Meet The Little-Known Artist Who Inspired Walt Disney's 'Bambi'

A lone deer stands on a windswept mountain. Though the setting is fresh with spring blooms, he looks still -- almost pensive, like the human figures overwhelmed by nature in so many Romantic paintings. It's the work of Tyrus Wong, a Chinese immigrant and WPA artist whose work served as the aesthetic inspiration for Walt Disney's second feature-length animated film, "Bambi." The somber nature of the scene makes sense when taking Wong's lonely upbringing into consideration. He travelled to America in 1919 with his father from Guangdong, China, but due to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, was detained for nearly a month upon arrival. He went on to work as a Depression-era muralist in Los Angeles, funded by the Works Progress Administration, and a film production illustrator for Warner Brothers from 1942 to 1968. It was in '42 that his work caught the eye of Walt Disney, eventually inspiring the look of Bambi. According to the Museum of Chinese in America, where Wong's work is currently being shown, his "impressionistic art influenced the movie's overall visual style and changed the way animation art was presented." "'Snow White' preceded 'Bambi' and was stylistically much different. The forest in 'Snow White' was ornately detailed, down to depicting every leaf on trees. It seemed as though Walt Disney was struck by the elegant minimalism of Tyrus's interpretations of the forests in 'Bambi,'" Herb Tam, the museum's director of exhibitions, told The Huffington Post. "Wong imagined a highly expressive forest, defined more by gestures, bold color schemes and suggestions of light." Wong's earlier work used traditional Chinese calligraphic techniques to depict the people living around him in Los Angeles. "This bold outlining," Tam explained, "is reflected especially in how Tyrus handled trees within 'Bambi.'" Wong described his later work as representing "loneliness, and a little sadness. Isolation." Such themes can be seen in the serene forests he painted for Disney, too, with lone deer dodging fires, and standing proudly on hilltops. Tyrus Wong's work will be on display at the Museum of Chinese in America from March 26 to Sept. 13, 2015. For more on the art that inspired Disney films, check out ourpast coverage of Mary Blair.

#EmojisInTheWild Is Taking Over Instagram

For nature fiends, a glimpse of a rare Black Rhino or an endangered Sumatran Orangutan is the stuff dreams are made of. For lovers of the wild terrain that is the Internet, however, we get our kicks from seeing Prayer Hands IRL. May we introduce you to #EmojisInTheWild, the hashtag that's taking Instagram by storm, tagging rare shots of the elusive Eggplant, the mysterious Twin Ballerinas and the infamous Vanilla Ice Cream Cone. (And, before you ask, no one has yet sighted a Smiley Poop.) Ice cream float #emojisinthewild #candyminimal #minimalATX A photo posted by the candy-colored minimalist (@mattcrump) on Mar 25, 2015 at 9:16am PDT Yup, believe it or not, people are actually taking photographs of real life emoji Dislikes (thumbs down) and actual, non-digital emoji Pineapples (a pineapple). It's almost as if the real world was transforming itself into a simulacrum of the emoji world. What is real?! Put on your safari hat and take a look at the many strange and colorful breeds of emoji making their way out of the screen and into real life below. Oh, and did we mention you can hashtag emoji now? # // #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Alex Tan (@alex.tvn) on Apr 4, 2015 at 1:59pm PDT • • : @_alextvn #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Justin Donaldson (@justin_donaldson) on Apr 3, 2015 at 7:28am PDT Having a bad hair day, but it could be worse A photo posted by Ashley Rose (@ashr0se) on Apr 7, 2015 at 8:38am PDT A photo posted by KAT☪ (@blkcbrd) on Mar 31, 2015 at 7:26pm PDT #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Paulo del Valle (@paulo_delvalle) on Mar 31, 2015 at 8:01am PDT Head in the clouds ☁️#WHPlisten A photo posted by JohnSpannos® (@vilonious) on Mar 29, 2015 at 11:41am PDT Hope y'all are enjoying your weekend! A photo posted by Sam (@i_kiks) on Mar 29, 2015 at 8:06am PDT Next level #WWIM11 #WWIM11_ballastpoint #welevitate #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Eric Ng (@perfectlynormal.co) on Mar 21, 2015 at 2:18am PDT Too much #turnup this past week, time to #emojisinthewild A photo posted by Le Ciudad (@le_ciudad) on Mar 22, 2015 at 8:46pm PDT Love my leather egg clutch Use the code "matty20" for 20% off your first purchase @bkbtconcept A photo posted by Matte (@mattebrooks) on Mar 22, 2015 at 4:07pm PDT # #Frühling in #Hamburg. #hamburgerecken #igershamburg #schilleroper #welovehh #wearehamburg #diewocheaufinstagram #emojisinthewild (finally!) A photo posted by melina. (@melinamoersdorf) on Apr 27, 2015 at 11:12am PDT ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ A photo posted by ☀️Jonathan ☀️ (@pittindiefreak) on Apr 25, 2015 at 8:50am PDT Summer time aesthetic. #emojisinthewild # #redlipswontquit A photo posted by Amanda (@darlingyogi) on Apr 25, 2015 at 10:38am PDT

