Last year, Brian Stokes Mitchell won a Tony Award for his best actor musical performance in Kiss Me, Kate. A year later, he's competing against Gary Sinise (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) for best actor in a play. Mitchell plays the title role in King Hedley II.
May 16, the American Theatre Wing and League of American Theatres and Producers held the annual Tony Awards Brunch, where the nominees are given their nomination plaques and have a chance to meet and greet the press before facing the Tony Awards ceremony June 3.
