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Tony Awards 2012: List of nominees

Kelli O'Hara, left, and Matthew Broderick perform in the new musical comedy "Nice Work If You Can Get It" at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in New York. AP/Boneau/Bryan-Brown

(CBS News) Here is the list of nominations for the 2012 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Tuesday.                                                          

The awards will be handed out on June 10, in a ceremony at New York's Beacon Theater airing live on CBS. Neil Patrick Harris will host for the third time.

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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 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 Book of a Musical

  • "Lysistrata Jones"
  • "Newsies"
  • "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
  • "Once"

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

  • "Bonnie & Clyde"
  • "Newsies"
  • "One Man, Two Guvnors"
  • "Peter and the Starcatcher"

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 a 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 a 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"

For the full list of nominees, head to the Tony Awards' website.

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