The Tony Awards
Another Broadway season draws to a close and the annual award ceremonies begin. The 2009 Tony nominations have officially been announced. The 2009 Tony Nominations are dominated by Billy Elliot, the Musical, which grabbed 15 nods. Next to Normal had the second-highest number of nominations, at 11, followed by Hair and Shrek with eight each and Mary Stuart and The Norman Conquests with seven nominations apiece. The Tony Awards, set to take place on June 7, honor the best in live theatre performance.

Tony Awards hosted by Neil Patrick Harris Live at Radio City Music Hall


 And the Nominations are....


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Billy Elliot, The Musical at the Imperial Theater

Billy Elliot, The Musical
15 nominations : Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical.

This tale of a young boy with a dream, this celebration of his triumph against the odds, is set against the historic British miners’ strike of the 1980s.

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Next to Normal at the Booth Theater, New York Next to Normal
11 nominations : Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical.

This musical explores how one suburban household copes with crisis, and how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact.

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Hair at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, New York Hair
8 nominations : Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical.

This rock musical depicts the the birth of a cultural movement in the 1960s and '70s that changed America forever. Hair follows a group of hopeful, free-spirited young people who advocate a lifestyle of pacifism and free-love in a society riddled with intolerance and brutality during the Vietnam War.

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Shrek at the Broadway Theater, New York Shrek
8 nominations : Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Best Orchestrations and Best Costume Design of a Musical.

Based on William Steig's book and the Hollywood blockbuster it spawned, Shrek The Musical tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre; his wisecracking sidekick, Donkey; Princess Fiona; Lord Farquaad; and a chorus of fractured fairytale creatures.


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Mary Stuart at the Broadhurst Theater, New York Mary Stuart
7 nominations : Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Best Direction of a Play, Best Costume Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play.

For a Queen to stand, a Queen must fall. Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart is the dramatic account of the extraordinary relationship between England's Elizabeth I (Harriet Walter) and her rival cousin, Mary Queen of Scots (Janet McTeer).


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The Norman Conquests at the Circle in the Square Theater, New York

The Norman Conquests
7 nominations : Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, Best Direction of a Play and Best Scenic Design of a Play.

Set in the dining room (Table Manners), living room (Living Together) and garden (Round and Round the Garden) of an English country house, Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy The Norman Conquests follows six characters from Saturday night through Monday morning in a disastrously hilarious weekend of eating, drinking and misunderstanding.

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God of Carnage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater Broadway New York, NY God of Carnage
6 nominations : Best Play Author, Best Direction of a Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.

Yasmina Reza's "comedy of manners without the manners" deals with the aftermath of a playground altercation between two boys and what happens when their parents meet to talk about it. Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini star.

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Joe Turners Come and Gone at the Belasco Theaterm New York

Jo Turner's Come and Gone
6 nominations : Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, Best Direction of a Play, Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play.

Set in Pittsburgh in 1911, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone tells the story of Herald Loomis who, after serving seven years hard labor, has journeyed north with his young daughter and arrives at a Pittsburgh boarding house filled with memorable characters who aid him in his search for his inner freedom.

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