ages”
Diane Paulus, “Hair”

BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT “Liza’s at The Palace”
“Slava’s Snowshow”
“Soul of Shaolin”
“You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Karole Armitage, “Hair”
Andy Blankenbuehler, “9 to 5: The Musical”
Peter Darling, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”
Randy Skinner, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Martin Koch, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, “Next to Normal”
Danny Troob and John Clancy, “Shrek The Musical”

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Dale Ferguson, “Exit the King”
Rob Howell, “The Norman Conquests”
Derek McLane, “33 Variations”
Michael Yeargan, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Robert Brill, “Guys and Dolls”
Ian MacNeil, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”
Scott Pask, “Pal Joey”
Mark Wendland, “Next to Normal”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Dale Ferguson, “Exit the King”
Jane Greenwood, “Waiting for Godot”
Martin Pakledinaz, “Blithe Spirit”
Anthony Ward, “Mary Stuart”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Gregory Gale, “Rock of Ages”
Nicky Gillibrand, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”
Tim Hatley, “Shrek The Musical”
Michael McDonald, “Hair”

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
David Hersey, “Equus”
David Lander, “33 Variations”
Brian MacDevitt, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”
Hugh Vanstone, “Mary Stuart”

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams, “Hair”
Kevin Adams, “Next to Normal”
Howell Binkley, “West Side Story”
Rick Fisher, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paul Arditti, “Mary Stuart”
Gregory Clarke, “Equus”
Russell Goldsmith, “Exit the King”
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Acme Sound Partners, “Hair”
Paul Arditti, “Billy Elliot, The Musical”
Peter Hylenski, “Rock of Ages”
Brian Ronan, “Next to Normal”

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Jerry Herman

REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD
Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va.

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Phyllis Newman

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Shirley Herz