The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start ringing off the hook for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is among the callers offering congratulations and getting responses. Here are the first reactions from 2010 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Christopher Walken
Nominated for Best Actor in a Play, A Behanding in Spokane
“Thank you ...

After making his Broadway debut almost 60 years ago as a child actor (billed as Ken Walken) in The Climate of Eden, Christopher Walken spent the early part of his career as a Broadway hoofer. Though he grew up to be an Oscar-winning movie star, Walken has returned often to the stage, and his acclaimed star turn in Martin McDonagh ...

A Behanding in Spokane star Christopher Walken visits Live with Regis and Kelly.

Walken won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter and received a 2002 Oscar nomination for Catch Me If You Can. His more than 50 film credits include Annie Hall, Pennies From Heaven, Biloxi Blues, King of New York, Click, Wedding Crashers ...

On stage and screen, Sam Rockwell is a shape shifter. In person, he’s got an everyman handsomeness and a conversational style that’s more casual than most guys his age (41). Movie directors have looked at him and seen villains (The Green Mile, Charlie’s Angels), oddballs (Choke, Box of Moonlight), comic relief (Galaxy Quest, the upcoming Iron Man ...

A Behanding in Spokane star Christopher Walken stopped by The View on March 12 to chat about his leading role in the brutal Martin McDonagh comedy. “He’s a little ridiculous,” Walken says of his character, the one-handed Carmichael, before reflecting on types of roles he usually plays. To balance out the quirkiness of his characters, Barbara Walters made sure ...

On opening night of A Behanding in Spokane , the play’s four stars—Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Anthony Mackie and Zoe Kazan—didn’t attempt to explain the plot of Martin McDonagh’s new play. There are too many secrets (beyond the fact that Walken is searching for his missing appendage) that can’t be revealed in this fast-moving black ...

When a Broadway play’s plot summary is as enticing as “Christopher Walken plays a man in search of his missing hand,” you know opening night will attract a star-studded crowd. That was certainly true on March 4, when Martin McDonagh’s latest black comedy A Behanding in Spokane premiered at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. From tough guys (Harvey Keitel ...

Without a doubt, Martin McDonagh is one of the most talked-about playwrights on Broadway. With his new comedy A Behanding in Spokane , a buzzed-about cast (led by Christopher Walken, making a long-awaited return to Broadway) tells a crazy story that only McDonagh could have dreamt up. We sent Word of Mouth panelists Tom, Randi and Matt to the show to ...

A Behanding in Spokane star Christopher Walken visits with the ladies of The View. The show airs at 11am EST on ABC.

Walken won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter and received a 2002 Oscar nomination for Catch Me If You Can. His more than 50 film credits include Annie Hall, Pennies From Heaven ...

Three nights after his March 4 Broadway opening in Martin McDonagh's black comedy A Behanding in Spokane, Anthony Mackie will be walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards for his starring role as Sgt. J.T. Sanborn, the calm center in a Baghdad bomb squad, in Best Picture nominee The Hurt Locker. His current Broadway role is the ...