2012 Tony Omissions - What Potential Nominees Were Overlooked?

By: May. 01, 2012
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Earlier this morning, stage and screen stars Kristin Chenoweth & Jim Parsons announced this year's Tony nominees from the New York Public Library. In a season as rich as this past theatrical season though, there are only so many spots for nominees and some very talented shows and performers were not nominated. Below are the eligible performers and shows who were not nominatined in the major categories.

The Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards, which are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

CLICK HERE for the full list of nominees and see the list below for those who were overlooked this year.

Best Play

Chinglish
The Columnist
End of the Rainbow
The Lyons
Magic/Bird
The Mountaintop
One Man, Two Guvnors
Relatively Speaking
Seminar
Stick Fly

Best Musical

Bonnie & Clyde
Ghost the Musical
Lysistrata Jones
Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark

Best Revival of a Play

Don't Dress for Dinner
Man and Boy
Private Lives
The Road to Mecca
A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Revival of a Musical

Godspell
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tug Coker - Magic/Bird
Hugh Dancy - Venus in Fur
Kevin Daniels - Magic/Bird
Paul Gross - Private Lives
Dulé Hill - Stick Fly
Samuel L. Jackson - The Mountaintop
Stacy Keach - Other Desert Cities
John Larroquette - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Eric McCormack - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Mekhi Phifer - Stick Fly
Alan Rickman - Seminar
Blair Underwood - A Streetcar Named Desire
Gary Wilmes - Chinglish

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Angela Bassett - The Mountaintop
Kim Cattrall - Private Lives
Tyne Daly - Master Class
Rachel Griffiths - Other Desert Cities
RoseMary Harris - The Road to Mecca
Jennifer Lim - Chinglish
Nicole Ari Parker - A Streetcar Named Desire
Tracie Thoms - Stick Fly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Matthew Broderick - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Reeve Carney - Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Harry Connick,, Jr. - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Raúl Esparza - Leap of Faith
Ben Fankhauser - Newsies
Richard Fleeshman - Ghost the Musical
Jeremy Jordan - Bonnie & Clyde
Paul Nolan - Jesus Christ Superstar
Hunter Parrish - Godspell
Josh Segarra - Lysistrata Jones

Best Performance by a Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Bill Camp - Death of a Salesman 
Adam Chandler-Berat - Peter and the Starcatcher
Oliver Chris - One Man, Two Guvnors
Jim Dale - The Road to Mecca
Ben Daniels - Don't Dress For Dinner
Adam Driver - Man and Boy
Michael Esper - The Lyons
Boyd Gaines - The Columnist
Brendan Griffin - Clybourne Park
Damon Gupton - Clybourne Park
Steve Guttenberg - Relatively Speaking
Wood Harris - A Streetcar Named Desire
Danny Hoch - Relatively Speaking
Fran Kranz - Death of A Salesman
Dick Latessa - The Lyons
Hamish Linklater - Seminar
Mark Linn-Baker - Realtively Speaking
Jefferson Mays - The Best Man
Michael McKean - The Best Man
Jerry O'Connell - Seminar
Tom Pelphrey - Under the Rainbow
Daniel Rigby - One Man, Two Guvnors
Thomas Sadoski - Other Desert Cities
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Stick Fly
Peter Scolari - Magic/Bird
Grant Shaud - Relatively Speaking
Finn Wittrock - Death of a Salesman
Frank Wood - Clybourne Park

Best Performance by a Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Caroline Aaron - Realtively Speaking
Rosie Benton - Stick Fly
Candice Bergen - The Best Man
Sierra Boggess - Master Class
Kerry Butler - The Best Man
Margaret Colin - The Columnist
Crystal A. Dickinson - Clybourne Park
Francesca Faridany - Man and Boy
Carla Gugino - Road To Mecca
Ari Graynor - Realtively Speaking
Kate Jennings Grant - The Lyons
Julie Kavner - Realtively Speaking
Christina Kirk - Clybourne Park
Claire Lams - One Man, Two Guvnors
Angela Lansbury - The Best Man
Deirdre O'Connell - Magic/Bird
Annie Parisse - Clybourne Park
Hettienne Park - Seminar
Jemima Rooper - One Man, Two Guvnors
Lily Rabe - Seminar
Daphne Rubin-Vega - A Streetcar Named Desire
Alexandra Silber - Master Class
Suzie Toase - One Man, Two Guvnors
Jennifer Tilly - Don't Dress For Dinner
Marlo Thomas - Relatively Speaking

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Jennifer Damiano - Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Caissie Levy - Ghost the Musical
Kara Lindsay - Newsies
Patti Murin - Lysistrata Jones
Bernadette Peters - Follies
Elena Roger - Evita

Best Performance by a Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Talon Akerman - Leap of Faith
Terry Beaver - Nice Work if You Can Get It
Nick Blaemire - Godspell
Drew Gehliing - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Joshua Henry - Porgy & Bess
Tom Hewitt - Jesus Christ Superstar
John Dossett - Newsies
Bruce Dow - Jesus Christ Superstar
Claybourne Elder - Bonnie & Clyde
Andrew Keenan-Bolger - Newsies
Telly Leung - Godspell
Ricky Martin - Evita
Stanley Wayne Matthis - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Leslie Odom Jr. - Leap of Faith
Patrick Page - Spider-Man
Bryce Pinkham - Ghost
George Salazar - Godspell
Wallace Smith - Godspell
Chris Sullivan - Nice Work If You Can Get It
David Turner - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Max von Essen - Evita

Best Performance by a Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Uzo Aduba - Godspell
Krystal Joy Brown - Leap of Faith
T.V. Carpio - Spider-Man
Rosalind Elias - Follies
Celisse Henderson - Godspell
Robyn Hurder - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Morgan James - Godspell
Capitha Jenkins - Newsies
Chilina Kennedy - Jesis Christ Superstar
Kendra Kassebaum - Leap of Faith
Kecia Lewis-Evans - Leap of Faith
Lindsay Mendez - Godspell
Liz Mikel - Lysistrata Jones
Kerry O'Malley - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Elaine Paige - Follies
Estelle Parsons - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Mary Beth Peil - Follies
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle - Godspell
Jessica Phillips - Leap of Faith
Rachel Potter - Evita
Sarah Stiles - One A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Jennifer Laura Thompson - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Terri White - Follies
NaTasha Yvette Williams - Porgy & Bess
Melissa van Der Schyff - Bonnie & Clyde

Best Director of a Play

Leigh Silverman - Chinglish
Terry Johnson - End of the Rainbow
Thomas Kail - Magic/Bird
Joe Mantello - Other Desert Cities
John Turturro - Relatively Speaking
Sam Gold - Seminar
Kenny Leon - Stick Fly
Mark Brokaw - The Lyons
Daniel Sullivan - The Colunmist
Kenny Leon - The Mountaintop
Walter Bobbie - Venus in Fur
Emily Mann - A Streetcar Named Desire
John Tillinger - Don't Dress For Dinner
Maria Aitkan - Man and Boy
Stephen Wadsworth - Master Class
Richard Eyre - Private Lives
Michael Wilson - The Best Man
Gordon Edelstein - Road to Mecca
Lynne Meadow - Wit

Best Director of a Musical

Jeff Calhoun - Bonnie & Clyde
Matthew Warchus - Ghost
Christohper Ashley - Leap of Faith
Dan Knechtges - Lysistrata Jones
Julie Taymor - Spider-Man
Michael Grandage - Evita
Eric Schaeffer - Follies
Daniel Goldstein - Godspell
Des McAnuff - Jesus Christ Superstar
Michael Mayer - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever



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