TV Article Tony Awards 2012: Nominations By Marc Snetiker Marc Snetiker Marc Snetiker is a former senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2020. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 1, 2012 12:58PM EDT Photo: Deen van Meer Do you smell that? It’s Tony fever, and it starts right now! The theater awards season kicked off this morning when Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons announced the nominations for this year’s Tony Awards, which will air on CBS on Sunday, June 10 on CBS (hosted by Neil Patrick Harris). Among the most nominated titles this year was Once, which landed 11 nominations including nods for Best Musical and its two stars, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. Fan favorites Newsies and Follies got their due, and there was no dearth of big Hollywood names either, with the likes of Stockard Channing, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella, and James Earl Jones among the lucky nominees. See the full list of nominations below, and sit tight for EW’s picks for this year’s snubs, shockers and (pleasant) surprises! Best Play Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur Best Musical Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Revival of a Play Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Master Class Wit Best Revival of a Musical Evita Follies The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Jesus Christ Superstar Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors Philip Seymour Hoffman – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones – Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Frank Langella – Man and Boy John Lithgow – The Columnist Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Nina Arianda – Venus in Fur Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow Stockard Channing – Other Desert Cities Linda Lavin – The Lyons Cynthia Nixon – Wit Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Danny Burstein – Follies Jeremy Jordan – Newsies Steve Kazee – Once Norm Lewis – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Ron Raines – Follies Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Jan Maxwell – Follies Audra McDonald – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Cristin Milioti – Once Kelli O’Hara – Nice Work If You Can Get It Laura Osnes – Bonnie & Clyde Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner Cella Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher Judith Light, Other Desert Cities Condola Rashad, Stick Fly Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Michael Cerveris, Evita David Allen Grier, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Elizabeth A. Davis, Once Jayne Houdyshell, Follies Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It Jesse Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost Best Direction of a Play Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Direction of a Musical Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Diane Paulus, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess John Tiffany, Once Best Book of a Musical Lysistrata Jones Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Bonnie & Clyde Newsies One Man, Two Guvnors Peter and the Starcatcher Best Choreography Rob Ashford, Evita Christopher Gattelli, Newsies Steven Hoggett, Once Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Scenic Design of a Play John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Scenic Design of a Musical Bob Crowley, Once Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Best Costume Design of a Play William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes, Follies ESosa, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Lighting Design of a Play Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities Best Lighting Design of a Musical Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Natasha Katz, Follies Natasha Katz, Once Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical Best Sound Design of a Play Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Sound Design of a Musical Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Clive Goodwin, Once Kai Harada, Follies Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Orchestrations William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It Martin Lowe, Once Danny Troob, Newsies * * * Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Emanuel Azenberg Regional Theatre Award The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Isabelle Stevenson Award Bernadette Peters Special Tony Award Actors’ Equity Association Hugh Jackman Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre Freddie Gershon Artie Siccardi TDF Open Doors * * * Tony Nominations by Production Once – 11 The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – 10 Nice Work If You Can Get It – 10 Peter and the Starcatcher – 9 Follies – 8 Newsies – 8 Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman – 7 One Man, Two Guvnors – 7 Other Desert Cities – 5 Clybourne Park – 4 End of the Rainbow – 3 Evita – 3 Ghost the Musical – 3 Bonnie & Clyde – 2 Don’t Dress for Dinner – 2 Gore Vidal’s The Best Man – 2 Jesus Christ Superstar – 2 Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – 2 Venus in Fur – 2 Wit – 2 The Columnist – 1 Leap of Faith – 1 The Lyons – 1 Lysistrata Jones – 1 Man and Boy – 1 Master Class – 1 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever – 1 The Road to Mecca – 1 Stick Fly – 1 A Streetcar Named Desire – 1 Read more: EW’s Stage Coverage Ricky Martin, set your alarm for Tuesday! We predict this year’s Tony nominees Hugh Jackman, Bernadette Peters to receive special Tony Awards