Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning and some of our favorite Broadway gals made the list, while others were left in the lurch.
EW reports thatCatherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury scored nominations for the musical revival A Little Night Music (five-time winner Lansbury could become the top winning performer in Tony history). The lovely and talented Scarlett Johansson joined the nominees with a nod for her role in A View From the Bridge.
Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Laura Linney face off in the leading actress category.
Although the production was short-lived, Sarah Ruhl's historical dramedy In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, picked up a Best Play nomination as well as a nod for featured actress Maria Dizzia.
Fela! (producers include Jay-Z, Will Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith) was nominated along with the acclaimed musical revival La Cage aux Folles with the most Tony nominations, boasting 11 each. Director Kenny Leon's revival of August Wilson's Fences pulled in 10.
Much to our chagrin, Broadway favorites Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane did not make the list of nominees for their unrivaled roles in the musical The Addams Family.
Carrie Fisher could not be nominated for her hilarious one-woman show Wishful Drinking since the Tonys eliminated the Special Theatrical Event category this year. We think she would have taken home the award!
Nominations on next page...
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Best Play
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Next Fall
Red
Time Stands Still
Best Musical
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Revival of a Musical
Finian's Rainbow
La Cage aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Jude Law, Hamlet
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Viola Davis, Fences
Valerie Harper,Looped
Linda Lavin,Collected Stories
Laura Linney,Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Kelsey Grammer, La Cage aux Folles
Sean Hayes, Promises,Promises
Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball,Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah, Fela!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kate Baldwin,Finian's Rainbow
Montego Glover, Memphis
Christiane Noll,Ragtime
Sherie Rene Scott,Everyday Rapture
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
Clickhere for the complete list of Tony Nominations.
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