The 2000 Tony Award nominations. Winners will be announced June 4 in a ceremony televised by CBS from Radio City Music Hall.
Play: "Copenhagen," "Dirty Blonde," "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan," "True West"Musical: "Contact," "James Joyce's The Dead," "Swing!", "The Wild Party"
Book of a Musical: "Contact," "James Joyce's The Dead," "Marie Christine," "The Wild Party"
Original Score: "Aida," "James Joyce's The Dead," "Marie Christine," "The Wild Party"
Revival-Play: "Amadeus," "A Moon for the Misbegotten," "The Price," "The Real Thing"
Revival-Musical: "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Kiss Me, Kate," "The Music Man," "Tango Argentino"
Actor-Play: Gabriel Byrne "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Stephen Dillane "The Real Thing," Philip Seymour Hoffman "True West," John C. Reilly "True West," David Suchet "Amadeus"
Actress-Play: Jayne Atkinson "The Rainmaker," Jennifer Ehle "The Real Thing," Rosemary Harris "Waiting in the Wings," Cherry Jones "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Claudia Shear "Dirty Blonde"
Actor-Musical: Craig Bierko "The Music Man," George Hearn "Putting It Together," Brian Stokes Mitchell "Kiss Me, Kate," Mandy Patinkin "The Wild Party," Christopher Walken "James Joyce's The Dead"
Actress-Musical: Toni Collette "The Wild Party," Heather Headley "Aida," Rebecca Luker "The Music Man," Marin Mazzie "Kiss Me, Kate," Audra McDonald "Marie Christine"
Featured Actor-Play: Kevin Chamberlin "Dirty Blonde," Daniel Davis "Wrong Mountain," Roy Dotrice "A Moon for the Misbegotten," Derek Smith "The Green Bird," Bob Stillman "Dirty Blonde"
Featured Actress-Play: Blair Brown "Copenhagen," Frances Conroy "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan," Amy Ryan "Uncle Vanya," Helen Stenborg "Waiting in the Wings," Sarah Woodward "The Real Thing"
Featured Actor-Musical: Michael Berresse "Kiss Me, Kate," Boyd Gaines "Contact," Michael Mulheren "Kiss Me, Kate," Stephen Spinella "James Joyce's The Dead," Lee Wilkof "Kiss Me, Kate"
Featured Actress-Musical: Laura Benanti "Swing!", Ann Hampton Callaway "Swing!", Eartha Kitt "The Wild Party," Deborah Yates "Contact," Karen Ziemba "Contact"
Director-Play: Michael Blakemore "Copenhagen," James Lapine "Dirty Blonde," David Leveaux "The Real Thing," Matthew Warchus "True West"
Director-Musical: Michael Blakemore "Kiss Me, Kate," Susan Stroman "Contact," Susan Stroman "The Music Man," Lynne Taylor-Corbett "Swing!"
Scenic Design: Bob Crowley "Aida," Thomas Lynch "The Music Man," Robin Wagner "Kiss Me, Kate," Tony Walton "Uncle Vanya"
Costume Design: Bob Crowley "Aida," Constance Hoffman "The Green Bird," William Ivey Long "The Music Man," Martin Pakledinaz "Kiss Me, Kate"
Lighting Design: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer "The Wild Party," Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer "Marie Christine," Peter Kaczorowski "Kiss Me, Kate," Natasha Katz "Aida"
Choreography: Kathleen Marshall "Kiss Me, Kate," Susan Stroman "Contact," Susan Stroman "The Music Man," Lynne Taylor-Corbett "Swing!"
Orchestrations: Doug Besterman "The Music Man," Don Sebesky "Kiss Me, Kate," Jonathan Tunick "Marie Christine," Harold Wheeler "Swing!"
Special Awards: Special Tony Awards for live theatrical event to "Dame Edna, the Royal Tour"; lifetime achievement in the theater, producer T. Edward Hambleton, founder of the Phoenix Theater.
Tony honor for excellence in theater to Eileen Heckart, now starring off-Broadway in "The Waverly Gallery"; to theatrical agent and manager Sylvia Herscher; to "Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert," the 7-year-old series performed at the City Center.
Regional Theater: The Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City