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this production. Camelot is up for six
Tony’s, including Best Musical Revival.
King Arthur’s wife Guinevere falls in love
with his favorite Knight, Sir Lancelot.
Directed by Barlett Sher (he was raised
Catholic but when he was a teenager, he
learned that his father was Jewish.)
At the Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150
W. 65th St. (Lincoln Center.) (212) 239-
6200.
Fat Ham, with five Tony nominations,
including Best Play, is a clever and funny
90-minute production loosely based
on Hamlet, although all the characters’
names have been changed. Juicy, the
Hamlet figure, is a black queer Southern
college student whose dead father’s ghost
shows up in his backyard demanding he
avenges his murder. Lisa Kopitsky is the
show’s flight director. Runs through June
25.
At the American Airlines Theatre, 227
W. 42nd St. (833) 274-8497.
Good Night, Oscar takes place in 1958,
when late-night host Jack Paar features
Oscar Levant on his live show. While
Levant was an odd genius and a brilliant
concert pianist with remarkable wit, he
was unpredictable, and the show explores
the distinction between entertainment
and exploitation. It stars Sean Hayes,
who has been nominated for Best
Performance by an Actor in a Leading
Role in a Play.
At the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St.
(212) 239-6200.
Into The Woods, with six nominations
including Best Revival of a Musical, stars
Stephanie J. Block and Michigan grad
Gavin Creel. Characters in the show are
taken from various Brothers Grimm
fairy tales — Little Red Riding Hood,
Cinderella, and Jack and the Beanstalk,
among others. When all the fairy tale
characters meet in the woods, their lives
intertwine. Music and Lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim,
At the St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th
St. (800) 982-2787.
Kimberly Akimbo, with eight
nominations, is about a smart and funny
New Jersey teen who suffers from an
aging disease that makes her look like
an older woman. With time not on her
side, and many obstacles in her way, she’s
determined to find happiness. She finally
gets to take a long-awaited American
road trip with her anagram-obsessed
high school boyfriend, played by Tony-
nominated Justin Cooley. Victoria Clark
(also nominated) plays Kimberly. One
of the show’s understudies is Sky Alyssa
Friedman. Book is by David Lindsay-
Abaire and direction by Jessica Stone —
both Tony-nominated.
At the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St.
(212) 239-6200.
Leopoldstadt, with six nominations,
including Best New Play, takes its title
from the Jewish quarter in Vienna.
Written by Tom Stoppard, this powerful
and passionate story of love and
endurance begins in the last days of 1899
and follows one extended Jewish family
deep into the 20th century. The show
played in London to sold-out audiences
and won the Olivier Award for Best New
Play. Stoppard reached back into his own
family history to craft this drama. The
show runs through July 2.
At the Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th
St. (212) 239-6200.
Life of Pi, with five Tony nods, is told
with the use of incredible puppetry. After
a shipwreck in the Pacific, a teenage boy
named Pi survives on a boat with a zebra,
hyena, orangutan and a 450-pound
Royal Bengal tiger. With extraordinary
stagecraft and magical light and sound,
it’s the story of survival and humanity.
Many of the actors are also puppeteers.
Based on Yann Martel’s prize-winning
novel that was later turned into a film,
it’s directed by nominated Max Webster.
One of the producers is Daryl Roth.
At the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236
W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200.
New York, New York, scoring nine
nominations including Best Musical,
Hiran Abeysekera,
Mahira Kakkar and
company in Life of Pi
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