Announcing the Tony Award Nominees

The 68th Annual Tony Award nominations were announced live this morning by Lucy Liu and Jonathan Groff. Leading this year is the musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder with 10 nominations followed by Hedwig and the Angry Inch with 8 nominations. Who would you like to see take home a Tony this year?

Best Play
Act One
All The Way
Casa Valentina
Mothers and Sons
Outside Mullingar

Best Musical
After Midnight
Aladdin
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Book of a Musical
Aladdin
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Bullets Over Broadway
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater
Aladdin
The Bridges of Madison County
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
If/Then

Best Revival of a Play
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Glass Menagerie
A Raisin in the Sun
Twelfth Night

Best Revival of a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Samuel Barnett - Twelfth Night
Bryan Cranston - All The Way
Chris O-Dowd - Of Mice and Men
Mark Rylance - Richard III
Tony Shalhoub - Act One

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Tyne Daly - Mothers and Sons
LaTanya Richardson Jackson - A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones - The Glass Menagerie
Audra McDonald - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Estelle Parson - The Velocity of Autumn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo - Les Miserables
Andy Karl - Rocky
Jefferson Mays - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Bryce Pinkham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Mary Bridget Davies - A Night with Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster - Violet
Idina Menzel - If/Then
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara - The Bridges of Madison County

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney - Casa Valentina
Paul Chahidi - Twelfth Night
Stephen Fry - Twelfth Night
Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night
Brian J. Smith - The Glass Menagerie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Sarah Greene - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie
Sophie Okonedo - A Raisin in the Sun
Anika Noni Rose - A Raisin in the Sun
Mare Winningham - Casa Valentina

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein - Cabaret
Nick Cordero - Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry - Violet
James Monroe Iglehart - Aladdin
Jarrod Spector - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Linda Emond - Cabaret
Lena Hall - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox - After Midnight
Lauren Worsham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Direction of a Play
Tim Carroll - Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Kenny Leon - A Raisin in the Sun
John Tiffany - The Glass Menagerie

Best Direction of a Musical
Warren Carlyle - After Midnight
Michael Mayer - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman - Violet
Darko Tresnjak - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Choreography
Warren Carlyle - After Midnight
Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine - Rocky
Casey Nicholaw - Aladdin
Susan Stroman - Bullets Over Broadway

Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman - Bullets Over Broadway
Jason Robert Brown - The Bridges of Madison County
Steve Sidwell - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Jonathan Tunick - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt - Act One
Bob Crowley - The Glass Menagerie
Es Devlin - Machinal
Christopher Oram - The Cripple of Inishmaan

Best Scenic Design of a Musical 
Christopher Barreca - Rocky
Julian Crouch - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Alexander Dodge - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Santo Loquasto - Bullets Over Broadway

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood - Act One
Michael Krass - Machinal
Rita Ryack - Casa Valentina
Jenny Tiramani - Twelfth Night

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho - A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
William Ivey Long - Bullets Over Broadway
Arianne Phillips - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Isabel Toledo - After Midnight

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Jane Cox - Machinal
Natasha Katz - The Glass Menagerie
Japhy Weideman - Of Mice and Men

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Christopher Akerlind - Rocky
Howell Binkley - After Midnight
Donald Holder - The Bridges of Madison Country

Best Sound Design of a Play
Alex Baranowski - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Steve Canyon Kennedy - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Dan Moses Schreier - Act One
Matt Tierney - Machinal

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski - After Midnight
Tim O'Heir - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Nick Potter - Les Miserables
Brian Ronan - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Jane Greenwood

Regional Theater Award
Signature Theater

Isabelle Stevenson Award
Rosie O'Donnell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater
Joseph P. Benincasa
Joan Marcus
Charlotte Wilcox

Learn more about the Tony Award nominees at tonyawards.com!

About Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano are a Grammy award-winning group who has shared the tradition of Mexican mariachi music with audiences throughout the world.

What is Mariachi?
Mariachi is a genre of music originating in Mexico. The word "mariachi" can also be used to describe the ensemble playing the music.

Mariachi bands are made up of musicians playing the violin, trumpet, guitar, vihuela and guitarron. There can be as many as eight violinists and two trumpets in one ensemble. Some ensembles also include the harp.

Who is Nati Cano?

Natividad "Nati" Cano is a leader in mirroring and shaping the history of mariachi music. Born in 1933 in Ahulsculco, Jalisco, his early career took him first to nearby Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city, and then further away to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he and his group, Los Camperos, emerged as a major driving force of the mariachi music tradition.

Nati's life goal has been to bring a greater acceptance, understanding, and respect to the mariachi tradition as a whole, and to reach the widest possible audience with his music.

See Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano on Tuesday, April 29!

Already have tickets to the performance? Arrive early for a free preshow presentation in the Kimberly-Clark Theater! 

Dancing Across America with Anthony LaGuardia

Meet Anthony LaGuardia, Assistant Dance Captain and swing for NETworks presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast. A Wisconsin-native, Anthony is excited and proud to be returning to his home state to perform.


What is your name?
Anthony LaGuardia

Where are you from?
Eau Claire, WI

What kind of professional schooling did you receive? 
I attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City

What are your previous show credits?
 Regional: Hairspray, Dreamgirls, 42nd Street. Allure of the Seas with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line: Chicago, Blue Planet.

What are your favorite parts about being on tour?
Getting to see cities across the country that you never get to explore while also getting to do what I love, perform in a Broadway show. As an added bonus, one of his best friends in NYC, Alyssa Brizzi, is the Dance Captain on tour with him.

What is your advice for aspiring actors?
"I can say for anyone who is an aspiring actor or actress, singer or dancer, that you have to give everything you have to this art and constantly work on your craft as hard as you can. When I was 17 my dad said it best to me when he said you need the innate ability, unwavering passion, and an overwhelming drive to pursue this career. And that is the truth. Having the constant hunger to be the best actor you can be, to do the best of your ability every day, to hold your head up high and an become an energy that no one can deny, and to never give up on this crazy dream, because dreams work if you do.

#danceacrossamerica

Anthony and his roommate Trevor embarked on tour with the goal to take a dance photo in every city and are now approaching 60 pictures from 60 cities. Check out a few of our favorites.

Bloomington, IN

New Orleans, LA

San Francisco, CA

Ft. Myers, FL

Pueblo, CO

Philadelphia, PA

Knoxville, TN

East Lansing, MI

Sarasota, FL

Join Anthony on the rest of his journey by following him on Instagram @anthonyjaylag and search for the hashtag #danceacrossamerica. Where should Anthony take his photo in the Fox Cities?

See Disney's Beauty and the Beast April 11-13. Call the ticket office today at (920) 730-3760 or visit foxcitiespac.com!