Hollywood stars take top Tony Award nominations
TOM HANKS, NATHAN LANE, TOM STURRIDGE and CYNDI LAUPER are among the stars set for glory at this year's (13) Tony Awards after landing a series of top nominations.
Oscar winner Hanks is in the running for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his part in Lucky Guy at the upcoming 67th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
He will go head-to-head with Lane (The Nance), Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), David Hyde Pierce (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) and Sturridge (Orphans).
Legendary actress Cicely Tyson is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for The Trip to Bountiful, facing competition from Laurie Metcalf (The Other Place), Amy Morton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) and Holland Taylor (Ann).
Meanwhile, Lauper's hit Kinky Boots bagged the lion's share of nominations with 13 Tony nods, while Matilda The Musical scooped 12. The two stage shows will compete for the coveted Best Musical trophy alongside Bring It On: The Musical and A Christmas Story, The Musical.
Pop star Lauper, who wrote the score for Kinky Boots, has taken to her Twitter.com page to share her excitement, writing, "OmG (Oh my God)! OMG!! Wow we got nominated! I'm crying and jumping up and down! I can't believe it so excited! So proud to be part of this!"
The winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on 9 June (13) at Radio City Musical Hall in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
The Assembled Parties
Lucky Guy
The Testament of Mary
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical:
Bring It On: The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Best Book of a Musical:
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Hands on a Hardbody
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Best Revival of a Play:
Golden Boy
Orphans
The Trip to Bountiful
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Revival of a Musical:
Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Tom Hanks - Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane - The Nance
Tracy Letts - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge - Orphans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Laurie Metcalf - The Other Place
Amy Morton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor - Ann
Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Bertie Carvel - Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Rob McClure - Chaplin
Billy Porter - Kinky Boots
Stark Sands - Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Stephanie J. Block - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello - Scandalous
Valisia LeKae - Motown The Musical
Patina Miller - Pippin
Laura Osnes - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Danny Burstein - Golden Boy
Richard Kind - The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub - Golden Boy
Courtney B. Vance - Lucky Guy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Carrie Coon - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey - The Heiress
Judith Light - The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad - The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Charl Brown - Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine - Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gabriel Ebert - Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann - Pippin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Annaleigh Ashford - Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Andrea Martin - Pippin
Keala Settle - Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward - Matilda The Musical
Best Direction of a Play:
Pam MacKinnon - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher - Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe - Lucky Guy
Best Direction of a Musical:
Scott Ellis - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell - Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus - Pippin
Matthew Warchus - Matilda The Musical
Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler - Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling - Matilda The Musical
Jerry Mitchell - Kinky Boots
Chet Walker - Pippin
Best Orchestrations:
Christopher Nightingale - Matilda The Musical
Stephen Oremus - Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook - Motown The Musical
Danny Troob - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.