7 Netflix Documentaries Worth Streaming

Here is set of documentaries to stream on Netflix for some educational programming in between your "Gilmore Girls" and "Friends" marathons. Please binge-watch accordingly. "Fed Up" "Fed Up" is as infuriating as it is eye-opening. Advocacy documentaries tend to be a bit short-sighted, reveling in their self-righteousness, but director Stephanie Soechtig has more than enough facts to avoid resting on pure outrage. Consider that, since the '80s, the number of overweight children has gone from one in 20 to one in five. And while entire industries have ignited over weight loss, the number of those struggling to shed pounds only grows. "Fed Up" reveals the complex ways in which the government is inadvertently subsidizing the obesity epidemic through food lobbies. It guts the myth of personal responsibility (emphasized by the rhetoric of "eat more, exercise less") and gets to the cause of our growing waistlines: processed food that has no nutritional value and ever-increasing helpings of added sugar. "Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger" James "Whitey" Bulger is one of the most notorious gangsters of all time. At one point in his career of crime, he joined Osama Bin Laden on FBI's Most Wanted List. In his notorious 2013 trial, he was accused of 33 crimes, including the alleged murders of 19 people, but Bulger had no interest in proving he was innocent; he just wanted to set the record straight that he was not a snitch. "Whitey" works through the issue of whether he was an informant, weighing both sides to look at not just Bulger's legacy, but the depth of corruption inherent in federal law enforcement. (Note: You'll especially want to watch this one if you plan to see "Black Mass," Johnny Depp's Whitey biopic.) "Tricked" "Tricked" ends with a startling statistic: "More people are enslaved today than at any point in history." There are 20.9 million victims, more than the populations of New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles combined. Directors Jane Wells and John Keith Wasson set out to establish this lesser-known reality, that often the relationship between a prostitute and her pimp is not a business transaction, but form of human trafficking. In a tone that is more informative than hard-hitting, they explore different facets of the $3 billion industry, the ways by which it is perpetuated and how it can stopped. "Showrunners" "Showrunners" can feel a bit insider-y, like the director's cut that might come with a collector's edition box set. Still it makes for an interesting look at the way the relatively new position of showrunner has fueled the so-called golden age of TV. The talking heads -- including everyone from Joss Whedon ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer") to Michelle and Robert King ("The Good Wife") -- give a look at the behind-the-scenes intersection of creativity and commerce that leads to successful programming. (Note: This one is probably best for film students or TV mega-nerds. Anyone else would be more likely to enjoy 90 minutes spent watching one of the many acclaimed shows the cast of "Showrunners" has created.) "Winnebago Man" In a way, "Winnebago Man" was one of the original viral videos. It was shared and copied on VHS tapes, long before it spread with the rise of Youtube in 2005. Director Ben Steinbauer was one of those early fans of Jack "Winnebago Man" Rebney, which led him to track down the so-called "angriest man in the world" and see how the spread of the outtakes from Rebney's commercial had affected him all these years later. "Winnebago Man" is irreverent and beautiful all at the same time, with a bit of seriousness as Steinbauer zooms out to look at the way the mass "tar and feathering" of this new kind of celebrity has changed his subjects' lives. "Love Me" "Love Me" takes on the "mail-order bride" industry as it thrives in the Ukraine. Director Jonathan Narducci follows several men looking for a wife overseas after they feel they've exhausted their options with local dating. Although the popular conception is that these arrangements are meant to satisfy the men, many of the women depicted are eager to find a match and build a family -- something hard to do given the 87 to 100 female-to-male ratio in the Ukraine. (As one of the suitors put it, "These women believe family first. Not career first, family first. It's like dating a girl in the '50s.") The mixers build into a strange combination of two very different types of desperation, perhaps more fittingly matched than any of the pairs that find their way together over the course of the film. "I Am Divine" This glimpse into the life of the man who became Divine peels back the boundary-pushing sexiness and menace of the iconic character. Director Jeffrey Schwartz unpacks Divine's talent from its origins in the experiences of Harris Glenn Milstead to her work as John Waters' muse. At a time when the closest thing to a gay scene was underground (and even illegal), Divine dared to be a movie star, and one of the most mesmerizing at that. "I Am Divine" is a loving look at her legacy and the unique power of those who dare to be themselves (and/or eat dog poop on screen.)

