Brown, the first Black woman in more than six decades to direct and choreograph a Broadway production earned nominations for both for her work in "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," while L Morgan Lee become the first openly transgender performer to earn a Tony nomination for her work in "A Strange Loop." Others did not: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were not nominated for their work in the revival of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite."Ĭamille A. Saturday Night," Mary-Louise Parker for the wrenching "How I Learned To Drive," Ron Cephas Jones and Uzo Aduba for "Clyde's," Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams for "Take Me Out," Rachel Dratch for "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive" and Phylicia Rashad for "Skeleton Crew." Some familiar faces earned nominations for their work: Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster for their buzzy revival of "The Music Man," Billy Crystal received a nomination for his turn in musical adaptation of "Mr. The nominations for "A Strange Loop" also included a leading actor nod for newcomer Jaquel Spivey. "The Lehman Trilogy" led all plays with eight nominations. "MJ," the Michael Jackson musical, and "Paradise Square" each earned 10 nominations, followed by "Company" with nine. Jackson's stark yet joyful look at race, gender, sexuality and the American musical led the Tony Awards nominations Monday morning with 11 nods, including Best Musical.
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