The American Theater Wing has announced the members of the nominating committee for this year’s Tony Awards. The show airs June 7th on CBS, and it’s a hot year.
A lot of these names are known to the public, some less well. But the committee includes Marsha Mason, Debra Monk, Jack Hofsiss, and Dick Latessa.
The 2015-2016 Nominating Committee includes:
- Douglas Aibel – Artistic Dir., The Vineyard Theatre
- Adrian Bailey – Actor**
- Victoria Bailey – Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund**
- Ira Bernstein – Former Producer/General Manager/Stage Manager/Casting Director
- Hope Clarke – Choreographer**
- Veronica Claypool – Arts Management Consultant, Full Circle Management Group/Former GM
- Paul Cremo – Dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan Opera
- Trip Cullman – Director**
- Harvey Evans – Actor
- Sean Patrick Flahaven – Writer/Composer/Orchestrator/Conductor/Producer**
- Paul Gallo – Lighting Designer
- Kent Gash – Director/Founding Dir., of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway
- Jenny Gersten – Former Executive Director, Friends of the High Line
- Daniel Goldfarb – Playwright / Book writer**
- Sam Gonzalez – Dir. of Operations, Pfizer Medical/Board of Trustees Playwrights Horizons**
- Adam Gwon – Composer/Lyricist**
- Roy Harris – Production Stage Manager**
- Philip Himberg – Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
- Jack Hofsiss – Theatre/Film/Television Director
- Julie Hughes – Former Casting Director
- Lou Jacob – Director/Chair of the MFA Directing Program at the New School for Drama**
- Stephen Karam – Playwright
- Tom Kitt – Composer**
- Corby Kummer – Senior Editor, The Atlantic Magazine
- Fran Kumin – Consultant – Perf. Arts Organizations/Foundations/University Theatre Programs**
- Dick Latessa – Actor
- Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Reynold Levy – Former President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Sara Lukinson – Documentary Film Producer/Television Writer
- Patricia Marx – American Humorist and Writer/Former Television Writer
- Marsha Mason – Actor/Director
- Jim McLaughlin – Former Producer, CBS News
- Debra Monk – Actor
- Roger Morgan – Lighting Designer/Theatre Designer
- Laurence O’Keefe – Composer**
- Katherine Oliver – Media and Technology Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Christian Parker – Chair, Graduate Theatre Program, Columbia University
- Paige Price – Actor/1st Vice President of AEA/Executive Artistic Director, Theatre Aspen**
- Ravi S. Rajan – Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase
- Nigel Redden – Gen. Dir., Spoleto Festival USA/Dir., Lincoln Center Festival
- Susan H. Schulman – Director/President, Stage Directors and Choreographers
- Scott Schwartz – Director
- Linda Shelton – Executive Dir., Joyce Theater Foundation
- Warner Shook – Director**
- Arlene Shuler – President & CEO, New York City Center
- Edward Strong – Producer**
- Wynn Thomas – Production Designer
- Jennifer von Mayrhauser – Costume Designer**
- Robin Wagner – Scenic Designer
- Tom Watson – Retired Executive-Television Advertising**
- Preston Whiteway – Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
