Fun Home, Kristin Chenoweth Score Tony Noms

This morning, Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker announced the nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards. It was a big day for musicals: Fun Home, with 12 nominations, tied with An American in Paris. Making his Broadway debut as a director, Christopher Wheeldon was nominated for Best Direction of a Musical as well as Best Choreography for An American in Paris (which also scored a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Max von Essen). Lisa Kron was nominated for Best Book of a Musical as well as her lyrics for the score for Fun Home that she cowrote with Jeanine Tesori. Terrence McNally was nominated for Best Book of a Musical for The Visit, starring Chita Rivera. McNally's other Broadway hit of the season, It's Only a Play, was recognized with one nomination: for actor Micah Stock for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. Stephen Hoggett was nominated for Best Choreography for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

It was announced yesterday that John Cameron Mitchell would receive a special Tony Award (he was not eligible for a Tony when Hedwig and the Angry Inch was nominated last year), along with Stephen Schwartz, who will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award.

The 2015 Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 7, on CBS. Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will host.

Best Play
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Author: Simon Stephens
Disgraced, Author: Ayad Akhtar
Hand to God, Author: Robert Askins
Wolf Hall Parts One & Two, Authors: Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton

Best Musical
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten
The Visit

Best Revival of a Play
The Elephant Man
Skylight
This Is Our Youth
You Can't Take It With You

Best Revival of a Musical
The King and I
On the Town
On the 20th Century

Best Book of a Musical
An American in Paris, Craig Lucas
Fun Home, Lisa Kron
Something Rotten! Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
The Visit, Terrence McNally

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Fun Home, Music: Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics: Lisa Kron
The Last Ship, Music & Lyrics: Sting
Something Rotten! Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
The Visit, Music: John Kander, Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
Ben Miles, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Bill Nighy, Skylight
Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Geneva Carr, Hand to God
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
Carey Mulligan, Skylight
Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten!
Ken Watanabe, The King and I
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
Beth Malone, Fun Home
Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit

See the full list of nominations here.