In the category of best scenic design for a musical, the nominees are Marina Draghici, who transformed the Eugene O'Neill Theatre into an African nightclub for Fela! ; Christine Jones, for the towering, video-filled environment of American Idiot; Derek McLane, for his highly imaginative, three-level re-imagining of Ragtime; and Tim Shortall, for his original, and somewhat down-market, take on La Cage aux Folles.
Leading the best scenic design of a play category, the nominees include two designs for posh between-the-wars homes for theatrical families: John Lee Beatty, for Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of The Royal Family, and Alexander Dodge, for Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Present Laughter. Their competition is Santo Loquasto, for the working class neighbourhood setting of Fences, and Christopher Oram, for the artist's studio setting of Red.
In the category of lighting design for a play, Neil Austin was nominated twice, for his starkly angular work in the Jude Law revival of Hamlet, and for his innovative use of work lights in Red. Mark Henderson was also nominated for this boldly theatrical work - including plenty of side lighting - in Enron, as was Brian MacDevitt, for his gorgeously atmospheric work in Fences.
The nominees for lighting design of a musical include Kevin Adams, deploying plenty of bold colour chases and strobe effects in American Idiot; Don Holder, for his sweeping approach to Ragtime, Nick Richings, who contributes plenty of warm saturated colour to La Cage aux Folles, and Robert Wierzel, who fills the Eugene O'Neill with lighting in Fela! The nominees for best sound design of a play include Acme Sound Partners, reinforcing Branford Marsalis' original incidental music for Fences; Adam Cork, who contributed both music and effects to Enron and Red; and Scott Lehrer, for the hit revival of A View from The Bridge.
Nominees for best sound design of a musical are Jonathan Deans, for La Cage aux Folles, Robert Kaplowitz, for Fela! , Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, for the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of A Little Night Music, and Dan Moses Schreier for Sondheim on Sondheim at Roundabout Theatre Company.
Nominated for best costume design of a play are Martin Pakledinaz, for the '30s haute couture of Lend Me a Tenor; Constanza Romero, for the '50s working-class wear of Fences; David Zinn, for the detailed Victorian domestic fashions of In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; and Catherine Zuber, for the high-style '20s day- and nightwear of The Royal Family. Nominated for best costume design of a musical are Marina Draghici, for the African costumes of Fela! , Santo Loquasto, for his second time out with Ragtime; Paul Tazewell, for a broad array of '50s styles in Memphis, and Matthew Wright, for the gleefully tacky drag and '70s-era fashions of La Cage aux Folles.
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(David Barbour)
