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Minor nominations for Bombay Dreams |
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Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
 Wicked, a quirky and fantasy-filled musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Broadway's highest honour.
Assassins, the chilling Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical about presidential killers, followed with seven nominations.
The nominations produced the inevitable disappointments, particularly for , the expensive Bollywood musical that was a London success.
The show was shut out of the best-musical category, and thus out of a production number on the Tony telecast and had to be content with three minor nominations.
Two Pulitzer Prize winners squared off against each other for best play. Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife, which took the Pulitzer for drama this year, competes against Anna in the Tropics, the 2003 winner. Also nominated were The Retreat From Moscow, William Nicholson's story of a crumbling marriage, and Frozen, Bryony Lavery's harrowing tale of a child's abduction and murder.
Besides Wicked, the other candidates for best musical: Caroline, or Change, a look at the relationship between a black maid and her white employer's young son; Avenue Q, a puppet show filled with songs and sex; and The Boy From Oz, the Peter Allen musical biography starring Hugh Jackman as the Australian entertainer.
The nominations were announced from the stage of the Hudson Theatre, one of Broadway's oldest playhouses. (AP)
Source: ndtv.com |
