2 Canadians nominated for Tony Awards Sunday

Two Canadians nominated for Tony Awards on Sunday night came up short.

Ramin Karimloo, who was raised in Richmond Hill and Peterborough, was nominated for best actor in a leading role. He lost out to the evening’s host and How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris for his turn in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Hamilton-born Nick Cordero wasn nominated for best actor in a featured role in a musical. James Monroe Iglehart took home that award for his role in Aladdin.

Karimloo starred as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in Toronto last fall. The show is also nominated for best revival of a musical.

Cordero is featured in Bullets Over Broadway, based on the 1994 Woody Allen film of the same name.

Stars were on hand to help present awards including Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Leighton Meester, Kenneth Branagh, Kate Mara, Emmy Rossum, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Zachary Quinto.

A music-heavy lineup included all the best new musical nominees — Aladdin, After Midnight, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and some overlooked ones, including Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, and Idina Menzel’s show If/Then.

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