Curtain up on Broadway

“The Drowsy Chaperone” and “Awake and Sing!” “History Boys” and “Jersey Boys.” “The Color Purple” and “The Woman in White.” It’s the best of the plays and musicals, new and old, from Broadway in 2005-06. Show time is 8 p.m. on CBS. Below, a complete list of the nominees.

Play

The History Boys

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Rabbit Hole

Shining City

**

Musical

The Color Purple

The Drowsy Chaperone

Jersey Boys

The Wedding Singer

**

Book of a Musical

Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Jersey Boys

Bob Martin and Don McKellar, The Drowsy Chaperone

Marsha Norman, The Color Purple

**

Original Score

Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone

Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, The Color Purple

Music: Matthew Sklar; Lyrics: Chad Beguelin, The Wedding Singer

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: David Zippel, The Woman in White

**

Revival of a Play

Awake and Sing!

The Constant Wife

Edward Albee’s Seascape

Faith Healer

**

Revival of a Musical

The Pajama Game

Sweeney Todd

The Threepenny Opera

**

Leading Actor in a Play

Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer

Richard Griffiths, The History Boys

Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Oliver Platt, Shining City

David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

**

Leading Actress in a Play

Kate Burton, The Constant Wife

Judy Kaye, Souvenir

Lisa Kron, Well

Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole

Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

**

Leading Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd

Harry Connick Jr., The Pajama Game

Stephen Lynch, The Wedding Singer

Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone

John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys

**

Leading Actress in a Musical

Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone

LaChanze, The Color Purple

Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd

Kelli O’Hara, The Pajama Game

Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life

**

Featured Actor in a Play

Samuel Barnett, The History Boys

Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer

Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!

Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!

**

Featured Actress in a Play

Tyne Daly, Rabbit Hole

Frances de la Tour, The History Boys

Jayne Houdyshell, Well

Alison Pill, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Zoe Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!

**

Featured Actor in a Musical

Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone

Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera

Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple

Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd

Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

**

Featured Actress in a Musical

Carolee Carmello, Lestat

Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple

Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game

Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone

Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

**

Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys

Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!

Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole

**

Direction of Musical

John Doyle, Sweeney Todd

Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game

Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys

Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

**

Choreography

Rob Ashford, The Wedding Singer

Donald Byrd, The Color Purple

Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game

Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

**

Orchestrations

Larry Blank, The Drowsy Chaperone

Dick Lieb and Danny Troob, The Pajama Game

Steve Orich, Jersey Boys

Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd

**

Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole

Bob Crowley, History Boys

Santo Loquasto, Three Days of Rain

Michael Yeargan, Awake and Sing!

**

Scenic Design of a Musical

John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple

David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone

Derek McLane, The Pajama Game

Klara Zieglerova, Jersey Boys

**

Costume Design of a Play

Michael Krass, The Constant Wife

Santo Loquasto, A Touch of the Poet

Catherine Zuber, Awake and Sing!

Catherine Zuber, Edward Albee’s Seascape

**

Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone

Susan Hilferty, Lestat

Martin Pakledinaz, The Pajama Game

Paul Tazewell, The Color Purple

**

Lighting Design of a Play

Christopher Akerlind, Awake and Sing!

Paul Gallo, Three Days of Rain

Mark Henderson, Faith Healer

Mark Henderson, The History Boys

**

Lighting Design of a Musical

Ken Billington and Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone

Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys

Natasha Katz, Tarzan

Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple

**

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

Harold Prince

**

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Intiman Theatre, Seattle

**

Special Tony

Sarah Jones