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Tony-Award winner...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eTONY NOMINEES SHARE HOW THEY REACTED TO THE NEWS\u003cbr/\u003e              The day after the Tony Awards were announced, the nominees converged in New York on Wednesday (2 MAY) to share how they reacted to the news.\u003cbr/\u003e              Tony-Award winner Denzel Washington got the nod for his performance in \"The Iceman Cometh,\" but said he didn't find out until later because he was asleep.\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington admits being surprised when he learned of the nomination.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's not to be taken lightly. It's an honor and a privilege. So yes it was a surprise,\" Washington said.\u003cbr/\u003e              The husband and wife team of Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond each earned a nomination for \"Mean Girls.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Richmond got the nod for best original score, along with Nell Benjamin. Fey got hers for writing the book of the musical.\u003cbr/\u003e              She described what they were doing when they found out.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was at the gym and Jeff was exercising. I came home, burst through the door with the good news. He was on the floor doing some kind of crunches,\" Fey said.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was so nervous, I don't - I can't even watch it. And when you come in, do not come in the room, just, I don't want to know anything. But there you were, and you came in and thank goodness it was good news.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Fey joked of a plan if only one of them got nominated.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was either going to come in with good news, or was just going to never come home. I was just going to move to another city,\" Fey said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez are another husband and wife team nominated for the music for \"Frozen\" on Broadway.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, since we are married, we were on the couch with our nine-year old who - she turned nine yesterday, it was her birthday. So she had a birthday cereal, which is Lucky Charms - she's allowed one sugary cereal a year on her birthday. So, we were all sitting there with Lucky Charms with special unicorn marshmallows, and it happened on the screen the same time. He was there too.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Lopez credits his wife with finding out first.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think I might have been looking away so maybe she saw it first and then told me,\" Lopez said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Nominated for his role in \"Lobby Hero,\" Brian Tyree Henry wasn't sure what to expect.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I didn't want to have all that anxiety about if I got nominated, if I didn't. So I kind of put my phone on Do Not Disturb, and like I woke up and saw like thirty messages and was like, that's got to be good, I'm assuming that's good. Make a sandwich and then go back to sleep, which I did. It's so anticlimactic. It didn't do anything special at all, but then once I found out, I did just kind of like really take it in, and go wow this is unbelievable. This is actually really happening and I was just very honored, very honored that people were, you know, have recognition of my work. Yeah it was just great,\" Henry said.\u003cbr/\u003e              And what was the sandwich of choice? \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Turkey and cheese, bro. Turkey and cheese with a little mustard and mayo. Very simple. Sourdough bread,\" Henry said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Henry wasn't the only one who chose food over reveling in pre-announcement anxiety. David Morse from \"The Iceman Cometh\" tried to enjoy the morning without worrying about whether he was nominated. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was trying to have breakfast with my wife, and not be distracted by either not being nominated or being nominated,\" said Morse. \"So, we were just enjoying a spring morning and looking out the window at our yard in Philadelphia. And then we got the phone call from my manager and she was shrieking. It was a nice moment.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Several nominees, such as John Leguizamo and Michael Cera, took to their phones to tell others of their good news. \u003cbr/\u003e              Leguizamo received a nomination for his performance in \"Latin History for Morons,\" as well as a special Tony Award. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I called my wife. I called my mom. I called my kids. I called Tony Taccone, the director, who is amazing, Oskar Eustis at the Public Theater, Mandy Hackett, at the Public. I called all the people who helped me get here,\" Leguizamo said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Cera received his nomination for his performance in \"Lobby Hero.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was in bed for a while. It was like sort of my headquarters while I laid there and spoke to my family. I was feeling very happy, trying to, trying to feel happy,\" Cera said.\u003cbr/\u003e              The 72nd Tony Awards air June 10.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              New York, 2 may2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. SOUNDBITE (English) Denzel Washington/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Sleeping, I think. What time did they come out?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Reporter: Eight?)\u003cbr/\u003e              Denzel Washington: \"Yeah. I was asleep. Sleeping.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Reporter: Did it surprise you?)\u003cbr/\u003e              Denzel Washington: \"It all - yes, yes. I mean it's - you know, it's not to be taken lightly. It's an honor and a privilege. So yes it was a surprise.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tina Fey/Writer-Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Yeah, we were...\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Richmond/Composer:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Yeah, we had the privilege of being near each other. Yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Tina Fey: \"I was at the gym and Jeff was exercising. I came home, burst through the door with the good news. He was on the floor doing some kind of crunches.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Jeff Richmond: \"Yeah, I was doing crunches,I do a lot of crunches. Anyway, and so I was so nervous, I can't even watch it. And when you come in, do not come in the room, just, I don't want to know anything. But there you were, and you came in and thank goodness it was good news.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Tina Fey: \"I was either going to come in with good news, or was just going to never come home. I was just going to move to another city.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Songwriter:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, since we are married, we were on the couch with our nine-year old who - she turned nine yesterday, it was her birthday. So she had a birthday cereal, which is Lucky Charms - she's allowed one sugary cereal a year on her birthday. So, we were all sitting there with Lucky Charms with special unicorn marshmallows, and it happened on the screen the same time. He was there too.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Lopez/Songwriter:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Although, I think I might have been looking away so maybe she saw it first and then told me.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Tyree Henry/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I didn't want to have all that anxiety about if I got nominated, if I didn't. So I kind of put my phone on Do Not Disturb, and like I woke up and saw like thirty messages and was like, that's got to be good, I'm assuming that's good. Make a sandwich and then go back to sleep, which I did. It's so anticlimactic. It didn't do anything special at all, but then once I found out, I did just kind of like really take it in, and go wow this is unbelievable. This is actually really happening and I was just very honored, very honored that people have recognition of my work. Yeah it was just great.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              (Reporter: You said sandwich a few times, I gotta ask, what kind of sandwich was it?)\u003cbr/\u003e              Brian Tyree Henry: Turkey and cheese, bro. Turkey and cheese with a little mustard and mayo. Very simple. Sourdough bread.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Leguizamo/Writer-Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I called my wife. I called my mom. I called my kids. I called Tony Taccone, the director, who is amazing, Oskar Eustis at the Public Theater, Mandy Hackett, at the Public. I called all the people who helped me get here. Nelle Nugent, Kenneth Boxborough. I just call all these people and my best friends. I was excited, so excited.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Cera/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was in bed for a while. It was like sort of my headquarters while I laid there and spoke to my family. I was feeling very happy, trying to trying to feel happy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hollander/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think I, oh I texted my parents. That's what I did. And then I closed my eyes and went back to sleep for a bit, or thought about it lying on the pillow and felt very happy, and yeah, very grateful.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Morse/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I was trying not to think about being nominated. 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