Why You Should Go To The Movies (And Do Other Stuff) Alone

Would you go to a movie alone? For some people, the question elicits a quick and easy nod — of course! Why not? For others, panic: The idea of sitting there, all alone, surrounded by people who aren't alone is humiliating. Everyone has different internal guidelines for solo outings, and these guidelines are often marked by a fair degree of irrationality. I've never been able to work up the nerve to see a movie alone, for example, and yet I've eaten plenty of meals in restaurants without a dining partner — despite the fact that it's a much more visible activity than sitting in a dark theater. And while going to a concert alone makes perfect practical sense — none of my friends are really into Listener, after all — I just don't have it in me. I'd feel awkward standing around during the interminable period between the last opener and the main act, having no one to talk to, surrounded by happily socializing concertgoers.

Vast Chamber Of Molten Rock Discovered Under Yellowstone 'Supervolcano'

The giant "supervolcano" that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park is hiding a deep secret: a massive chamber containing enough hot, partly molten rock to fill the Grand Canyon more than 11 times over. The newfound chamber (see below) sits 12 to 28 miles beneath the supervolcano and is four times bigger than a shallower chamber above it that scientists already knew about. "For the first time, we have imaged the continuous volcanic plumbing system under Yellowstone," Dr. Hsin-Hua Huang, a postdoctoral researcher in geology and geophysics at the University of Utah and a member of the team of seismologists who discovered the vast chamber, said in a written statement. "That includes the upper crustal magma chamber we have seen previously plus a lower crustal magma reservoir that has never been imaged before and that connects the upper chamber to the Yellowstone hotspot plume below." This cross-section illustration cutting southwest-northeast under Yellowstone depicts the newfound, blob-shaped magma chamber under the Yellowstone supervolcano. Rare eruptions. Is all of this magma something to worry about? The researchers said in the statement that the discovery doesn't mean pockets of magma are growing larger -- or that the supervolcano is about to erupt. The chance of a supervolcano eruption happening in any given year is 1 in 700,000, and the last major eruption was 640,000 years ago. But the discovery gives scientists a better understanding of Yellowstone's complex subsurface "plumbing" system that carries hot and partly molten rock upward. The upper magma chamber powers Yellowstone National Park's geysers and was responsible for three ancient volcanic eruptions that coated much of North America in ash, the Associated Press reported. "Every additional thing we learn about the Yellowstone volcanic system is one more piece in the puzzle, and that gets us closer to really understanding how the volcanic system works," Dr. Fan-Chi Lin, an assistant professor of geology and geophysics at the university and another member of the research team, told Smithsonian. "If we could better understand the transport properties of magmatic fluids, we could get a better understanding of the timing and, therefore, where we are in the volcanic cycle." Earthquake data. The researchers used instruments called seismometers to measure the seismic waves generated by earthquakes in order to determine the type of rocky material deep beneath Yellowstone. The researchers examined data from quakes in Utah, Idaho, the Teton Range, and Yellowstone itself as well as data from distant temblors. Science magazine reported that 11 seismometers were used to analyze the more distant and deep quakes, while 69 seismometers were used to gather data from more local and shallower quakes. "To be able to image lower crustal structure, we needed to combine a huge amount of observations from both distant earthquakes and local earthquakes," Dr. Jamie Farrell, a postdoctoral researcher at the university and another member of the team, told Live Science. "Our study opens up many new directions and future opportunities in volcano research... For example, it will be interesting to see if the existence of the lower crustal magma reservoir is a common feature for all the volcanic systems around the globe." The study was published online in the journal Science on April 23, 2015.

