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Meet the 30 theater pros who decide the Tony Awards nominations

By Paul Sheehan

Nov 05 2010 03:37 am

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Nominations for the Tony Awards are determined by a 30-member committe. They are drawn from all aspects of the theater and attend every show that opens on Broadway during the season. At the end of the eligibilty period in late April, they meet for a day-long session to hash out the nominees. Winners are decided by the 650 plus voters.

These theater pros serve as nominators for three years and are replaced on a rolling basis. Among the new class of 10 nominators (ndicated in the list below by an *) are three-time directing Tony nominee Michael Grief, two-time acting Tony nominee Andre de Shields and Moises Kaufman -- a directing Tony nominee for "I Am My Own Wife" as well as a nominee for his play "33 Variations."

The committee includes:

*Victoria Bailey - Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund

David Caddick - Music Supervisor

Ben Cameron - Program Director for the Arts - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Kathleen Chalfant - Actor

Hope Clarke - Stage Director/Choreographer/Actor

Thomas Cott - Producer/Management Consultant

*André De Shields - Actor

Edgar Dobie - Producer/General Manager/Managing Director, Arena Stage Washington, DC

*Gordon Edelstein - Director/Artistic Director of Long Wharf Theatre

*Beverly Emmons - Lighting Designer

*Michael Greif - Director

Paulette Haupt - Director of the Music Theatre Conference at The O'Neill Center

*Mark Hollmann - Composer/Lyricist

Elena K. Holy - Founder - The International Fringe Festival

Robert Kamlot - Retired General Manager

*Moisés Kaufman - Director/Playwright/Artistic Director, Tectonic Theater

Robert Kimball - Author

Pia Lindström - Former Reporter/Theatre Critic

*Todd London - Artistic Director, New Dramatists

Donna McKechnie - Actor/Choreographer

Jon Nakagawa - Producer of Contemporary Programming - Lincoln Center

Alice Playten- Actor

Theresa Rebeck - Playwright

Susan H. Schulman - Director

*Rosemarie Tichler - Theatre Executive, Educator/Casting Director

Tamara Tunie - Actor/Producer

William Tynan - Actor/Reporter

*Kevin Wade - Playwright/Screenwriter

Doug Wright - Playwright/Screenwriter

Andrew Zerman - Retired Casting Director

Image: Tony Awards Statuette (ATW)

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