By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on May 02, 2015 5:47 PM
The Tony nominations are out, with the Best Musical nominees being An American in Paris, Fun Home, Something Rotten, and The Visit.
Awards Ceremony Will Take Place June 7th at Radio City Music Hall

Revivals, Book Writers, Composers, Actors, and Actresses
The nominees for Best Revival of a Play are The Elephant Man, Skylight, This is Our Youth, and You Can’t Take it With You. The contenders for the category of Best Revival of a Musical are The King and I, On the Town, and On the Twentieth Century. As for Best Book of a Musical, the nominees are An American in Paris by Craig Lucas, Fun Home by Lisa Kron, Something Rotten! by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, and The Visit by Terrence McNally. Hand in hand is the award for Best Original Score, the nominees for which are Fun Home with music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by Lisa Kron, The Last Ship with music and lyrics by Sting, Something Rotten! with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, and The Visit with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. As for the acting categories, the nominees for Best Lead Actor in a Play are Steven Boyer in Hand to God, Bradley Cooper in The Elephant Man, Ben Miles in Wolf Hall Parts One and Two, Bill Nighy in Skylight, and Alex Sharp in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The nominees for Best Lead Actress in a Play are Geneva Carr in Hand to God, Helen Mirren in The Audience, Elisabeth Moss in The Heidi Chronicles, Carey Mulligan in Skylight, and Ruth Wilson in Constellations. The nominees for Best Lead Actor in a Musical are Michael Cerveris in Fun Home, Robert Fairchild in An American in Paris, Brian d’Arcy James in Something Rotten!, Ken Watanabe in The King and I, and Tony Yazbeck in On the Town. The nominees for Best Lead Actress in a Musical are Kristin Chenoweth in Something Rotten!, Leanne Cope in An American in Paris, Beth Malone in Fun Home, Kelli O’Hara in The King and I, and Chita Rivera in The Visit.
Snubs and Surprises

2015 TONY AWARD NOMINEES | # Of Awards |
An American In Paris | 12 |
Fun Home | 12 |
Something Rotten! | 10 |
The King and I | 9 |
Wolf Hall | 8 |
Skylight | 7 |
The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time | 6 |
Hand to God | 5 |
On The Twentieth Century | 5 |
The Visit | 5 |
You Can't Take It With You | 5 |
Airline Highway | 4 |
On The Town | 4 |
The Elephant Man | 4 |
The Audience | 3 |
The Last Ship | 2 |
Constellations | 1 |
Disgraced | 1 |
Gigi | 1 |
Its Only A Play | 1 |
The Heidi Chronicles | 1 |
This is Our Youth | 1 |