![]() ![]() ![]() It is up for best musical alongside & Juliet, Shucked and New York, New York (all of which received nine nominations each) and Kimberly Akimbo (which had eight nominations). The musical Some Like It Hot, inspired by Billy Wilder’s 1959 film of the same name, garnered the highest number of nominations (with 13) including for Matthew López and Amber Ruffin’s book, Marc Shaiman’s music and (with Scott Wittman) lyrics, and Casey Nicholaw’s choreography and direction. Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II share that category with Sean Hayes (Good Night, Oscar), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Between Riverside and Crazy) and Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman). Three British directors were nominated for best direction of a play – Jamie Lloyd for A Doll’s House, Patrick Marber for Leopoldstadt and Max Webster for Life of Pi – with Saheem Ali (Fat Ham), Jo Bonney (Cost of Living) and Stevie Walker-Webb (Ain’t No Mo’) also in the running.īoth stars of Suzan-Lori Parks’ two-hander Topdog/Underdog are nominated for best actor in a play. In that category, Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt will compete against Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E Cooper, Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Cost of Living by Martyna Majok and Fat Ham by James Ijames. Prima Facie, written by Suzie Miller, missed out on a nomination for best play. Best play contender … Jordan E Cooper in Ain’t No Mo’. ![]()
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