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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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