Paul Rudnick, Michael John LaChiusa & More to Serve on 2016-2017 Tony Awards Nominating Committee

The 70th annual Tony Awards may have only just taken place, but now it's time to start thinking about next year's ceremony! Creatives Paul Rudnick and Michael John LaChiusa are just some of the new names tapped for the Nominating Committee for the 2016-2017 Broadway season.

The Nominating Committee attends all productions during the Broadway season and meets on the date designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony Award nominees for that season. The committee of Tony Nominators will include 51 members for the 2016-2017 season. Members of the committee serve a three-year term.

The 2016-2017 Nominating Committee includes:
Adrian Bailey – Actor
Victoria Bailey – Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
Luis Castro – Media and Entertainment Executive/Producer**
Hope Clarke – Choreographer
Paul Cremo – Dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan Opera
Patricia Cruz – Executive Director, Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.**
Trip Cullman – Director
Edgar Dobie – Executive Producer, Arena Stage – Washington, DC**
Scott Elliott – Director/Artistic Director, The New Group**
Harvey Evans – Actor
Sean Patrick Flahaven – Writer/ Composer/Orchestrator/ Conductor/Producer
Paul Gallo – Lighting Designer
Jenny Gersten – Former Executive Director, Friends of the High Line
Daniel Goldfarb – Playwright, Bookwriter
Sam Gonzalez – Dir. of Operations, Pfizer Medical/Board of Trustees, Playwrights Horizons
Adam Gwon – Composer/Lyricist
Roy Harris – Production Stage Manager
Peter Hedges – Writer**
Jack Hofsiss – Theatre, Film, Television Director
Mara Isaacs – Founder and Director, Octopus Theatricals, LLC**
Lou Jacob – Director at the New School for Drama
Anne Keefe – Associate Artist, Westport Country Playhouse**
Tom Kitt – Composer, Lyricist, Bookwriter
Fran Kumin – Consultant, Perf. Arts Organizations/Foundations/University Theatre Programs
Michael John LaChiusa – Composer, Lyricist, Librettist**
Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Reynold Levy – Former President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Patricia Marx – American Humorist and Writer, Former Television Writer
Jim McLaughlin – Former Producer, CBS News/TV Feature and Documentary Producer
Tony Meola – Sound Designer**
Jessica Molaskey - Actor**
Debra Monk - Actor
Roger Morgan – Lighting Designer, Theatre Designer
Laurence O’Keefe – Composer
Katherine Oliver – Media and Technology Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Christian Parker – Chair, Graduate Theatre Program, Columbia University
Paige Price – Actor/1st Vice President of AEA/Executive Artistic Director, Theatre Aspen
Ravi S. Rajan – Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase
Paul Rudnick – Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist**
Susan H. Schulman – Director/President, Stage Directors and Choreographers
Mikki Shepard – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theatre**
Warner Shook – Director
Ellen Sorrin – Director, The George Balanchine Trust**
Jessica Stone – Actor/ Director**
Edward Strong – Producer
Wynn Thomas – Production Designer
Jose Antonio Vargas – Journalist/Filmmaker/Founder of Define American **
Jennifer von Mayrhauser – Costume Designer
Tom Watson – Retired Executive, Television Advertising
Preston Whiteway – Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Evan Yionoulis - Director**

**Denotes new Nominating Committee Member