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J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, Mimi Lien Win Tonys Among 54 Nominations

- May 2, 2017

Type: Artist News

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Lucas Steele and Denée Benton in a scene from Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. (Photo by Chad Batka) (Chad Bakta photo)

Updated June 14:

J.T. Rogers, Rebecca Taichman, and Mimi Lien picked up individual Tony Awards on June 11. These were among 10 awards handed out to plays and musicals related to MacDowell Fellows. A total of eight plays by Fellows collectively earned 54 Tony nominations! Rogers won Best Play for his work Oslo, which also picked up a Best Actor in a Featured Role award. Indecent, written by Paula Vogel while at MacDowell won Best Direction of a Play for Rebecca Taichman and Best Lighting Design. Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, with book and music by Dave Malloy, won two Tonys, including Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Mimi Lien and Best Lighting Design. Hello, Dolly, based on the Thornton Wilder short story “The Merchant of Yonkers” earned four Tony Awards.

(ed. note: The following is the way the original story appeared on May 2.)

Work of Twelve Fellows Nominated for Tony Awards

We are celebrating a torrent of Tony Award nominations for Fellow work! Eight plays representing the work of 12 MacDowell Fellows are in the running for statuettes at the 71st Annual Tony Awards. That’s 54 Tony Award nominations in total! Here are the shows and the number of Tony nominations for each:

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, book and music by Dave Malloy (MF 16). Twelve nominations, including Scenic Design of a Musical: Mimi Lien (MF 12) and Best Orchestrations, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score: Dave Malloy

Indecent, written by Paula Vogel while at MacDowell (MF 5x 82-11). Three nominations, including Best Direction of a Play: Rebecca Taichman (MF 11)

Groundhog Day, the Musical, book by Danny Rubin (MF 11). Seven nominations, including Best Book of a Musical: Danny Rubin

War Paint, created by Doug Wright (MF 4x 93-11), Michael Korie (MF 10x 86-11), and Scott Frankel while at MacDowell (MF 98, 05, 11). Seven nominations

Falsettos, directed by and book by James Lapine (MF 6x 01-09). Five nominations

Oslo, by J.T. Rogers (MF 07). Seven nominations

Anastasia, book by Terrence McNally (MF 10). Two nominations

Hello, Dolly, based on the Thornton Wilder (MF 9x 24-53) short story “The Merchant of Yonkers.” Eleven nominations

Read about all the nominations this season.