Tony Award Nods
Congrats to them both on their nominations! Laurence Fishburne has won a Tony before, So lets hope S. Epatha Merkerson gets her first win.
Leading actor in a play
•Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
•Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
•Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
•Rufus Sewell, Rock ‘n’ Roll
•Patrick Stewart, Macbeth
Leading actress in a play
•Eve Best, The Homecoming
•Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
•Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
•S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
•Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Upon recieving the news of her nomination Merkerson says:
My publicist called. I guess it must have been 6 a.m. or something. I was knocked out cold, actually. I was surprised and quite excited by it. I started in the theatre, so the Tony nomination is a huge thing