{"id":29402,"date":"2024-04-30T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-whos-tommy-david-byrne-earn-tony-award-nominations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:03:48","slug":"the-whos-tommy-david-byrne-earn-tony-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-whos-tommy-david-byrne-earn-tony-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Who\u2019s Tommy&#8217;, David Byrne earn Tony Award nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-30\/e_tonys77_04302024_0.jpg\" alt><figcaption>CBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nominees for the 2024 Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 30, with <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The Who\u2019s Tommy<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> and\u00a0<strong>Talking<\/strong> <strong>Heads<\/strong>\u00a0frontman <strong>David Byrne<\/strong> both earning nominations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">The Who\u2019s Tommy<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> is nominated in the Best Revival of a Musical category. The 1993 original run won five Tony Awards, including Best Direction for <strong>Des McAnuff<\/strong> and Best Original Score for <strong>The Who<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Pete Townshend<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Byrne and <strong>Fatboy Slim<\/strong> earned a nomination in the category of Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Here Lies Love<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, about the rise and fall of\u00a0<strong>Imelda Marcos<\/strong>, the former first lady of the Philippines.\u00a0Also nominated in that category is former <strong>Arcade Fire<\/strong>\u00a0member <strong>Will Butler<\/strong> for the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Stereophonic<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This isn&#8217;t Byrne&#8217;s first time being recognized by the Tonys.\u00a0In 2021, he won an honorary Tony Award for his production\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">American Utopia.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Tony Awards, hosted by <strong>Ariana DeBose<\/strong>, will air live on CBS on Sunday, June 16, at 8 p.m. ET and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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