Star wattage to shine at the 2010 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Star wattage will burn bright at the 2010 Tony Awards with Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer among those receiving nominations Tuesday.
Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in Fences and Hamlet, respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, A Little Night Music, and Grammer was nominated for lead actor in a musical, La Cage aux Folles.
Fela! — nominated for best musical — and La Cage aux Folles, nominated for the best musical revival, each received 11 nominations, followed by Fences with 10 nods.
Nominated for best play were In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) by Sarah Ruhl; Next Fall, by Geoffrey Nauffts; Red, by John Logan, and Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies.
Best musical nominations went to Green Day’s American Idiot, Memphis, Million Dollar Quartet, and Fela!.
The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre in Waterford, Conn, will receive the regional theatre award.
Winners will be announced June 13 during a ceremony televised by CBS from Radio City Music Hall.