And the Tony goes to...
... possibly the guy from "The Singles Ward."
Actor Will Swenson, who got his start at Utah's Hale Centre Theatre (working for his grandma, Ruth Swenson Hale) and starred in the Mormon Cinema comedies "The Singles Ward" and "Sons of Provo," has been nominated for a Tony Award. (Nominations were announced today.)
Swenson is nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (the Tony's equivalent of a supporting actor) for his role as Berger, the leader of the hippie tribe in "Hair." ("Hair" received eight nominations in all, including Best Revival of a Musical.)
Swenson's competition: David Bologna and Gregory Jbara, both for "Billy Elliot: The Musical" (two of its leading 15 nominations); Marc Kudisch for "9 to 5: The Musical" (in the boss role Dabney Coleman played in the movie); and Christopher Sieber as the villain Lord Farquaad in "Shrek: The Musical."
Another Broadway figure with Utah ties scored in the Tony nominations: Bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute, a Brigham Young University alumnus, got a Best Play nod for his latest, "Reasons to Be Pretty."
Actor Will Swenson, who got his start at Utah's Hale Centre Theatre (working for his grandma, Ruth Swenson Hale) and starred in the Mormon Cinema comedies "The Singles Ward" and "Sons of Provo," has been nominated for a Tony Award. (Nominations were announced today.)
Swenson is nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (the Tony's equivalent of a supporting actor) for his role as Berger, the leader of the hippie tribe in "Hair." ("Hair" received eight nominations in all, including Best Revival of a Musical.)
Swenson's competition: David Bologna and Gregory Jbara, both for "Billy Elliot: The Musical" (two of its leading 15 nominations); Marc Kudisch for "9 to 5: The Musical" (in the boss role Dabney Coleman played in the movie); and Christopher Sieber as the villain Lord Farquaad in "Shrek: The Musical."
Another Broadway figure with Utah ties scored in the Tony nominations: Bad-boy playwright Neil LaBute, a Brigham Young University alumnus, got a Best Play nod for his latest, "Reasons to Be Pretty."
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