The field for the 64th annual Tony Awards is set.
“Fela!” — the Broadway musical about late Afrobeat star Fela Kuti, produced by Jay-Z and Jada Pinkett-Smith — and "La Cage aux Folles" each received 11 nominations, the most of any production.
Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer were among stars receiving nominations.
Jeff Daniels and "Glee" star Lea Michele (of the Tony Award-winning musical "Spring Awakening") announced the nominees in New York Tuesday.
Sarah Ruhl’s "In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)," Geoffrey Nauffts’ "Next Fall," John Logan’s "Red" and Donald Margulies’ "Time Stands Still" are up for best play.
In the best musical category, nominees went to "Fela!" Green Day’s "American Idiot," "Memphis" and "Million Dollar Quartet."
Recipients of the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement are prolific playwright Alan Ayckbourn and actress Marian Seldes. David Hyde Pierce will receive the second Isabelle Stevenson Award, presented for humanitarian efforts; he is being recognized for his work in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
The Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater go to the Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York, which assists its nearly 300 member theaters in managing their companies effectively; veteran theatrical fight director B.H. Barry; and Tom Viola, executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation’s leading industry-based not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization.
CBS will broadcast the ceremony live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13 (tape-delayed for the West Coast).
The complete list of nominees:
Best Play
In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), Sarah Ruhl
Next Fall, Geoffrey Nauffts
Red, John Logan
Time Stands Still, Donald Margulies
Best Musical
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater
Enron
Fences
Memphis
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View From the Bridge
A Little Night Music
Ragtime
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber, A View From the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington, Fences
Valerie Harper, Looped
Linda Lavin, Collected Stories
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family
Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball, Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah, Fela!
Montego Glover, Memphis
Christiane Noll, Ragtime
Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Fences
Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts
Stephen Kunken, Enron
Eddie Redmayne, Red
Rosemary Harris, The Royal Family
Jessica Hecht, A View From the Bridge
Scarlett Johansson, A View From the Bridge
Jan Maxwell, Lend Me a Tenor
Robin De Jesús, La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian’s Rainbow
Levi Kreis, Million Dollar Quartet
Bobby Steggert, Ragtime
Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Karine Plantadit, Come Fly Away
Lillias White, Fela!
Alexander Dodge, Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto, Fences
Christopher Oram, Red
Christine Jones, American Idiot
Derek McLane, Ragtime
Tim Shortall, La Cage aux Folles
Constanza Romero, Fences
David Zinn, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Catherine Zuber, The Royal Family
Santo Loquasto, Ragtime
Paul Tazewell, Memphis
Matthew Wright, La Cage aux Folles
Neil Austin, Red
Mark Henderson, Enron
Brian MacDevitt, Fences
Donald Holder, Ragtime
Nick Richings, La Cage aux Folles
Robert Wierzel, Fela!
Adam Cork, Enron
Adam Cork, Red
Scott Lehrer, A View From the Bridge
Robert Kaplowitz, Fela!
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, A Little Night Music
Dan Moses Schreier, Sondheim on Sondheim
Sheryl Kaller, Next Fall
Kenny Leon, Fences
Gregory Mosher, A View From the Bridge
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime
Terry Johnson, La Cage aux Folles
Bill T. Jones, Fela!
Bill T. Jones, Fela!
Lynne Page, La Cage aux Folles
Twyla Tharp, Come Fly Away
Aaron Johnson, Fela!
Jonathan Tunick, Promises, Promises
