The Tony Award nominations were announced today and I was curious to see how many Tony winning (or nominated) plays MET has produced…so I went on a little investigation and here’s what I found out.
- The Diary of Anne Frank- by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (Best play- 1956)
- Company – Book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Best Musical- 1971)
- Runaways – Book, music, and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados. (Best Musical nomination- 1978)
- Fifth of July– by Lanford Wilson (Best Play nomination- 1981)
- Crimes of the Heart– by Beth Henley (Best Play nomination- 1982)
- The Wild Party – Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, music/lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa (Best Musical nomination-2000)
- Dirty Blonde- by Claudia Shear (Best Play nomination- 2000) & True West- by Sam Sheperd (Best Play nomination- 2000)
- Proof- by David Auburn (Best Play 2001)
- Urinetown The Musical – Book by Greg Kotis, lyrics by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman, music by Mark Hollman (Best Musical nomination-2002)
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Book by Rachel Sheinkin, music/lyrics by William Finn
This year’s nominations for Best Musical are:
- Leap of Faith – Book by Janus Cercone, book and lyrics by Glenn Slater, music by Alan Menken
- Newsies – Book by Harvey Fierstein, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman
- Nice Work If You Can Get It – Book by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
- Once – Book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
This year’s nominations for Best Play are:
- Clybourne Park – by Bruce Norris
- Other Desert Cities -by Jon Robin Baitz
- Peter and the Starcatcher – by Rick Elice
- Venus in Fur – David Ives