Tony Awards Committee decide the eligibility of nine Broadway productions

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on 4 Dec 2008 to decide the eligibility of nine Broadway productions for the 2009 American Theatre Wing�s Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing.

The nine productions discussed included A Tale of Two Cities, Equus, The Seagull, 13, A Man for All Seasons, To Be Or Not To Be, All My Sons, Speed-the-Plow and American Buffalo.

The committee made the following decisions:

• James Barbour will be considered in the Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in A Tale of Two Cities.
  
  
• Mackenzie Crook will be considered in the Featured Actor in a Play category for his role in The Seagull.
  
  
• Graham Phillips will be considered in the Leading Actor in a Musical category for his role in 13.
  
  
• Jan Maxwell and David Rasche will be considered in the Leading Actress and Actor in a Play categories for their roles in To Be Or Not To Be.
  
  
• Katie Holmes and Patrick Wilson will be considered in the Featured Actress and Actor in a Play categories for their roles in All My Sons.
  
  
• Elisabeth Moss will be considered in the Featured Actress in a Play category for her role in Speed-the-Plow.

It is also reported that the recent revival of Mamet's American Buffalo, which closed one week after opening, is not eligable eligible for nomination.

This is the second time the Tony Awards Administration Committee has met this year. It will meet three more times to discuss the eligibility of shows opening in the 2008-2009 season. The cut-off date for eligibility is 30 Apr 2009.

The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday 7 June 2009.