Tony Awards 2018: Nominations include 'Mean Girls,' 'Frozen,' 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Tony Awards 2018: Nominations include 'Mean Girls,' 'Frozen,' 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
Sandy Kenyon reports on this year's nominations for the Tony Awards.

At the Tonys this year, you'll see wizards from the world of Harry Potter, Disney princesses from Frozen, and a sponge who "lives in a pineapple under the sea."



Tony Award nominations were announced on Tuesday morning. Mean Girls and SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical were tied for the most nominations with 12 each. Other nominated shows based on big-name franchises are Frozen and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two.



Bruce Springsteen will receive a Special Tony Award for his ongoing show Springsteen on Broadway. John Leguizamo will receive a Special Tony Award for his body of work, including Latin History for Morons.



A Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre will be awarded to Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber.



Broadway's biggest night, hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will be Sunday, June 10, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.




Here's the full list of nominees:



Best Musical



The Band's Visit


Frozen


Mean Girls


SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical



Best Play



The Children


Farinelli and the King


Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Junk


Latin History for Morons



Best Revival of A Musical





My Fair Lady


Once On This Island


Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel



Best Revival of A Play



Angels in America


Edward Albee's Three Tall Women


Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh


Lobby Hero


Travesties



Best Actress in a Musical



Lauren Ambrose for My Fair Lady


Hailey Kilgore for Once On This Island


LaChanze for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical


Katrina Lenk for The Band's Visit


Taylor Louderman for Mean Girls


Jessie Mueller for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel



Best Actor in A Musical



Harry Hadden-Paton for My Fair Lady


Joshua Henry for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Tony Shalhoub for The Band's Visit


Ethan Slater for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical



Best Actress in a Play



Glenda Jackson for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women


Condola Rashad for Saint Joan


Lauren Ridloff for Children of a Lesser God


Amy Schumer for Meteor Shower



Best Actor in a Play



Andrew Garfield for Angels in America


Tom Hollander for Travesties


Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Mark Rylance for Farinelli and the King


Denzel Washington for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh



Best Featured Actress in a Musical



Ariana DeBose for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical


Renée Fleming for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Lindsay Mendez for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Ashley Park for Mean Girls


Diana Rigg for My Fair Lady



Best Featured Actor in a Musical



Norbert Leo Butz for My Fair Lady


Alexander Gemignani for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Grey Henson for Mean Girls


Gavin Lee for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Ari'el Stachel for The Band's Visit





Best Featured Actress in a Play



Susan Brown for Angels in America


Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Deborah Findlay for The Children


Denise Gough for Angels in America


Laurie Metcalf for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women



Best Featured Actor in a Play



Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Michael Cera for Lobby Hero


Brian Tyree Henry for Lobby Hero


Nathan Lane for Angels in America


David Morse for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh



Best Direction of a Musical



Michael Arden for Once On This Island


David Cromer for The Band's Visit


Tina Landau for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Casey Nicholaw for Mean Girls


Bartlett Sher for My Fair Lady



Best Direction of a Play



Marianne Elliott for Angels in America


Joe Mantello for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women


Patrick Marber for Travesties


John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


George C. Wolfe for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh



Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre



Angels in America


The Band's Visit


Frozen


Mean Girls


SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical



Best Book of a Musical



Itamar Moses for The Band's Visit


Jennifer Lee for Frozen


Tina Fey for Mean Girls


Kyle Jarrow for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical



Best Choreography



Christopher Gattelli for My Fair Lady


Christopher Gattelli for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Steven Hoggett for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Casey Nicholaw for Mean Girls


Justin Peck for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel



Best Orchestrations



John Clancy for Mean Girls


Tom Kitt for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Annmarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin for Once On This Island


Jamshied Sharifi for The Band's Visit


Jonathan Tunick for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel



Best Scenic Design of a Musical



Dane Laffrey for Once On This Island


Scott Pask for The Band's Visit


Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young for Mean Girls


Michael Yeargan for My Fair Lady


David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical



Best Scenic Design of a Play



Miriam Buether for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women


Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King


Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Santo Loquasto for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh


Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce for Angels in America



Best Costume Design of a Musical



Gregg Barnes for Mean Girls


Clint Ramos for Once On This Island


Ann Roth for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


David Zinn for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Catherine Zuber for My Fair Lady



Best Costume Design of a Play



Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King


Nicky Gillibrand for Angels in America


Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Ann Roth for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women


Ann Roth for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh



Best Lighting Design of a Musical



Kevin Adams for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical


Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Once On This Island


Donald Holder for My Fair Lady


Brian MacDevitt for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Tyler Micoleau for The Band's Visit



Best Lighting Design of a Play



Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Paule Constable for Angels in America


Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh


Paul Russell for Farinelli and the King


Ben Stanton for Junk



Best Sound Design of a Musical



Kai Harada for The Band's Visit


Peter Hylenski for Once On This Island


Scott Lehrer for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel


Brian Ronan for Mean Girls


Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical



Best Sound Design of a Play



Adam Cork for Travesties


Ian Dickinson for Angels in America


Gareth Fry for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


Tom Gibbons for 1984


Dan Moses Schreier for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh



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