According to this article in Playbill:

The 2005-2006 Tony Award nominations were announced May 16 by Tony Award winners Phylicia Rashad, Natasha Richardson and Liev Schreiber at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Bruno Walter Auditorium.

The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical that pays homage to musical theatre lovers, received 13 nominations, the most for any production of the season. In addition to a Best Musical nod, Drowsy also picked up nominations for four of its actors: Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel and Danny Burstein.

An interesting point -- Bob Martin is up for best actor in a musical and he sings only a few bars, if that, although he is on stage for pretty much the entire show! Compare that to John Lloyd Young who basically sings nonstop for two hours!

It looks like there are going to be some heated battles in certain categories, such as best revival -- Sweeney Todd or Pajama Game? Or how about best actor in a musical...let the games begin!

Here is the full Tony Nomination List from the Playbill article:

The 2005-2006 Tony Award nominations follow:

Best Play: The History Boys - The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Rabbit Hole - Shining City

Best Revival of a Play: Awake and Sing! - The Constant Wife - Edward Albee's Seascape - Faith Healer

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer - Richard Griffiths, The History Boys - Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - Oliver Platt, Shining City - David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Kate Burton, The Constant Wife - Judy Kaye, Souvenir - Lisa Kron, Well - Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole - Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd - Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game - Stephen Lynch, The Wedding Singer - Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone - John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone - La Chanze, The Color Purple - Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd - Kelli O'Hara, The Pajama Game - Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Samuel Barnett, The History Boys - Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer - Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing! - Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Tyne Daly, Rabbit Hole - Frances de la Tour, History Boys - Jayne Houdyshell, Well - Alison Pill, The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Zoe Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone - Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera - Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple - Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd - Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Carolee Carmello, Lestat - Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple - Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game - Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

Best Direction of a Play: Nicholas Hytner, History Boys - Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore - Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing! - Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole

Best Direction of a Musical: John Doyle, Sweeney Todd - Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game - Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys - Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Choreography: Rob Ashford, The Wedding Singer - Donald Byrd, The Color Purple - Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game - Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

Best Orchestrations: Larry Blank, The Drowsy Chaperone - Dick Lieb and Danny Troob, The Pajama Game - Steve Orich, Jersey Boys - Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Color Purple -- Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
The Drowsy Chaperone -- Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
The Wedding Singer -- Music: Matthew Sklar; Lyrics: Chad Beguelin
The Woman in White -- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: David Zippel

Best Book of a Musical: Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer -- Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Jersey Boys -- Bob Martin and Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone -- Marsha Norman, The Color Purple

Best Scenic Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole - Bob Crowley, The History Boys - Santo Loquasto, Three Days of Rain - Michael Yeargan, Awake and Sing!

Best Scenic Design of a Musical: John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple - David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone - Derek McLane, The Pajama Game - Klara Zieglerova, Jersey Boys

Best Costume Design of a Play: Michael Krass, The Constant Wife - Santo Loquasto, A Touch of the Poet - Catherine Zuber, Awake and Sing! - Catherine Zuber, Seascape

Best Costume Design of a Musical: Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone - Susan Hilferty, Lestat - Martin Pakledinaz, The Pajama Game - Paul Tazewell, The Color Purple

Best Lighting Design of a Play: Christopher Akerlind, Awake and Sing! - Paul Gallo, Three Days of Rain - Mark Henderson, Faith Healer - Mark Henderson, The History Boys

Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Ken Billington and Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone - Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys - Natasha Katz, Tarzan - Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple

Regional Theatre Tony Award: Intiman Theatre in Seattle, WA

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Harold Prince

Special Tony Award: Sarah Jones

Total Nominations by Production:

The Drowsy Chaperone - 13
The Color Purple - 11
The Pajama Game - 9
Awake and Sing! - 8
Jersey Boys - 8
The History Boys - 7
Sweeney Todd - 6
Rabbit Hole - 5
The Lieutenant of Inishmore - 5
The Wedding Singer - 5
The Constant Wife - 4
Faith Healer - 4
Edward Albee's Seascape - 2
Lestat - 2
Shining City - 2
Three Days of Rain - 2
The Threepenny Opera - 2
Well - 2
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - 1
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life - 1
Souvenir - 1
Tarzan - 1 (Ouch)
A Touch of the Poet - 1
The Woman in White - 1 (Ouch)

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