Boyd Gaines Among New Tony Nominators for 2011-2012 Season; Committee Expanded to 35 Members

New members have been announced for the Nominating Committee for the 66th Annual Tony Awards, including four-time Tony-winning actor Boyd Gaines, costume designer Susan Hilferty, director Pam MacKinnon and more. This year's committee has been expanded to 35 members. Members will attend all shows during the 2011-2012 Broadway season and meet on dates designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony nominees for the year.

The committee members are as follows:

John Arnone – scenic designer*
Victoria Bailey – executive director, Theatre Development Fund
David Caddick – music supervisor
Kathleen Chalfant – actor
Hope Clarke – stage director/choreographer/actor
Douglas J. Cohen – composer/lyricist/playwright*
André de Shields - actor
Edgar Dobie – managing director, Arena Stage 
Gordon Edelstein – artistic director, Long Wharf Theatre
Beverly Emmons – lighting designer
Bert Fink – senior vice president/communications, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization*
Boyd Gaines – actor*
Michael Greif – director
Kathryn Grody – actor/writer*
Paulette Haupt – director of the music theater conference, The O’Neill Center
Susan Hilferty – costume designer*
Mark Hollmann – composer/lyricist
Abe Jacob – sound designer*
Robert Kamlot – retired general manager
Anne Kauffman – Director*
Moises Kaufman – director/playwright/artistic director, Tectonic Theater
Pia Lindström – former reporter/theater critic
Todd London – artistic director, New Dramatists
Pam MacKinnon – director*
Donna McKechnie – actor/choreographer
Susan Rice – playwright/screenwriter*
Mervyn Rothstein – retired writer/editor, The New York Times*
Susan H. Schulman – director
Tobie S. Stein – director, Graduate Program in Performing Arts and Management, Brooklyn College*
Rosemarie Tichler – theater educator/Author
Robert Viagas – Playbill program director/editor*
Kevin Wade – playwright/screenwriter
Tony Walton – scenic/costume designer/director*
Carol Waaser – retired AEA official/company and stage manager*
Chay Yew – playwright/director*

*Denotes new Nominating Committee members