The 2004 Tony Award Nominations announced at the Hudson Theatre

Mon 10 May 2004 The 2004 Tony Award Nominations announced at the Hudson Theatre The 2004 Tony Award Nominations announced at the Hudson Theatre Nominations.......... Best Play Anna in the Tropics Author: Nilo Cruz Producer: Roger Berlind, Daryl Roth, Ray Larsen, Robert G. Bartner, The McCarter Theatre Center Frozen Author: Bryony Lavery Producer: MCC Theater, Robert Lupone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, John G. Schultz, Hal Newman, Zollo/Paleologos & Jeffrey Sine, Roy Gabay, Lorie Cowen Levy & Beth Smith, Peggy Hill, Thompson H. Rogers, Swinsky/Filerman/Hendel, Sirkin/Mills/Baldassare, Darren Bagert I Am My Own Wife Author: Doug Wright Producer: Delphi Productions, Playwrights Horizons The Retreat from Moscow Author: William Nicholson Producer: Susan Quint Gallin, Stuart Thompson, Ron Kastner, True Love Productions, Mary Lu Roffe, Jam Theatricals Best Musical Avenue Q Producer: Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre, The New Group Caroline, or Change Producer: Carole Shorenstein Hays, HBO Films, Jujamcyn Theaters, Freddy DeMann, Scott Rudin, Hendel/Morten/Wiesenfeld, Berg�re/Fox Theatricals/Manocherian, Roger Berlind, Clear Channel Entertainment, Joan Cullman, Greg Holland/Scott Nederlander, Margo Lion, Daryl Roth, Zollo/Sine, The Public Theater The Boy from Oz Producer: Ben Gannon, Robert Fox Wicked Producer: Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, David Stone Best Book of a Musical Avenue Q Book: Jeff Whitty Caroline, or Change Book: Tony Kushner The Boy from Oz Book: Martin Sherman; Original Book: Nick Enright Wicked Book: Winnie Holzman Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Avenue Q Music & Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Caroline, or Change Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: Tony Kushner Taboo Music & Lyrics: Boy George Wicked Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Best Revival of a Play Henry IV Producer: Lincoln Center Theater, Andr� Bishop, Bernard Gersten Jumpers Producer: Boyett Ostar Productions, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Freddy DeMann, Jean Doumanian, Stephanie McClelland, Arielle Tepper, The National Theatre of Great Britain King Lear Producer: Lincoln Center Theater, Andr� Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Stratford Festival of Canada A Raisin in the Sun Producer: David Binder, Vivek J. Tiwary, Susan Batson, Carl Rumbaugh, Ruth Hendel, Jayne Baron Sherman, Dede Harris, Arielle Tepper, Cynthia Stroum, Barbara Whitman Best Revival of a Musical Assassins Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy Big River Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy, Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, Bill O'Brien, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum Fiddler on the Roof Producer: James L. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Harbor Entertainment, Terry Allen Kramer, Bob Boyett/Lawrence Horowitz, Clear Channel Entertainment Wonderful Town Producer: Roger Berlind, Barry and Fran Weissler, Edwin W. Schloss, Allen Spivak, Clear Channel Entertainment, Harvey Weinstein Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Simon Russell Beale, Jumpers Kevin Kline, Henry IV Frank Langella, Match Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife Christopher Plummer, King Lear Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Eileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow Tovah Feldshuh, Golda's Balcony Anne Heche, Twentieth Century Swoosie Kurtz, Frozen Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof Euan Morton, Taboo John Tartaglia, Avenue Q Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q Idina Menzel, Wicked Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Tom Aldredge, Twentieth Century Ben Chaplin, The Retreat from Moscow Aidan Gillen, The Caretaker Omar Metwally, Sixteen Wounded Br�an F. O'Byrne, Frozen Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Essie Davis, Jumpers Sanaa Lathan, A Raisin in the Sun Margo Martindale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anna in the Tropics Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical John Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof Michael Cerveris, Assassins Ra�l Esparza, Taboo Michael McElroy, Big River Denis O'Hare, Assassins Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Beth Fowler, The Boy from Oz Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change Jennifer Westfeldt, Wonderful Town Karen Ziemba, Never Gonna Dance Best Scenic Design Robert Brill, Assassins Ralph Funicello, Henry IV Eugene Lee, Wicked Tom Pye, Fiddler on the Roof Best Costume Design Jess Goldstein, Henry IV Susan Hilferty, Wicked Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce, Taboo Mark Thompson, Bombay Dreams Best Lighting Design Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins Brian MacDevitt, Fiddler on the Roof Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV Kenneth Posner, Wicked Best Direction of a Play Doug Hughes, Frozen Moises Kaufman, I Am My Own Wife David Leveaux, Jumpers Jack O'Brien, Henry IV Best Direction of a Musical Joe Mantello, Assassins Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town Jason Moore, Avenue Q George C. Wolfe, Caroline, or Change Best Choreography Wayne Cilento, Wicked Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town Jerry Mitchell, Never Gonna Dance Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan, Bombay Dreams Best Orchestrations Paul Bogaev, Bombay Dreams William David Brohn, Wicked Larry Hochman, Fiddler on the Roof Michael Starobin, Assassins Regional Theatre Tony Award Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement James M. Nederlander