Nominees for the 62nd Tony Awards include a slew of newbies honored for their debut performances on Broadway. Lin-Manuel Miranda is up for the award for leading actor and for composer/lyricist for In the Heights (with 13 nods, this year's most nominated show). Passing Strange's co-creator, Stew, got four nominations (the show got seven), and Tracy Letts's August: Osage County leads the pack in nominations for Best Play, including four for Letts himself in acting, book, score and orchestration. The awards will be given out tonight at Radio City Music Hall and will air on CBS-TV. Whoopi Goldberg will host the event, which includes a special Lifetime Achievement Award for composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Quote "I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones." — Evan Hunter Question of the Day What Broadway shows were films first? Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Jekyll and Hyde, Big, Victor/Victoria, Footloose, Sunset Boulevard, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas were all movies before they were Broadway musicals. Word of the Day A Lad and His Sire sire noun A male parent: father verb To be the biological father of To cause to come into existence (© Houghton Mifflin Company) This week we celebrate Father's Day and our fathers. Let's look at some words that are connected to our dear old dads. Stay Updated Bookmark Or Subscribe Today!!! Author: adroedjr Keywords: subscribe adroed bookmark Stephen Sondheim Sweeny Todd entertainment news game players Added: June 16, 2008
