New York University: Tony Award Winners
by Sylviastel | created - 19 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Sep 2014 | Public
1. Nina Arianda
Actress | Midnight in Paris
Nina Arianda made her break-out debut in the 2010 off-Broadway production of Venus in Fur just months after graduating from NYU's Tisch graduate acting program. Her performance garnered the attention of the entire New York theater community. Following her off-Broadway acclaim, Nina procured roles ...
TSOA 2009 MFA; 2012 Tony Award for best actress in a play "Venus in Fur."
2. Marc Bell
Music_department | Brick Mansions
Marc Bell is known for Brick Mansions (2014), Monsieur Lazhar (2011) and L'appât (2010).
SCPS 1989 MSRE; 2006 Tony Award Producer for "Jersey Boys" and 2008 for "August: Osage County."
3. Trazana Beverley
Actress | American Playhouse
Trazana Beverley is known for American Playhouse (1980), Resurrection (1980) and Never Again (2001).
TSOA BFA; 1976 Tony Award.
4. Barry Bostwick
Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tall (6' 4"), agile, energetic, and ever-so-confident as both actor and singer, especially on the award-winning Broadway stage, Barry Bostwick possesses that certain narcissistic poise, charm and élan that reminds one instantly (and humorously) of a Kevin Kline -- both were quite brilliant in their...
MFA; Tony Award for "best actor in a Musical" for "The Robber Bridegroom."
5. Cy Coleman
Soundtrack | Reminiscence
Songwriter ("Witchcraft", "Big Spender", "Hey, Look Me Over"), composer and pianist, educated at the High School of Music and Art and the New York College of Music. He also studied with Rudolph Gruen (on scholarship) and Adele Marcus. He gave his first piano recitals at age six in Steinway Hall and...
1978 Tony Award for "On the Twentieth Century" and 1990 for "City of Angels."
6. Betty Comden
Soundtrack | On the Town
Songwriter ("New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time"), author and actress. educated at New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree. While a student, she acted with the Washington Square Players. She was a member of the Revuers, a night club act which also ...
7. Fred Ebb
Soundtrack | Chicago
Fred Ebb was born on April 8, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Chicago (2002), Cabaret (1972) and Shame (2011). He died on September 11, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.
1967 Tony Award for Cabaret.
8. Marcia Gay Harden
Actress | Mystic River
Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, California, the third of five children. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. The family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre when the family was...
TSOA 1988 MFA; 2009 Tony Award for best actress in a play for "God of Carnage."
9. Nikki M. James
Actress | Severance
Originated the role of Nabalungi in the Book of Mormon, for which she won a Tony Award. She recently starred in Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day at the Public Theater. Nikki was born and raised in New Jersey, where she fell in love with the theater at a young age. With the encouragement of ...
2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, "The Book of Mormon."
10. Steve Kazee
Actor | Shameless
Steve Kazee was born on October 30, 1975 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Shameless (2011), The Walking Dead (2010) and Nashville (2012).
TSOA 2005 MFA: 2011 Tony Award best actor in a musical for "Once."
11. Tony Kushner
Writer | West Side Story
Tony Kushner's play "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards. His other acclaimed plays include "Slavs", "Homebody/Kabul" and "Caroline, or Change". He has collaborated with children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak on ...
TSOA 1984 MFA; Tony Award for best play for "Angels in America."
12. Idina Menzel
Soundtrack | Frozen
Idina Menzel was born on May 30, 1971 in New York City, New York as Idina Kim Mentzel. She's an American actress, singer & songwriter. She's best known as Maureen in Rent, Elphaba in Wicked & the voice of Elsa in Frozen (2013). Her mother Helene Goldberg was a therapist & her father Stuart Mentzel ...
TSOA 1993 BFA. Tony Award for best actress in a musical for "Wicked."
13. Donna Murphy
Actress | The Gilded Age
A Tony and Emmy Award winner, Donna Murphy has forged a career of exceptional diversity, impressing both audiences and critics with her depth and skill. This "seductive actress of major transformative powers" (NY Times) was named one of three "Legit Luminaries," alongside Joan Didion and Christine ...
TSOA 1980 BFA. Tony Award winner for best actress in a musical for "Passion" and "The King and I."
14. John Patrick Shanley
Writer | Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley was born on October 3, 1950 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Moonstruck (1987), Doubt (2008) and Congo (1995).
MA 1977; Tony Award
15. Stephen Spinella
Actor | Ravenous
Stephen Spinella was born on October 11, 1956 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Ravenous (1999), Virtuosity (1995) and Rubber (2010).
TSOA 1982 MFA; Tony Award for "Angels in America."
16. Jeff Whitty
Writer | Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Jeff Whitty is known for Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), Shortbus (2006) and Tales of the City (2021).
TSOA 1997 MFA; Tony Award for Book for "Avenue Q."
17. George C. Wolfe
Director | Rustin
George Wolfe was raised in the state capital of Kentucky, Frankfort. As a member of the Frankfort High School Senior class of 1972, he was one of the leading lights of the drama club and a writer for the literary magazine. George left Frankfort in 1972, but returned many years later as a favored ...
TSOA MFA; 1996 Tony Award Winner.
18. Frank Wood
Actor | Joker
Frank Wood was born on April 24, 1958 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Joker (2019), Thirteen Days (2000) and Michael Clayton (2007).
TSOA 1987 MFA; Tony Award for Side Man.
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