'스트레인지 루프(A Strange Loop)' 11개 부문 후보 지명

'MJ(마이클 잭슨)' '파라다이스 스퀘어(Paradise Square)' 10개

 

2022 Tony Award Nominations

 

'A Strange Loop' Photo: Marc J. Franklin

 

제 75회 토니상 후보에 흑인 이야기를 다룬 뮤지컬 3편이 선두에 올랐다. SL(스트레인지 루프)는 11개 부문, MJ(마이클 잭슨)와 PS(파라다이스 스퀘어)는 10개 부문 후보에 지명되며, 문화계 전반에 지각변동을 일으킨 #BlackLivesMatter의 영향을 실감케 했다.

 

극작가 지망생의 고군분투를 다룬 새 뮤지컬 '스트레인지 루프(A Strange Loop)'가 작품상, 작곡상, 대본상 등 11개 부문 후보에 지명됐다. 마이클 잭슨 전기 뮤지컬 'MJ'와 19세기 로어맨해튼의 인종갈등을 다룬 '파라다이스 스퀘어는 10개 부문에 노미네이트됐다.

 

수퍼스타 휴 잭맨과 서튼 포스터가 주연한 리바이벌 뮤지컬 '뮤직 맨(The Music Man)'은 6개 부문 후보에 올랐다. 다이애나 황태자비 전기 뮤지컬 '다이애나(Diana)'는 의상디자인 부문 후보에 지명됐으며, 1964년 바브라 스트라이샌드가 주연했던 리바이벌 뮤지컬 '퍼니 걸(Funny Girl)'과 프랑스산 뮤지컬 '어린 왕자(The Little Prince)'는 후보에 오르지 못했다.  

 

 

'MJ'  Photo: Matthew Murphy 

 

코로나 팬데믹 후 컴백한 토니상은 공연작 34편 중 29편이 후보에 올랐다. 토니상 후보는 전작을 본 29명에 의해 지명됐다. 토니상 본상은 650명의 브로드웨이 회원들의 투표로 결정된다. 토니상은 6월 12일 라디오시티뮤직홀에서 아리아나 드보스(Ariana Debose)의 사회로 진행되며, CBS-TV에서 중계방송될 예정이다.  

 

'Paradise Square'  Photo: Kevin Berne

 

 

2022 Tony Award Nominations

 

Best Play
Clyde's, by Lynn Nottage
Hangmen, by Martin McDonagh
The Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini and Ben Power
The Minutes, by Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morisseau

Best Musical
Girl From The North Country
MJ
Mr. Saturday Night
Paradise Square
SIX: The Musical
A Strange Loop

Best Revival of a Play
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel
Take Me Out
Trouble in Mind, by Alice Childress

Best Revival of a Musical
Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Mare Winningham, Girl From The North Country

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
A.J. Shively, Paradise Square

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Deirdre O'Connell, Dana H.
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl From The North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr. Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Patti LuPone, Company
Jennifer Simard, Company

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde's
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Uzo Aduba, Clyde's
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde's

Best Book of a Musical
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson
MJ, Lynn Nottage
Mr. Saturday Night, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Paradise Square, Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
A Strange Loop, Michael R. Jackson

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Flying Over Sunset; Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Michael Korie
Mr. Saturday Night; Music by Jason Robert Brown, Lyrics by Amanda Green
Paradise Square; Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
SIX: The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
A Strange Loop, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Bunny Christie, Company
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square

Best Costume Design of a Play
Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon's Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde's

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Fly Davis, Caroline, or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana, The Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Gabriella Slade, SIX: The Musical
Paul Tazewell, MJ

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, SIX: The Musical
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop

Best Sound Design of a Play
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Simon Baker, Girl From The North Country
Paul Gatehouse, SIX: The Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Gareth Owen, MJ

Best Direction of a Play
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H.

Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Marianne Elliott, Company
Conor McPherson, Girl From The North Country
Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage, SIX: The Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Choreography
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, SIX: The Musical
Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ

Best Orchestrations
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, SIX: The Musical
Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop

 

Productions with multiple nominations:

A Strange Loop - 11

MJ - 10

Paradise Square - 10

Company - 9

The Lehman Trilogy - 8

SIX: The Musical - 8

for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf - 7

Girl From The North Country - 7

The Music Man - 6

The Skin of Our Teeth - 6

Clyde's - 5

Hangmen - 5

Mr. Saturday Night - 5

American Buffalo - 4

Flying Over Sunset - 4

Take Me Out - 4

Trouble in Mind - 4

Caroline, or Change - 3

Dana H. - 3

How I Learned to Drive - 3

Macbeth - 3

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive - 3

Skeleton Crew - 3

 

2022 Tony Award Nominations: A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square Lead the Pack

The 75th annual ceremony is set for June 12 at Radio City Music Hall.

https://www.playbill.com/article/2022-tony-award-nominations-a-strange-loop-mj-paradise-square-lead-the-pack