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J.K. RowlingB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗arry PotterB次元官网网址� franchise extended its magical touch to Broadway, with a two-part stage play featuring the bespectacled wizard earning 10 nominations, as did a revival of B次元官网网址淢y Fair Lady.B次元官网网址�
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The two-part B次元官网网址淗arry Potter and the Cursed Child,B次元官网网址� which picks up 19 years from where RowlingB次元官网网址檚 last novel left off and portrays Potter and his friends as grown-ups, won nine Olivier Awards in London before coming to America and bewitching critics and audiences alike. It now will face B次元官网网址淭he Children,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址滷arinelli and The King,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址滼unkB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淟atin History for MoronsB次元官网网址� for best new play.
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Amy Schumer, who made her Broadway debut in Steve MartinB次元官网网址檚 comedy B次元官网网址淢eteor Shower,B次元官网网址� won a nomination for best actress in a play. Others in the category include Glenda Jackson from B次元官网网址淓dward AlbeeB次元官网网址檚 Three Tall Women,B次元官网网址� Condola Rashad in B次元官网网址淪aint JoanB次元官网网址� and Lauren Ridloff in B次元官网网址淐hildren of a Lesser God.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淐arousel,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址滿y Fair LadyB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淥nce on This IslandB次元官网网址� make up the best musical revival category, mostly because theyB次元官网网址檙e only eligible nominees.
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Bruce Springsteen, whose solo show mixes songs and stories from his bestselling memoir B次元官网网址淏orn to RunB次元官网网址� and has been banking over $2 million each week heB次元官网网址檚 onstage, will be granted a special, non-competitive Tony, along with John Leguizamo for B次元官网网址淟atin History for Morons.B次元官网网址�
Plenty of nominations donB次元官网网址檛 necessarily lead to actual wins on Tony night. While B次元官网网址淗amiltonB次元官网网址� was nominated for 16 awards in 2016 and went on to win 11, just last year B次元官网网址淣atasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812B次元官网网址� earned a leading 12 nominations but got just two technical awards on the big night.
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