Countries Step Up Nepal Earthquake Aid Efforts Despite Travel Issues

LONDON (AP) — The desperate effort to save lives in earthquake-ravaged Nepal intensified Monday as aid flights arrived carrying emergency medical teams, search-and-rescue equipment and tarps for shelter. Governments, charities and development agencies also announced broader plans for further help to arrive in the coming days and weeks. Priority at the damaged international airport in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, was given to aid flights carrying either doctors or search teams, said Capt. Chezki, an Israeli air force pilot who landed an early aid flight and then returned to Israel. He could only be identified by his first name according to Israeli military guidelines. He told The Associated Press that not every flight that wants to land can do so because of conditions at the airfield. "It's a challenge," he said. "A lot of the airport was damaged." He said his squadron dropped off boxes with aid as quickly as possible and set up camp to help the injured before returning to Israel with some injured people who were medically cleared for travel. Aid experts said disruptions at the airport are likely to continue, slowing the arrival and distribution of vitally needed supplies. Kipp Branch, senior medical supply officer for the MAP International charity, said the group is putting together an extensive medical supply shipment that will only be sent once it has clearance to land and distribute emergency health supplies intended to support 10,000 people for three months. "The challenge now is getting the airport up and running," he said from Brunswick, in the U.S. state of Georgia, where he is organizing the shipment that will likely be sent from the Netherlands via a commercial cargo flight. He said the huge amount of aid being sent means the airport will be challenged to accommodate all of the flights. "The world is trying to respond, which is a good thing, and the systems and networks tend to work a little bit slower due to the traffic volume coming in," he said. United Nations spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN is releasing $15 million from its central emergency response fund to help victims. But he also acknowledged problems getting relief supplies into the country and the pressure on the airport. He said food trucks are on their way to affected regions outside the Kathmandu Valley, with distribution of the food expected to start Tuesday. Citing government figures, Haq said an estimated 8 million people have been affected by the quake, and more than 1.4 million need food assistance. The aid program is likely to be needed for an extended period of time. The Asian Development Bank Monday announced a $3 million grant to Nepal and said an additional $200 million will be made available for rehabilitation projects needed to help rebuild the Himalayan country. The U.S. Agency for International Development said it will make an additional $9 million available for the recovery effort. A U.S. Air Force C-17 carrying search experts and 45 tons of cargo was scheduled to land in Nepal Monday, with a second flight due the following day. Two Army Special Forces teams that were in Nepal when the earthquake struck are aiding in rescue efforts, officials said. Spain's government planned to send a chartered jet to Nepal loaded with tons of donated aid from the government and charities, including material to build water storage distribution points and latrines, tarps for shelters plus blankets and cooking sets for more than 500 families. Mariona Minet of Spain's Oxfam Intermon said many people are still sleeping on the streets. "The government has asked them not to go back to their homes because there have been 65 aftershocks since the earthquake," she said. "Electricity and water are cut off, so supplying potable water is urgent." A British Royal Air Force plane loaded with aid was also expected to arrive in Nepal on Monday. British volunteers are already helping with search-and-rescue operations. The Israeli military said three aid-filled planes have already left for Nepal and three more departures are planned in the near future. Plans call for the military to set up a field hospital to perform lifesaving medical procedures as quickly as possible and also to try to locate and aid survivors who are still trapped. ___

