Tony Nominations In

The Tony Nominations for this year have just been announced, and all three Irish plays on Broadway at the moment are in with a shot.

Shining City and The Lieutenant of Inishmore are both nominated for Best Play, along with Rabbit Hole and The History Boys; no nod here for Faith Healer, though it’s well represented in other categories. Overall, Lieutenant comes out with the most nominations. Here’s the Irish rollcall:

Faith Healer:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor (Fiennes)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor (McDiarmid)
Best Lighting Design (Mark Henderson)

Shining City:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor (Platt)

Lieutenant of Inishmore:

Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor (D Wilmot)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor (D Gleeson)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress (A Pill)
Best Direction of a Play (Wilson Milam)

I can’t believe that Threepenny Opera has been nominated at all (Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor for Jim Dale). I thought it was a truly horrific production. There was no life at all onstage.