'Book of Mormon' Scores Big With Most Tony Award Nominations

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted May 3rd 2011 10:30AM

If you're jones-ing to indulge in a theatrical snack, look no further than this year's Tony Award nominees. Although it looks like Broadway musical, 'The Book of Mormon,' will nab the top honors -- the show has 14 nominations -- actors like Al Pacino, Vanessa Redgrave and Frances McDormand also scored best performance nominations.

The little musical that could, 'Book of Mormon,' climbed to the top of the box office and nominations list despite a lack of ticket drawing names to light up the marquee. The production, written by the creators of 'South Park,' follows an odd couple of LDS boys sent on a missionary trip to Africa -- although self-proclaimed, it is "God's favorite musical," and apparently the Tony's as well.

But what's one musical that's noticeably absent from the best of the best list? The big budget production with even bigger technical difficulties, 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.' And although his career was born from magic, according to the nominations lineup, Danielle Radcliffe was unable to make magic on stage in his play, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,' -- although the production was nominated for eight awards.

Catch the Tony Awards live on Sunday, June 12.

Check out the complete list of Tony Award Nominations below:

Best Play
'Good People'
'Jerusalem'
'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'
'War Horse'

Best Musical
'The Book of Mormon'
'Catch Me If You Can'
'The Scottsboro Boys'
'Sister Act'

Best Book of a Musical
'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'
'The Book of Mormon'
'The Scottsboro Boys'
'Sister Act'

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
'The Book of Mormon'
'The Scottsboro Boys'
'Sister Act'
'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'

Best Revival of a Play
'Arcadia'
'The Importance of Being Earnest'
'The Merchant of Venice'
'The Normal Heart'

Best Revival of a Musical
'Anything Goes'
'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Brian Bedford, 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Bobby Cannavale, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'
Joe Mantello, 'The Normal Heart'
Al Pacino, 'The Merchant of Venice'
Mark Rylance, 'Jerusalem'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, 'Born Yesterday'
Frances McDormand, 'Good People'
Lily Rabe, 'The Merchant of Venice'
Vanessa Redgrave, 'Driving Miss Daisy'
Hannah Yelland, 'Brief Encounter'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, 'Catch Me If You Can'
Josh Gad, 'The Book of Mormon'
Joshua Henry, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Andrew Rannells, 'The Book of Mormon'
Tony Sheldon, 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster, 'Anything Goes'
Beth Leavel, 'Baby It's You!'
Patina Miller, 'Sister Act'
Donna Murphy, 'The People in the Picture'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Mackenzie Crook, 'Jerusalem'
Billy Crudup, 'Arcadia'
John Benjamin Hickey, 'The Normal Heart'
Arian Moayed, 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'
Yul Vázquez, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin, 'The Normal Heart'
Edie Falco, 'The House of Blue Leaves'
Judith Light, 'Lombardi'
Joanna Lumley, 'La Bête'
Elizabeth Rodriguez, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Colman Domingo, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Adam Godley, 'Anything Goes'
John Larroquette, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
Forrest McClendon, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Rory O'Malley, 'The Book of Mormon'

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti, 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'
Tammy Blanchard, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
Victoria Clark, 'Sister Act'
Nikki M. James, 'The Book of Mormon'
Patti LuPone, 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'
Rae Smith, 'War Horse'
Ultz, 'Jerusalem'
Mark Wendland, 'The Merchant of Venice'

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Derek McLane, 'Anything Goes'
Scott Pask, 'The Book of Mormon'
Donyale Werle, 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein, 'The Merchant of Venice'
Desmond Heeley, 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Mark Thompson, 'La Bête'
Catherine Zuber, 'Born Yesterday'

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'
Martin Pakledinaz, 'Anything Goes'
Ann Roth, 'The Book of Mormon'
Catherine Zuber, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, 'War Horse'
David Lander, 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'
Kenneth Posner, 'The Merchant of Venice'
Mimi Jordan Sherin, 'Jerusalem'

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Howell Binkley, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
Peter Kaczorowski, 'Anything Goes'
Brian MacDevitt, 'The Book of Mormon'

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers, 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'
Simon Baker, 'Brief Encounter'
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, 'Jerusalem'
Christopher Shutt, 'War Horse'

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Steve Canyon Kennedy, 'Catch Me If You Can'
Brian Ronan, 'Anything Goes'
Brian Ronan, 'The Book of Mormon'

Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, 'War Horse'
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, 'The Normal Heart'
Anna D. Shapiro, 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat'
Daniel Sullivan, 'The Merchant of Venice'

Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
Kathleen Marshall, 'Anything Goes'
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, 'The Book of Mormon'
Susan Stroman, 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
Kathleen Marshall, 'Anything Goes'
Casey Nicholaw, 'The Book of Mormon'
Susan Stroman, 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can

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Comments

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Tuesday 03 May

By Scooter

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From the creators of South Park?? oh yeah....you know it's just GOT to be historically correct and non-biased. But these things serve a good purpose.....to those who know members of the LDS Church, they will see how misrepresented members of the Church are. It's all good.

By Alex!~

Mormons are Delusional!!
Thank the Gods I'm OUT!!

By MadameX

A wonderful show to honor legendary actor Tony Dow.

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