Actors John Leguizamo, Cheyenne Jackson, Marsha Mason and Mary-Louise Parker and playwrights Rick Elice and Stephen Karam will be part of the 2014-2015 Tony Awards Nominating Committee, the American Theatre Wing announced on Wednesday.
The Nominating Committee is made up of 50 theater professionals who serve overlapping three-year terms. The members attend every Broadway production during the eligibility year, and meet on a specified date to select Tony nominees.
Winners are determined by a vote of American Theatre Wing members and other theater professionals, with more than 800 eligible voters.
Also read: Tony Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List
Members named to the committee for the first time include actors Harvey Evans and Debra Monk, directors Susan Schulman and Jack Hofsiss, writer Patricia Marx, retired producer Barry Brown and Metropolitan Opera executive Paul Cremo.
Of the 50 members, 32 are men and 18 are women.
The Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
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The 2014-2015 Nominating Committee, with new members indicated by **:
Douglas Aibel – Artistic Dir., The Vineyard Theatre
Arin Arbus – Associate Artistic Dir., Theatre for a New Audience
Ira Bernstein – Former Producer/General Manager/Stage Manager/Casting Director
Susan Birkenhead – Lyricist
Mark Brokaw – Artistic Dir., Yale Institute for Music Theatre/Director
Barry Brown – Retired Broadway Producer**
Donald Byrd – Choreographer
Ben Cameron – Program Dir. for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, NY
Mary Schmidt Campbell – Dean, Tisch School of the Arts
Veronica Claypool – Arts Management Consultant, Full Circle Management Group/Former GM
Paul Cremo – Dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan Opera**
John Darnton – Former Cultural Editor, The New York Times
Jacqueline Z. Davis – Executive Dir., The NY Public Library for the P. A. at Lincoln Center
Rick Elice – Playwright
Harvey Evans – Actor**
Paul Gallo – Lighting Designer**
Kent Gash – Director/Founding Dir., of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway
Liza Gennaro – Choreographer
Jenny Gersten – Executive Director, Friends of the High Line**
Adam Guettel – Composer/Lyricist
Wendall K. Harrington – Projection Designer/Lecturer
Philip Himberg – Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
Jack Hofsiss – Theatre/Film/Television Director**
Ann Hould-Ward – Costume Designer
Julie Hughes – Former Casting Director
Cheyenne Jackson – Actor
Stephen Karam – Playwright
Corby Kummer – Senior Editor, The Atlantic Magazine
Dick Latessa – Actor
John Leguizamo – Actor/Playwright
Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates**
Reynold Levy – Former President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts**
Sara Lukinson – Documentary Film Producer/Television Writer
Patricia Marx – American Humorist and Writer/Former Television Writer**
Marsha Mason – Actor/Playwright
Jim McLaughlin – Former Producer, CBS News/TV Feature and Documentary Producer**
Roger Morgan – Lighting Designer/Theatre Designer**
Debra Monk – Actor**
Katherine Oliver – Media and Entertainment Executive**
Christian Parker – Assoc. Artistic Dir. at Atlantic Theater Co./Chair, Columbia MFA Theatre Program**
Mary-Louise Parker – Actor
Ravi S. Rajan – Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase**
Nigel Redden – Gen. Dir., Spoleto Festival USA/Dir., Lincoln Center Festival
Susan H. Schulman – Director/President, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society**
Arlene Shuler – President & CEO, New York City Center
Scott Schwartz – Director
Linda Shelton – Executive Dir., Joyce Theater Foundation
Wynn Thomas – Production Designer**
Robin Wagner – Scenic Designer
Preston Whiteway – Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center**