The 2004 Tony Nominations

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk.

nominations for the 2004 Tony Awards is: Will voters acknowledge these works that are reaching out to new theatergoers?

Wicked and The Boy from Oz in the new musical category; and Anna In the Tropics and The Retreat from Moscow in the best new play category.

I Am My Own Wife-a one-man play that tells the story of a gender-bending, Nazi-era, antiques collector-and Avenue Q, a musical where many of the characters are Sesame Street-style puppets.

2004 Pulitzer Prize for drama); but there is a sense that despite this popularity, older, more conservative Tony voters will overlook these shows and favor works that fit more into the -Broadway as theme park for out-of-town tourists- marketing pattern.

Caroline, or Change. Caroline is an earnest piece about a young boy and his family-s black housekeeper, set against the backdrop of the 60-s and the civil rights movement.

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