Tony Award Nominations to be announced on the 15 May 2007
The Tony Award Nominations will be announced on the 15 May 2007 by original Rent cast member Taye Diggs and Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Bruno Walter Auditorium.
Taye Diggs made his Brodway debut in Carousbilly el (1994 Reival), he then originated the role of Benjamin Coffin III in the 1996 Tony Award winning musical Rent, and has played Billy Flynn in Chicago and Fiyero in Wicked. He is to star opposite Kate Walsh in Private Practice, the Fall 2007 spin-off of Grey's Anatomy.
Jane Krakowski won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Nine), her other Broadway credits include: Starlight Express (1987), Grand Hotel (1989), Face Value (1993), Company (1995 Revival), Tartuffe (1996 Revival) and Once Upon a Mattress (1996 Revival). Krakowski won an Olivier Award in London for her performance as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. Her television work includes a six-year stint as Elaine on 'Ally McBeal.'
The 2007 Tony Award ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall on the 10 Jun 2007 and will be broadcast live on CBS-TV.
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