Hey fellow theatre lovers! It’s that time of year again! The Tony award nominations have been announced! It’s TONY SEASON!

That was a lot of exclamation points. I’ll try to tone it down a little. I’m just really excited. Here’s your list of nominees. How many of these Broadway shows have you seen?

Play
“Clybourne Park,”  Bruce Norris
“Other Desert Cities,”  Jon Robin Baitz
“Peter and the Starcatcher,”  Rick Elice
“Venus in Fur,”  David Ives

Musical
“Leap of Faith”
“Newsies”
“Nice Work If You Can Get It”
“Once”

Revival of a play
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
“Gore Vidal’s The Best Man”
“Master Class”
“Wit”

Revival of a musical
“Evita”
“Follies”
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
“Jesus Christ Superstar”

Book of a musical
“Lysistrata Jones,” Douglas Carter Beane
“Newsies,” Harvey Fierstein
“Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Joe DiPietro
“Once,” Enda Walsh

Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
“Bonnie & Clyde,” music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black
“Newsies,” music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman
“One Man, Two Guvnors,” music & lyrics: Grant Olding
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice

Performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
James Corden, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
James Earl Jones, “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man”
Frank Langella, “Man and Boy”
John Lithgow, “The Columnist”

Performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Nina Arianda, “Venus in Fur”
Tracie Bennett, “End of the Rainbow”
Stockard Channing, “Other Desert Cities”
Linda Lavin, “The Lyons”
Cynthia Nixon, “Wit”

Performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Danny Burstein, “Follies”
Jeremy Jordan, “Newsies”
Steve Kazee, “Once”
Norm Lewis, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Ron Raines, “Follies”

Performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Jan Maxwell, “Follies”
Audra McDonald, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Cristin Milioti, “Once”
Kelli O’Hara, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Laura Osnes, “Bonnie & Clyde”

Performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Christian Borle, “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Michael Cumpsty, “End of the Rainbow”
Tom Edden, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Andrew Garfield, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Jeremy Shamos, “Clybourne Park”

Performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Linda Emond, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Spencer Kayden, “Don’t Dress for Dinner”
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Judith Light, “Other Desert Cities” Condola Rashad, “Stick Fly”

Performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Phillip Boykin, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Michael Cerveris, “Evita”
David Alan Grier, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Michael McGrath, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Josh Young, “Jesus Christ Superstar”

Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, “Once”
Jayne Houdyshell, “Follies”
Judy Kaye, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Jessie Mueller, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “Ghost the Musical”

Scenic design of a play
John Lee Beatty, “Other Desert Cities”
Daniel Ostling, “Clybourne Park”
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Donyale Werle, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Scenic design of a musical
Bob Crowley, “Once”
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, “Ghost the Musical”
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, “Newsies”
George Tsypin, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark”

Costume design of a play
William Ivey Long, “Don’t Dress for Dinner”
Paul Tazewell, ”A Streetcar Named Desire”
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Paloma Young, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, “Follies”
ESosa, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Eiko Ishioka, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark”
Martin Pakledinaz, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

Lighting design of a play
Jeff Croiter, “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Peter Kaczorowski, “The Road to Mecca”
Brian MacDevitt, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Kenneth Posner, “Other Desert Cities”

Lighting design of a musical
Christopher Akerlind, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Natasha Katz, “Follies”
Natasha Katz, “Once”
Hugh Vanstone, “Ghost the Musical”

Sound design of a play
Paul Arditti, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Scott Lehrer, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Gareth Owen, “End of the Rainbow”
Darron L. West, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Are you going to be in any Tony pools this year? I sure am. I’m pulling for Leap of Faith and Phillip Boykin. In their categories. I’ve seen them; I’ve met them; They’re brilliant.