Here are the women nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play” and “Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical”:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Patricia Clarkson, “The Elephant Man”
Lydia Leonard, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Sarah Stiles, “Hand to God”
Julie White, “Airline Highway”
Here are a few fun facts:
– Nathan Peck, currently in the Broadway production of “Kinky Boots,” helped Annaleigh Ashford create all of her choreography in “You Can’t Take It With You.”
– The last time Patricia Clarkson was on Broadway was in 1986 when she debuted in “The House of Blue Leaves.”
– The last time you saw Julie White was as the Masha replacement in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” from July 30, 2013 – August 25, 2013.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Victoria Clark, “Gigi”
Judy Kuhn, “Fun Home”
Sydney Lucas, “Fun Home”
Ruthie Ann Miles, “The King and I”
Emily Skeggs, “Fun Home”
Here are a few more fun facts:
– Victoria Clark joined “Gigi” after director Eric Schaeffer asked her and because she had always admired Heidi Thomas’ writing from “Call the Midwife” and “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
– Judy Kuhn was seen last season as the ill-fated Fosca in the critically acclaimed, much-extended Classic Stage Company production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Passion.”
– Ruthie Ann Miles recently played Imelda Marcos in “Here Lies Love,” which she was won the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award and the 2013 Theatre World Award.