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Posted in News on May 14th, 2008Four Irish stars nominated for Tony Awards
Acclaimed playwright Conor McPherson is amongst four Irish people who have been nominated for a prestigious Tony Award.
McPherson’s play ’The Seafarer’ received four of five Irish nominations.
The playwright has been nominated as both writer and director for ’The Seafarer’, which was staged on Broadway last Christmas to rave reviews, while actors Conleth Hill and Jim Norton have been nominated for their performances in the same play. ’The Seafarer’ is currently receiving its Irish premiere at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre.
Actress Sinead Cusack completes the Irish nominees for her performance in Tom Stoppard’s ’Rock and Roll’.
Elsewhere, British theatre dominates this year’s nominees. The revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical ’Sunday in the Park with George’ has received nine nominations.
Tom Stoppard’s ’Rock ’n’ Roll’ is nominated six times, including for best play, while ’The 39 Steps’ has also received six nominations.
Four British actors are amongst the five nominees for best actor: Patrick Stewart for ’Macbeth’; Rufus Sewell for ’Rock ’n’ Roll’, Mark Rylance in ’Boeing Boeing’; and Ben Daniels in ’Les Liaisons Dangereuses’. American Laurence Fishburne completes the nominees for his role in ’Thurgood’
