2010 TONY® Award Nominations FELA! Receives the Most Tony Nominations of Any New Musical on Broadway and
Fences Starring Denzel Washington receives 10 Nominations Published: May 6, 2010
The Broadway production of Fela!, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, is the recipient of 11 2010 Tony® Award nominations, the most nominations of any new musical on Broadway. The nominations include Best Musical, Actor (Sahr Ngaujah), Featured Actress (Lillias White), Director of a Musical (Bill T. Jones), Choreography (Bill T. Jones), Book of a Musical (Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis), Orchestrations (Aaron Johnson), Scenic Design of a Musical (Marina Draghici), Costume Design of a Musical (Marina Draghici), Lighting Design of a Musical (Robert Wierzel) and Sound Design of a Musical (Robert Kaplowitz). Fela! is playing at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street), where it opened to rave reviews on November 23, 2009.
Fences starring Denzel Washington received 10 nominations including Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (also up against Jude Law, Hamlet), Best Direction of a Play and Best Original Score.
Fela! is also up against Memphis for Best Musical gong.
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
David Alan Grier - Race www.youtube.com
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Montego Glover - Memphis www.youtube.com
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Sahr Ngaujah - Fela! www.youtube.com
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
David Alan Grier - Race www.youtube.com
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Montego Glover - Memphis www.youtube.com
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Sahr Ngaujah - Fela! www.youtube.com
About Memphis
In the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 1950s, a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun fell in love with everything he shouldn't: rock 'n' roll and an electrifying black singer. Memphis is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever.
About Fences
Denzel Washington stars in Fences, one of the ten plays in August Wilson's sweeping Pittsburgh Cycle, focusing on aspects of the twentieth-century African-American experience. Washington plays Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues finally admitted black players. As he faces off against the racial barriers at work and his own disappointments, Troy also grapples with his son over the teenager's hope for a football scholarship and with his wife, Rose (Viola Davis), who confronts Troy over a child he has fathered with another woman.
Marking 64 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 13th, 8-11pm.
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
About Memphis
