A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder led this year’s Tony nominations (announced April 29) with 10, followed by Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which stars Neil Patrick Harris in the title role, according to The Wrap.
Best Play nominees include Act One, All the Way, Casa Valentina (which Harvey Fierstein wrote), Mothers and Sons, and Outside Mullingar. Best Musical nominees are After Midnight, Aladdin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.
Nominees for Best Revival of a Play are The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Glass Menagerie, A Raisin in the Sun and Twelfth Night, while Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Les Miserables and Violet received Best Revival of a Musical nods.
Among the many actors nominated for Tonys are Harris, Bryan Cranston (All the Way), Audra McDonald (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill), Cherry Jones (The Glass Menagerie), Tyne Daly (Mothers and Sons), Sutton Foster (Violet), Stephen Fry (Twelfth Night), Idina Menzel (If/Then), Anika Noni Rose (A Raisin in the Sun) and Kelli O’Hara (The Bridges of Madison County).
The nominees were revealed live by Lucy Liu and Jonathan Groff (with host Hugh Jackman dropping by), CBS News noted. The awards, which honor the best of this year’s Broadway season, will be handed out June 8 in a ceremony that Jackman will host live on CBS.