China Now Has More Vineyard Land Than France

PARIS (AP) — China now boasts more land dedicated to wine-making vineyards than France as it tries to satisfy a rapid rise in local demand. China's vineyards grew to 800,000 hectares (1.9 million acres) last year, putting it behind No. 1 grower Spain but ahead of France. Because its production is less effective than more established wine-making countries, China's output is only the seventh-biggest, according to figures released Monday by the Paris-based International Organization of Vine and Wine. France took over the title of top producer from Italy last year, with 46.7 million hectoliters, or 6.2 billion bottles. EU countries have intentionally reduced vineyards in recent years to make them more efficient and improve quality. By contrast, China's harvest is expected to yield 11.2 million hectoliters. The bulk of that is destined for consumers in China, whose 1.4 billion people knocked back 15.8 million hectoliters (2.1 billion bottles) of wine last year. The taste for wine has grown rapidly in China over the last 15 years, more than local production can keep up with. Added to the status carried by foreign wines, China has become the world's sixth-largest wine importer, on par with Russia. According to London-based wine and spirits research firm IWSR China is the world's fourth-largest consumer of red wine, and the fifth-largest consumer overall. Sparkling wines are also quickly gaining popularity in the country but remain a niche market, with around 13 million bottles drunk in 2013. The United States remained the world's biggest wine consumer last year, at 30.7 million hectoliters (4.1 billion bottles). Wine sales worldwide grew 2.6 percent last year in volume, for an overall value of 26 billion euros.

