Tony Noms: 'Cat' Snubbed; 'Passing,' 'Heights' Lauded

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Although this travesty occurred, some other shows and actors did receive some welldeserved [Tony] nominations. "Passing Strange"-which features a mainly Black cast-received seven nominations, including: Best Musical; Best Book of a Musical-Stew; Best Original Score written for the Theatre-Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Best Performance by a lead actor in a musical-Stew; Best Performance by a featured actor in a musical-Daniel Breaker; Best Performance by a actress in a musical-de' Adre Aziza and Best Orchestra-Stew and Heidi Rodewald. A production with a cast that is mixed with Hispanic and Black performers is heading the Tony nominations with 13 nominations. That musical, which was just playing offBroadway last year is, "In the Heights." The musical received Tony nominations for Best Musical; Best Book of a Musical-Quiara Alegria Hudes; Best Original Score written for the Theatre-Lin-Manuel Miranda; Best Performance by a lead actor in a Musical-Lin-Manuel Miranda; Best Performance by a featured -actor in a musical-Robin De Jesus; Best Performance by a featured actress in a Musical-Olga Merediz; Best Scenic Design of a Musical-Anna Louizos; Best Costume Design of a Musical-Paul Tazewell; Best Lighting Design of a Musical-Howell Binkley; Best Sound Design of a Musical-Acme Sound Partners; Best Direction of a Musical-Thomas Kail; Best Choreography-Andy Blankenbuehler; and Best Orchestration-Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman.

The musical received Tony nominations for Best Musical; Best Book of a Musical-Quiara Alegria Hudes; Best Original Score written for the Theatre-Lin-Manuel Miranda; Best Performance by a lead actor in a Musical-Lin-Manuel Miranda; Best Performance by a featured -actor in a musical-Robin De Jesus; Best Performance by a featured actress in a Musical-Olga Merediz; Best Scenic Design of a Musical-Anna Louizos; Best Costume Design of a Musical-Paul Tazewell; Best Lighting Design of a Musical-Howell Binkley; Best Sound Design of a Musical-Acme Sound Partners; Best Direction of a Musical-Thomas Kail; Best Choreography-Andy Blankenbuehler; and Best Orchestration-Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman.

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Tony Noms: 'Cat' Snubbed; 'Passing,' 'Heights' Lauded

On Tuesday morning the nominations were announced for this year's Tony Awards and to my shock, "Cat on a hot Tin Roof" was not among the nominations in the category of Best Revival of a Play-or in any other category. This dram...

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