Saturday, February 11, 2012

2nd Round of Tony Eligibility Decided Upon by Nominating Committee

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for a second time during the 2011-2012 theater season to consider the eligibility of 13 Broadway shows: Man and Boy, The Mountaintop, Relatively Speaking, Chinglish, Other Desert Cities, Godspell, Venus in Fur, Private Lives, Seminar, Bonnie & Clyde, Stick Fly, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever and Lysistrata Jones. The following decisions were announced:

Jennifer Lim and Gary Wilmes will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Play categories respectively for their performances in Chinglish.

Judith Light and Thomas Sadoski will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Featured Role in a Play categories respectively for their performances in Other Desert Cities.

Hunter Parrish will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in Godspell.

Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Play categories respectively for their performances in Venus in Fur.

Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical categories respectively for their performances in Bonnie & Clyde.

Tobin Ost and Aaron Rhyne will be considered eligible jointly in the category of Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Bonnie & Clyde.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson will be considered eligible in the category of Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Stick Fly.

Peter Parnell will be considered eligible in the category of Best Book of a Musical for On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Patti Murin and Josh Segarra will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical categories respectively for their performances in Lysistrata Jones.

All other decisions were consistent with the opening night credits. The Tony Awards Administration Committee, which released its first round of decisions on November 3, 2011, meets a total of four times throughout the season to decide the eligibility for the 2012 Tony Awards. The Tony Awards ceremony will air on CBS on June 10.

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