Cynthia Nixon, 'Once' Nominated For 2012 Tony Awards

by UInterviewMay 1, 2012, 12:00 amNews >

Broadway's biggest night is approaching, as the 2012 Tony nominations were announced Tuesday morning at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts in New York City by GCB star Kristin Chenoweth and The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons. The musical Once, starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, took first place with 11 nominations. Once is nominated for Best Musical alongside Nice Work If You Can Get It, Leap of Faith and Newsies, the latter two of which are both based on 1992 movies that starred Steve Martin and Christian Bale, respectively. The Best Play (non-musical) category honors shows Clybourne Park, Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Venus in Fur.

Stage and screen stars celebrating their Best Actor nods this morning include Philip Seymour Hoffman, nominated for his role in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, James Earl Jones in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Frank Langella in Man and Boy, John Lithgow in The Columnist, and James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors.

In the Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role, film stars Cynthia Nixon (pictured), nominated for Wit, and Stockard Channing, nominated for Other Desert Cities, will compete with Nina Arianda from Venus in Fur, Tracie Bennet from End of the Rainbow, and Linda Lavin from The Lyons.

The much-talked-about reprisal of Evita will go up against Follies, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess for Best Revival of a Musical.

Last year, South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker walked away with 2011's Best Musical Tony Award for highly praised The Book of Mormon. The 66th Annual Tony Awards will air live from New York's Beacon Theatre on June 10 at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.

Read here for a complete list:

Best play
Clybourne Park
Other Desert Cities
Peter and the Starcatcher
Venus in Fur

Best musical
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once

Best book of a musical
Lysistrata Jones
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once

Best original score written for the theatre
Bonnie & Clyde
Newsies
One Man, Two Guvnors
Peter and the Starcatcher

Best revival of a play
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit

Best revival of a musical
Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Jesus Christ Superstar

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Frank Langella, Man and Boy
John Lithgow, The Columnist

Best performance by an actress in leading role in a play
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin, The Lyons
Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Danny Burstein, Follies
Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Steve Kazee, Once
Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines, Follies

Best performance by an actress in leading role in a musical: Jan Maxwell, Follies
Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti, Once
Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Christian Borle Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Linda Emond, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad, Stick Fly

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Phillip Boykin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris, Evita
David Alan Grier, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar

Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical