NEW YORK, NY — Nominations in 26 competitive categories for "The 64th Annual Tony Awards" were announced today by Tony Award nominated actor Jeff Daniels and actress Lea Michele of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 27 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2010 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. (The list of nominations follows.)

"The 64th Annual Tony Awards" will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 13 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on CBS. The awards honor theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway.



This year marks the 64th anniversary of the Tony Awards, which were first held on April 6, 1947, at the Waldorf Astoria's Grand Ballroom. It will be the 13th year that the historic Radio City Music Hall is home to the Tonys. The ceremonies are presented by Tony Award Productions, which is a joint venture of the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing, which founded the Tonys in 1947.

The Tonys were founded in memorial to Antoinette ("Tony") Perry, the American Theatre Wing's World War II chairperson. The winners are selected by the governing board of Actors Equity, The Dramatists Guild, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the United Scenic Artists, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, the Casting Society of America, the American Theatre Wing and members of The Broadway League.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment will return as executive producers. Weiss will also serve as director for the 11th consecutive year.

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 Book of a Musical
"Everyday Rapture" - Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
"Fela!" - Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
"Memphis" - Joe DiPietro
"Million Dollar Quartet" - Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

"The Addams Family" - Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
"Enron" - Music: Adam Cork - Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
"Fences" - Music: Branford Marsalis
"Memphis" - Music: David Bryan - Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan

Best Revival of a Play

"Fences"
"Lend Me a Tenor"
"The Royal Family"
"A View from the Bridge"

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"

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
David Alan Grier, "Race"
Stephen McKinley Henderson, "Fences"
Jon Michael Hill, "Superior Donuts"
Stephen Kunken, "Enron"
Eddie Redmayne, "Red"

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Maria Dizzia, "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play"
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"

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Kevin Chamberlin, "The Addams Family"
Robin De Jeses, "La Cage aux Folles"
Christopher Fitzgerald, "Finian's Rainbow"
Levi Kreis, "Million Dollar Quartet"
Bobby Steggert, "Ragtime"

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Barbara Cook, "Sondheim on Sondheim"
Katie Finneran, "Promises, Promises"
Angela Lansbury, "A Little Night Music"
Karine Plantadit, "Come Fly Away"
Lillias White, "Fela!"

Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, "The Royal Family"
Alexander Dodge, "Present Laughter"
Santo Loquasto, "Fences"
Christopher Oram, "Red"

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Marina Draghici, "Fela!"
Christine Jones, "American Idiot"
Derek McLane, "Ragtime"
Tim Shortall, "La Cage aux Folles"

Best Costume Design of a Play
Martin Pakledinaz, "Lend Me a Tenor"
Constanza Romero, "Fences"
David Zinn, "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play"
Catherine Zuber, "The Royal Family"

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Marina Draghici, "Fela!"
Santo Loquasto, "Ragtime"
Paul Tazewell, "Memphis"
Matthew Wright, "La Cage aux Folles"

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, "Hamlet"
Neil Austin, "Red"
Mark Henderson, "Enron"
Brian MacDevitt, "Fences"

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, "American Idiot"
Donald Holder, "Ragtime"
Nick Richings, "La Cage aux Folles"
Robert Wierzel, "Fela!"

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners, "Fences"
Adam Cork, "Enron"
Adam Cork, "Red"
Scott Lehrer, "A View from the Bridge"

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, "La Cage aux Folles"
Robert Kaplowitz, "Fela!"
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, "A Little Night Music"
Dan Moses Schreier, "Sondheim on Sondheim"

Best Direction of a Play
Michael Grandage, "Red"
Sheryl Kaller, "Next Fall"
Kenny Leon, "Fences"
Gregory Mosher, "A View from the Bridge"

Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, "Memphis"
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, "Ragtime"
Terry Johnson, "La Cage aux Folles"
Bill T. Jones, "Fela!"

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, "Promises, Promises"
Bill T. Jones, "Fela!"
Lynne Page, "La Cage aux Folles"
Twyla Tharp, "Come Fly Away"

Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr, "La Cage aux Folles"
Aaron Johnson, "Fela!"
Jonathan Tunick, "Promises, Promises"
Daryl Waters & David Bryan, "Memphis"


Tony Nominations by Production
"Fela!" - 11
"La Cage aux Folles" - 11
"Fences" - 10
"Memphis" - 8
"Ragtime" - 7
"Red" - 7
"A View from the Bridge" - 6
"The Royal Family" - 5
"Enron" - 4
"A Little Night Music" - 4
"Promises, Promises" - 4
"American Idiot" - 3
"Finian's Rainbow" - 3
'In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play" - 3
"Lend Me a Tenor" - 3
"Million Dollar Quartet" - 3
"The Addams Family" - 2
"Come Fly Away" - 2
"Everyday Rapture" - 2
"Hamlet" - 2
"Next Fall" - 2
"Time Stands Still" - 2
"A Behanding in Spokane" - 1
"Collected Stories" - 1
"Looped" - 1
"Present Laughter" - 1
"Race" - 1
"Superior Donuts" - 1