Jennifer Abele
Features Editor
The Tony Awards will be held on June 10, Spongebob
Squarepants, Frozen, Mean Girls,The Band’s Visit performing on Broadway are
all nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Spongebob Squarepants
the Musical directed by Tina Landau and book by Kyle Jarrow
is about a new adventure of Spongebob Squarepants going to save Bikini Bottom
from a volcano.
The soundtrack for the
show consists of songs from famous artists including David Bowie, Lady
Antebellum, Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s,
Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, etc.
Spongebob the Musical is up for Best Book, The Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best
Scenic Design for a Musical, Best Costume Design,Best Lighting Design, Best
Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestration, and Sound Design
in a Musical. Ethan Slater, Spongebob Squarepants, has been nominated for The
Best Actor. Gavin Lee, Squidward, has been nominated for The Best Featured
Actor.
Frozen directed by Brian Usifer with the book by Jennifer Lee is about
the Disney movie Frozen, that focuses on the bond between two sisters,
Anna and Elsa. Their parents pass away, and now Elsa must rule the Kingdom,
prevent herself from revealing her powers, and go through her own personal
conflict while also dealing with other threats. Frozen is up for The Best
Musical, The Best Book, and The Best Original Score.
Mean Girls directed by Casey Nicholaw and the book by Tina Fey is about Cady
Heron going to a new school, making new friends, and then finding out who her
real friends are after pretending to befriend the plastics. The songs that are
currently released from the album are “I’d rather be me” sung by Janice and
“Apex Predator” sung by Cady and Janice. The rest of the Means Girls album
will be released on May 18.
Mean Girls is up for 12 Tony Award Nominations including Best Book,
Best Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Direction,
Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, and Sound Design. Also three
nominations to three of the cast members; Ashley Park for Best Featured
Actress, Grey Henson for Best Featured Actor, and Taylor Louderman for Best
Leading Actress in a Musical.
The Band’s Visit directed by David Cromer with the book by Itamar Moses is
about a group of Egyptian musicians end up in a remote Israeli town after an
error, and the locals take them in for the night. The Band’s Visit is up
for 11 Tony Awards including; Best Book, Best Direction, Best Musical, Best
Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Orchestrations,
and Sound Design. Also Ari’el Stachel for Best Featured Actor, Katrina Lank for
Best Featured Actress, and Tony Shalhoub for Best Leading Actor.
Tune into the Tony Awards
on June 10 at 8 p.m. on the CBS Television Network to give you a small taste of
Broadway for the night.
