The Final Tony Eligibility Rulings

With the 2008-2009 season officially over, the Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for their final deliberation over the eligibility of a whopping 17 productions for the 2009 Tony Awards. Here's what was decided:

Matt Cavenaugh and Josefina Scaglione will be considered eligible in their respective Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their performances in West Side Story.

Gavin Creel will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in Hair.

Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger will be considered eligible in their respective Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their performances in Rock of Ages.

Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical category for their performance in 9 to 5: The Musical.

Bruce Coughlin, Stephen Oremus and Alex Lacamoire will be considered jointly eligible in the category of Best Orchestrations for 9 to 5: The Musical.

Thomas Sadoski will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play category for his performance in reasons to be pretty.

The three parts that make up The Norman Conquests will be eligible as a single play in the Best Revival of a Play category.

Brian Dennehy will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for his performance in Desire Under the Elms.

Jonathan Cake and Steven Weber will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in The Philanthropist.

David Hyde Pierce will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play category for his performance in Accent on Youth.

John Goodman and John Glover will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play category for their performances in Waiting for Godot.

Everything else has either been previously decided or is concurrent with the opening night credits. The nominations will be announced Monday morning by Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.