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"Fela!", "La Cage Aux Folles" Lead Tony Nods

Star wattage will burn bright at the 2010 Tony Awards with Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer among those receiving nominations Tuesday morning.

"Fela!" nominated for best musical and "La Cage aux Folles," nominated for the best musical revival, each received 11 nominations, followed by "Fences" with 10 nods.

Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in "Fences" and "Hamlet," respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, "A Little Night Music," and Grammer was nominated for lead actor in a musical, "La Cage aux Folles."

Photos: Famous Tony Nominees 2010

Nominated for best play were 'In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" by Sarah Ruhl; "Next Fall," by Geoffrey Nauffts; "Red," by John Logan, and "Time Stands Still," by Donald Margulies.

Best musical nominations went to Green Day's "American Idiot"; "Memphis"; "Million Dollar Quartet," and "Fela!"

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., will receive the regional theater award.

Winners will be announced June 13 during a ceremony televised by CBS from Radio City Music Hall.

Other notable nominations include Scarlett Johansson and Angela Lansbury. Lansbury has already won five awards, and could set a record if she wins this year.

Actors Jeff Daniels and Lea Michele announced the nominees at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.

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, "Everyday Rapture"
Christianne Noll, "Memphis"
Sherie Rene Scott, "Ragtime"
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 Jesus, "La Cage aux Folles"
Christopher Fitzgerald, "Finian's Rainbow"
Levi Kreis, "Million Dollar Quarter"
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 Play:
"In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play"
"Next Fall"
"Red"
"Time Stands Still"

Best Musical:
"American Idiot"
"Fela!"
"Memphis"
"Million Dollar Quartet"

Watch the 64th Annual Tony Awards live on CBS Sunday, June 13, at 8/7c.

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