The 2012 Tony Award Nominations

(credit: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Actors Jim Parsons and Kristin Chenoweth (R) announce The 2012 Tony Award Nominations at The New York Public Library for Performing Arts on May 1, 2012 in New York City. And the nominees are ...

Best Play -- Venus In Fur

(credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: Actors Hugh Dancy (L) and Nina Arianda take their curtain call at the "Venus in Fur" Broadway opening night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on November 8, 2011 in New York City.

Best Play -- Peter And The Starcatcher

(credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: (L-R) Actors Adam Chanler-Berat, Celia Keenan-Bolger, director Roger Rees, actor Christian Borle, director Alex Timbers and playwright Rick Elice take the stage for 'Peter And The Starcatcher' on Broadway curtain call at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April 15, 2012 in New York City.

Best Play -- Other Desert Cities

(credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 03: (L-R) Stacy Keach, Thomas Sadoski, Judith Light, playwright Jon Robin Baitz, Stockard Channing, and Rachel Griffiths attend the "Other Desert Cities" opening night after party at Marriott Marquis on November 3, 2011 in New York City.

Best Play -- Clybourne Park

(credit: Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: Crystal A. Dickinson and Frank Wood attend the 'Clybourne Park' Broadway opening night at Walter Kerr Theatre on April 19, 2012 in New York City.

Best Musical -- Once

(credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: Steve Kazee (C) and Christin Milioti and the cast of 'Once' attend the 'Once' Broadway opening night at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 18, 2012 in New York City.

Best Musical -- Leap Of Faith

(credit: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: General view of the "Leap Of Faith" Broadway opening night at St. James Theatre on April 26, 2012 in New York City.

Best Musical -- Newsies

(credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 29: The cast of 'Newsies' Broadway peforms on opening night at the Nederlander Theatre on March 29, 2012 in New York City.

Best Musical -- Nice Work If You Can Get It

(credit: Simon Russell/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Curtain call at the "Nice Work If You Can Get It" Broadway opening night at the Imperial Theatre on April 24, 2012 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play -- Philip Seymour Hoffman

(credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 15: Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman (L) and Andrew Garfield take a curtain call at the Broadway opening night of 'Death Of A Salesman' at the Barrymore Theatre on March 15, 2012 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play -- John Lithgow

(credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Actor John Lithgow attends after party for the Broadway opening night of 'The Columnist' at Copacabana on April 25, 2012 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play -- James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors

(credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play -- James Earl Jones

(credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play -- Frank Langella

(credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stella Cafe)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Steve Kazee, Once

(credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Jeremy Jordan

(credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Ron Raines, Follies

(credit: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Ron Raines attends the "Follies" Broadway opening night at the Marquis Theatre on September 12, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Norm Lewis

(credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Danny Burstein, Follies

(credit: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Danny Burstein attends the "Follies" Broadway opening night at the Marquis Theatre on September 12, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play -- Tracie Bennett

(credit: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 02: Tracie Bennett pictured onstage at the "End of the Rainbow" Broadway opening night at the on April 2, 2012 in New York, New York.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play -- Stockard Channing

(credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 03: Stockard Channing attends the "Other Desert Cities" opening night after party at Marriott Marquis on November 3, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play -- Nina Arianda

(credit: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: Actress Nina Arianda attends the "Venus In Fur" Broadway opening night after party at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on November 8, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play -- Linda Lavin

(credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play -- Cynthia Nixon, Wit

(credit: Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Laura Osnes

(credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 01: Actors Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan participate in the curtain call at the Broadway opening night of 'Bonnie & Clyde' at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on December 1, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Cristin Milioti, Once

(credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Kelli O'Hara

(credit: Simon Russell/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Kelli O'Hara attends the 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' Broadway opening night party at the Marriott Marquis on April 24, 2012 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Jan Maxwell

(credit: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Jan Maxwell attends the "Follies" Broadway opening night at the Marquis Theatre on September 12, 2011 in New York City.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical -- Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy And Bess

(credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre -- One Man, Two Guvnors

(credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Actors James Corden and Jemima Rooper perform in the curtain call at the "One Man, Two Guvnors" Broadway opening night at the Music Box Theatre on April 18, 2012 in New York City.

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

(credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre -- Bonnie & Clyde

(credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre -- Peter And The Starcatcher

(credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: Actors Adam Chanler-Berat, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Christian Borle and ensemble castmembers take the stage for 'Peter And The Starcatcher' on Broadway curtain call at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April 15, 2012 in New York City.

Best Book of a Musical -- Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It

(credit: Simon Russell/Getty Images)

Best Book of a Musical -- Enda Walsh, Once

(credit: LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

Irish screenwriter Enda Walsh poses during the promotion of "Chatroom" presented in the Un Certain Regard selection at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2010 in Cannes. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

Best Book of a Musical -- Harvey Fierstein, Newsies

(credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Best Book of a Musical -- Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones

(credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)