Tony Awards 2015 nominations list: Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Helen Mirren among British hopefuls
Ruth Wilson and Ben Miles also earned nods for Constellations and Wolf Hall
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Carey Mulligan, Helen Mirren and Ruth Wilson are hoping to bring home a Tony Award for Britain tonight after being nominated for the Best Actress in a Play award.
Mulligan earned a nod for her performance in Skylight, while Mirren is up for her acclaimed role as The Queen in The Audience and Ruth Wilson for her turn in Constellations.
British actors Bill Nighy and Ben Miles are both up for Best Actor in a Play for Skylight and Wolf Hall respectively and will be aiming to beat The Elephant Man's Bradley Cooper.
Here's the nominations list in full:
Best Musical
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten!
The Visit
Best Play
The Audience
Disgraced
Hand to God
Wolf Hall
Musical Revival
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Best Play Revival
The Elephant Man
Skylight
This Is Our Youth
You Can’t Take It With You
Skylight: Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard
Best Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris - Fun Home
Robert Fairchild - An American in Paris
Brian d'arcy James - Something Rotten!
Ken Watanabe - The King and I
Tony Yazbeck - On The Town
Best Actor in a Play
Steven Boyer - Hand To God
Bradley Cooper - The Elephant Man
Ben Miles - Wolf Hall
Bill Nighy - Skylight
Alex Sharpe - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The National Theatre's original production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Manuel Harlan)
Best Actress in a Musical
Kristen Chenoweth - On The 20th Century
Leanne Michelle Cope - An American in Paris
Chita Rivera - The Visit
Kelli O'Hara - The King and I
Beth Malone - Fun Home
Best Actress in a Play
Geneva Carr - Hand to God
Helen Mirren - The Audience
Elisabeth Moss - The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan - Skylight
Ruth Wilson - Constellations
Featured Actor in a Musical
Christian Borle - Something Rotten!
Andy Karl - On The 20th Century
Brad Oscar - Something Rotten!
Brandon Uranowitz - An American in Paris
Max von Essen - An American in Paris
Featured Actress in a Musical
Victoria Clark - Gigi
Judy Kuhn - Fun Home
Sydney Lucas - Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles - The King and I
Emily Skeggs - Fun Home
Featured Actor in a Play
Matthew Beard - Skylight
K Todd Freeman - Airline Highway
Richard McCabe - The Audience
Alessandro Nivola - The Elephant Man
Nathaniel Parker - Wolf Hall
Micah Stock - It's Only A Play
Bradley Cooper and Alessandro Nivola in The Elephant Man
Featured Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford - You Can't Take It With You
Patricia Clarkson - The Elephant Man
Lydia Leonard - Wolf Hall
Sarah Stiles - Hand to God
Julie White - Airline Highway
Best Musical Direction
Sam Gold - Fun Home
Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten!
John Rando - On The Town
Bartlett Sher - The King and I
Christopher Wheeldon - An American in Paris
Best Play Direction
Stephen Daldry - Skylight
Marianne Elliott - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Jeremy Herrin - Wolf Hall
Moritz von Stuelpnagel - Hand to God
Scott Ellis - You Can’t Take It with You
Best Original Score
Fun Home - Music: Jeanine Tesori. Lyrics: Lisa Kron
The Last Ship - Music and lyrics: Sting
Something Rotten! - Music and lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
The Visit - Music: John Kander. Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley - Skylight
Christopher Oram - Wolf Hall
David Rockwell - You Can’t Take It with You
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions - An American in Paris
David Rockwell - On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan - The King and I
David Zinn - Fun Home
Best Costume Design of a Play
Bob Crowley - The Audience
Jane Greenwood - You Can’t Take It with You
Christopher Oram - Wolf Hall
David Zinn - Airline Highway
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes - Something Rotten!
Bob Crowley - An American in Paris
William Ivey Long - On the Twentieth Century
Catherine Zuber - The King and I
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paule Constable and David Plater - Wolf Hall
Natasha Katz - Skylight
Japhy Weideman - Airline Highway
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Donald Holder - The King and I
Natasha Katz - An American in Paris
Ben Stanton - Fun Home
Japhy Weideman - The Visit
Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse - On the Town
Christopher Gattelli - The King and I
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten!
Christopher Wheeldon - An American in Paris
Best Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott - An American in Paris
John Clancy - Fun Home
Larry Hochman - Something Rotten!
Rob Mathes - The Last Ship
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award
John Cameron Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Stephen Schwartz
Tony Honours for Excellence in the Theatre
Arnold Abramson
Adrian Bryan-Brown
Gene O’Donovan
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