Bali Nine Face Execution Within Hours After Hopes For Reprieve Dashed

CILACAP, Indonesia, April 28 (Reuters) - Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours. "I won't see him again," said Raji Sukumaran, the mother of an Australian who will go before a firing squad along with a fellow countryman and convicts from Nigeria, Brazil, the Philippines and Indonesia. "They're going to take him at midnight and shoot him. I'm asking the government not to kill him. Please don't kill him today," she told reporters, weeping as she spoke. Hundreds of people began gathering in cities across Australia for vigils for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, holding placards and calling for Australia to respond strongly to its neighbor if the executions proceed. The death penalties have been condemned by the United Nations, and strained ties between Australia and Indonesia. Security at the high-security prison on an island off the Central Java coast was heightened on Tuesday. Religious counselors, doctors and the firing squad were alerted to start final preparations for the execution, and a dozen ambulances, some carrying white satin-covered coffins, were seen arriving. Amid chaotic scenes outside the jail, a member of one of the Australian's family collapsed and was carried through the crowd. "I saw today something that no other family should ever have to go through. Nine families inside a prison saying goodbye to their loved ones," said Chan's brother, Michael. "It's torture." TWELVE MARKSMEN FOR EACH PRISONER Indonesian authorities have declined to specify a time for the executions, which are due to take place at a nearby clearing in a forest, but the last time a group of drug traffickers were executed earlier this year it was carried out at midnight. The prisoners will be given the choice to stand, kneel or sit before the firing squad, and to be blindfolded. Their hands and feet will be tied. Twelve marksmen are assigned to fire at the heart of each prisoner, but only three have live ammunition. Authorities say this is so that the executioner remains unidentified. Philippine President Benigno Aquino said on Tuesday that he had made one last appeal to the Indonesian government to spare a Filipina among the nine, arguing that she could be a vital witness in prosecuting drug syndicates. "She does present an opportunity right now to be able to uncover all the participants and start the process of bringing them to the bars of justice," Aquino told reporters in Malaysia, where he was attending a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two, was arrested in 2010 after she arrived in Indonesia with 2.6 kg of heroin hidden in her suitcase. Veloso's lawyers filed a human trafficking complaint recently against another Filipina, Maria Cristina Sergio, who they allege promised the death-row inmate a job as a domestic worker in Indonesia but instead led her to become a drug mule. Sergio voluntarily surrendered to police in the Philippines on Tuesday, seeking protection after receiving death threats via her social media accounts and mobile phone. "I'd say it's a changing alibi," Indonesia's attorney-general, H.M. Prasetyo, told reporters. "Now she says she's a victim of human trafficking. I think these are just efforts to delay the execution. We have given her all legal avenues. Don't force us to change. If we're not firm, it means we're weak in the war against drugs." Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, who is in the United States for a title fight, made a televised appeal to Indonesian President Joko Widodo on behalf of his countrywoman, Veloso: "I am begging and knocking on your kind heart that your excellency will grant executive clemency to her." AUSTRALIA: "THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES" Authorities on Monday granted Australian Chan's last wish, which was to marry his Indonesian girlfriend at the prison. But they rebuffed last-minute appeals from Australia to save the lives of Sukumaran and Chan, who were arrested in 2005 as the ringleaders of a plot to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia. The pending executions have strained Indonesia's relations with Australia, Nigeria and Brazil, which will likely worsen after the death sentences are carried out. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told ABC television: "Should these executions proceed in the manner that I anticipate, of course, there will have to be consequences." Australia-Indonesia relations have been tested in recent years by disputes over people smuggling and spying. In late 2013 Indonesia recalled its envoy and froze military and intelligence cooperation over reports that Canberra had spied on top Indonesian officials, including the former president's wife. Indonesia has harsh punishments for drug crimes and resumed executions in 2013 after a five-year gap. Six have been executed so far this year. Widodo's steadfastness on the executions, which has strong public support at home, stands in contrast to a series of policy flip-flops since he took office six months ago. Palace insiders and government officials portray him as sometimes out of his depth and struggling to get around entrenched vested interests. (Additional reporting by Fergus Jensen, Gayatri Suroyo and Randy Fabi in Jakarta and by Jane Wardell in Sydney; Writing by John Chalmers; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)

