MARY POPPINS - TONYS DODGE HOLLYWOOD

TONYS DODGE HOLLYWOOD

After years of seeing Broadway productions based on movies dominating the annual Tony Awards nominations, original content stood out today (Tuesday) as it was announced that the rock musical Spring Awakening had nabbed 11 nods and Grey Gardens 10. The only two films-to-musicals making the major categories were Mary Poppins and Legally Blonde, neither of which came close to garnering the overflow of nominations that, say, The Lion King, The Producers or Spamalot had amassed in previous years. The straight-play categories were led by Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, which picked up 10 nominations. Winners will be announced on June 10.

15/05/2007