New York, NY (August 13, 2007) – The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the Nominating Committee for the 2007-2008 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.

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 new committee includes:

Joe Benincasa – Executive Director, The Actors' Fund of America

Robert Callely – Theatre Executive

Betty Corwin – Retired Director of the Lincoln Center Library of Theatre on Film & Tape

**Jacqueline Z. Davis – Executive Director of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

John Dias – Producer, Dramaturg, Educator

**Michael D. Dinwiddie – Associate Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU

**Teresa Eyring – Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group

Sue Frost – Producer

Andrew Jackness – Scenic Designer

Betty Jacobs – Script Consultant/Theatre Historian

**Geoffrey Johnson – Retired Casting Director

Robert Kamlot – Retired General Manager

**Michael Kantor – Director, Producer, Writer

**Howard Marren – Composer

**Laurence Maslon – Associate Arts Professor, Graduate Acting Program - Tisch School at NYU

Phyllis Newman – Actor

Lynn Nottage – Playwright

Gilbert Parker – Retired Senior-Vice President of the William Morris Agency

**Roger Rees – Actor, Director, Playwright, Lecturer, Administrator

Jonathan Reynolds – Playwright & Screenwriter

**Donald Saddler – Choreographer

Steven Suskin – Theatre Author

Tom Viola – Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Franklin Weissberg – Retired Judge of the New York State Court of Claims

**Kimberlee Wertz – Music Contractor

**New Committee Members Beginning a Three-Year Term

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The Tonys are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. At the League, Gerald Schoenfeld is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is Executive Director. At the Wing, Sondra Gilman is Chairman, Doug Leeds is President and Howard Sherman is Executive Director. For Tony Award Productions, Elizabeth I. McCann is Managing Producer and Joey Parnes is Coordinating Producer.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss/White Cherry Entertainment were Executive Producers of the 2007 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss also served as Director of the 2007 Tony Awards.

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