tony nominations 2010

Tony nominations 2010 edition - Tony award nominees 2010 list

On Tuesday May 4th the Tony nominations 2010 edition were announced.  The Tony awards which is short for Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, recognizes top performances, productions and work involved with Broadway shows.  The Tony Awards will be televised on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.  Here's a look at some of the top 2010 Tony nominees and awards list for the 64th edition of the Tony awards.  These nominees are from 2009-10, with an eligibility cut off date of April 29, 2010.

Best Play:

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Next Fall
Red
Time Stands Still

Best Musical:

American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics):

The Addams Family
Enron
Fences
Memphis
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Jude Law, Hamlet
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington, Fences


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Viola Davis, Fences
Valerie Harper, Looped
Linda Lavin, Collected Stories
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family

The 2010 Tony awards ceremony, like those in past years, is presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.  The show is scheduled for Sunday, June 13, 2010 with television coverage on CBS.

I've yet to see any of the shows on this list, however I think it's great to see two of these nominees are backed or based on popular music artists that many fans know of.  The American Idiot play is fully based on Green Day's music, while Fela! has Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith among its list of producers.  I'm also familiar with several of the actors and actresses who have been nominated.  Denzel Washington is among my all-time favorites and I recently enjoyed Jude Law's film performance in "Sherlock Holmes."Congratulations to all of those included in the Tony nominations for 2010.