The 2015 Tony season comes to an end tomorrow night, but not before one import final precursor award: my own! I do my best to take in as much theatre as possible every year, and though I didn't make it to everything (sorry The Country House...well, not really) I caught over two dozen Broadway productions this season. I marveled at legends like Chita Rivera and Carol Burnett, laughed and cried at revivals that went too soon (Side Show) or not soon enough (The Real Thing), and I even saw a Tupac musical on Tupac's birthday and had better seats than Madonna (but she definitely had the better outfit). The following list of nominations and winners is the best of the best, in one blogger's humble opinion.
I have stuck to the Tony rulings on eligibility with one exception: The ladies from Side Show are nominated together. If you're mad about it: take it up with the Tony administration who broke their own precedent. Together, they gave one of the fiercest performances of any gender this season. Tonys also grant the use of additional nominees in certain categories, so I have increased a few categories by one where I felt it necessary.
Finally, I also forced myself to avoid ties this year. No copping out, even in Lead Actress in a Musical (where a four way tie would have me ecstatic) or Featured Actress in a Musical (with "Ring of Keys" and "I Can Cook Too" being the two best performed numbers of the season). I made several Sophie's Choices and will have to live with them.
THE 2015 SAMMYS
Best Musical
*Fun Home (winner)
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Last Ship
Something Rotten! (runner-up)
The Visit
Best Play
Constellations
*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (winner)
Hand to God (runner-up)
Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two
Revival of a Musical
*The King and I (winner)
On the Town (runner-up)
On the Twentieth Century
Side Show
Best Revival of a Play
A Delicate Balance
The Elephant Man (runner-up)
The Heidi Chronicles
*You Can't Take it with You (winner)
Best Lead Actor in a Play
*Steven Boyer, Hand to God (winner)
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Kieran Culkin, This is Our Youth
Jake Gyllenhaal, Constellations
Alex Sharp, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (runner-up)
Best Lead Actress in a Play
Geneva Carr, Hand to God (runner-up)
Glenn Close, A Delicate Balance
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elizabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
*Ruth Wilson, Constellations (winner)
Best Lead Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home (runner-up)
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
*Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten! (winner)
Rob McClure, Honeymoon in Vegas
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
Best Lead Actress in a Musical
*Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century (winner)
Erin Davie & Emily Padgett, Side Show (runner-up)
Beth Malone, Fun Home
Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Ian Barford, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Alessandro Nivola, The Elephant Man (runner-up)
Michael Oberholtzer, Hand to God
*Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two (winner)
Bryce Pinkham, The Heidi Chronicles
Micah Stock, It's Only a Play
Best Featured Actress in a Play
*Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take it With You (winner)
Lucy Briers, Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two
Enid Graham, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two (runner-up)
Kristine Nielsen, You Can't Take it With You
Julie White, Airline Highway
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
*Fred Applegate, The Last Ship (winner)
Brooks Ashmanskas, Something Rotten!
Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century (runner-up)
Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
*Syndey Lucas, Fun Home (winner)
Ashley Park, The King and I
Emily Skeggs, Fun Home
Alysha Umphress, On the Town (runner-up)
Best Director of a Musical
Bill Condon, Side Show
*Sam Gold, Fun Home (winner)
Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!
John Rando, On the Town
Bartlett Sher, The King and I (runner-up)
Best Director of a Play
*Marianne Elliot, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (winner)
Scott Ellis, The Elephant Man
Scott Ellis, You Can't Take it With You (runner-up)
Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God
Best Original Score
*Fun Home (Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron) (winner)
The Last Ship (Sting) (runner-up)
Something Rotten! (Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick)
The Visit (John Kander and Fred Ebb)
Best Book of a Musical
*Fun Home (Lisa Kron) (winner)
Honeymoon in Vegas (Andrew Bergman)
Something Rotten! (Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell) (runner-up)
The Visit (Terrence McNally)
Best Choreography
An American in Paris (Christopher Wheeldon) (runner-up)
Finding Neverland (Mia Michaels)
The King and I (Christopher Gattelli)
*On the Town (Joshua Bergasse) (winner)
Something Rotten! (Casey Nicholaw)
Best Orchestrations
*An American in Paris (winner)
Fun Home (runner-up)
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Visit
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
*An American in Paris (winner)
The King and I
Something Rotten!
The Visit (runner-up)
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Airline Highway (runner-up)
*Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (winner)
Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two
You Can't Take it With You
Best Costume Design of a Musical
An American in Paris (runner-up)
*The King and I (winner)
On the Twentieth Century
Side Show
Best Costume Design of a Play
A Delicate Balance
The Audience (runner-up)
*Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two (winner)
You Can't Take it With You
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Fun Home
The King and I
The Last Ship (runner-up)
*The Visit (winner)
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Constellations
*Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (winner)
Skylight
Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two (runner-up)
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Finding Neverland
*Fun Home (winner)
The Last Ship (runner-up)
Something Rotten!
Best Sound Design of a Play
Constellations
*Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (winner)
Skylight (runner-up)
Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two
Top Ten New Songs
10. 'We Got Now't Else', The Last Ship
9. 'Days and Days', Fun Home
8. 'I Love Betsy', Honeymoon in Vegas
7. 'The Last Ship', The Last Ship
6. 'Welcome to the Renaissance', Something Rotten!
5. 'A Musical', Something Rotten!
4. 'Changing My Major', Fun Home
3. 'Love and Love Alone', The Visit
2. 'Telephone Wire', Fun Home
1. 'Ring of Keys', Fun Home
WINS
Fun Home: 6
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 5
An American in Paris: 2
The King and I: 2
Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two: 2
You Can't Take it With You: 2
Constellations: 1
Hand to God: 1
On the Town: 1
On the Twentieth Century: 1
Something Rotten!: 1
The Visit: 1
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