Here Are All The 2015 Tony Award Nominations

The 2015 Tony Nominations are here, thanks to announcers Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker, who woke up before 8:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning to read off this season's theater honorees. The list of plays, musicals, actors, directors, designers and composers in the running for a shiny Tony award this year run the gamut of expected -- the critically acclaimed musical "Fun Home" and the Shakespeare favorite "Wolf Hall" both received nods, to the ever so slightly less expected -- "This Is Our Youth" nabbed a nomination while its very youthful star Tavi Gevinson was left out. The musical version of "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" managed to rack up the most mentions with 12 nominations each. Hollywood stars showed up in more than a few categories; Helen Mirren, Carrey Mulligan, Elisabeth Moss, and Ken Watanabe among them. Willis will be heading to the stage in an adaption of Stephen King's "Misery," hence his presence today. Parker won a Tony back in 2001 for her performance in the play "Proof." The 2015 Tony Awards is set to air on CBS on Sunday, June 7, at 8 p.m. ET. Past winners Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will replace perennial master of ceremonies Neil Patrick Harris as hosts. Leading Actor in a Play: Steven Boyer, "Hand to God" Bradley Cooper, "Elephant Man" Ben Miles, "Wolf Hall" Bill Nighy, "Skylight" Alexander Sharp, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Leading Actress in a Play: Geneva Carr, "Hand to God" Helen Mirren, "The Audience" Elisabeth Moss, "The Heidi Chronicles" Carey Mulligan, "Skylight" Ruth Wilson, "Constellations" Leading Actor in a Musical: Michael Cerveris, "Fun Home" Robbie Fairchild, "An American in Paris" Brian d'Arcy James, "Something Rotten!" Ken Watanabe, "The Kind and I" Tony Yazbeck, "On the Town" Leading Actress in a Musical: Kristin Chenoweth, "On the Twentieth Century" Leanne Michelle Cope, "An American in Paris" Beth Malone, "Fun Home" Kelli O'Hara, "The King and I" Chita Rivera, "The Visit" Best Revival of a Play: "Elephant Man" "Skylight" "This is our Youth" "You Can't Take It With You" Best Revival of a Musical: "The King and I" "On the Town" "On the Twentieth Century" Best Play: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Simon Stephens "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar "Hand to God" by Robert Askins "Wolf Fall" by Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton Best Musical: "An American in Paris" "Fun Home" "Something Rotten!" "The Visit" Best Director of a Play: Stephen Daldry, "Skylight" Marianne Elliott, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Scott Ellis, "You Can't Take It With You" Jeremy Herrin, "Wolf Hall" Moritz von Stuelpnagel, "Hand to God" Best Director of a Musical: Sam Gold, "Fun Home" Casey Nicholaw, "Something Rotten!" John Rando, "On the Town" Bartlett Sher, "The King and I" Christopher Wheeldon, "An American in Paris" Best Book of a Musical: Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, "Something Rotten!" Lisa Kron, "Fun Home" Craig Lucas, "An American in Paris" Terrence McNally, "The Visit" Best Score: John Kander and Fred Ebb, "The Visit" Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, "Something Rotten!" Sting, "The Last Ship" Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, "Fun Home" Best Featured Actor in a Play: Matthew Beard, "Skylight" K. Todd Freeman, "Airline Highway" Richard McCabe, "The Audience" Alessandro Nivola, "The Elephant Man" Nathaniel Parker, "Wolf Hall" Micah Stock, "It's Only a Play" Best Featured Actress in a Play: Annaleigh Ashford, "You Can't Take It With You" Patricia Clarkson, "The Elephant Man" Lydia Leonard, "Wolf Hall" Sarah Stiles, "Hand to God" Julie White, "Airline Highway" Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Christian Borle, "Something Rotten!" Andy Karl, "On the Twentieth Century" Brad Oscar, "Something Rotten!" Brandon Uranowitz, "An American in Paris" Max von Essen, "An American in Paris" Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Victoria Clark, "Gigi" Judy Kuhn, "Fun Home" Sydney Lucas, "Fun Home" Ruthie Ann Miles, "The King and I" Emily Skeggs, "Fun Home" Best Scenic Design of a Play: Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Bob Crowley, "Skylight" Christopher Oram, "Wolf Hall" David Rockwell, "You Can't Take It With You" Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, "An American in Paris" David Rockwell, "On the Twentieth Century" Michael Yeargan, "The King and I" David Zinn, "Fun Home" Best Costume Design of a Play: Bob Crowley, "The Audience" Jane Greenwood, "You Can't Take It With You" Christopher Oram, "Wolf Hall" David Zinn, "Airline Highway" Best Costume Design of a Musical: Gregg Barnes, "Something Rotten!" Bob Crowley, "An American in Paris" William Ivey Long, "On the Twentieth Century" Catherine Zuber, "The King and I" Best Choreography: Joshua Bergasse, "On the Town" Christopher Gattelli, "The King and I" Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Casey Nicholaw, "Something Rotten!" Christopher Wheeldon, "An American in Paris" Best Lighting Design of a Play: Paule Constable, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Paule Constable and David Plater, "Wolf Hall" Natasha Katz, "Skylight" Japhy Weideman, "Airline Highway" Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Donald Holder, "The King and I" Natasha Katz, "An American in Paris" Ben Stanton, "Fun Home" Japhy Weideman, "The Visit" Best Orchestrations: Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky and Bill Elliott, "An American in Paris" John Clancy, "Fun Home" Larry Hochman, "Something Rotten!" Rob Mathes, "The Last Ship"