There is a ton of star power among the Tony Awards contenders for Best Actor in a Play, including past winners, previous nominees, and even a few rookies.
Among the previous Tony winners, keep your eyes on James Earl Jones ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man"), Frank Langella ("Man and Boy"), John Larroquette ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man"), and John Lithgow ("The Columnist").
The past nominees in the field include Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Death of a Salesman"), Stacey Keach ("Other Desert Cities"), and Alan Rickman ("Seminar").
The newcomers hoping for a break are Tug Coker and Kevin Daniels ("Magic/Bird"), James Corden ("One Man, Two Guvnors"), Hugh Dancy ("Venus in Fur"), Paul Gross ("Private Lives"), Dule Hill ("Stick Fly"), Samuel L. Jackson ("The Mountaintop"), Eric McCormack ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man"), William Shatner ("Shatner's World: We Just Live In It"), Blair Underwood ("A Streetcar Named Desire"), and Gary Wilmes ("Chinglish").




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