Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons this morning announced nominations in 26 categories for Tony Awards. The show will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre on CBS on June 10, 8-11 p.m. ET.
Among the starry names getting nods:
In the best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play category, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman; James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man; Frank Langella, Man and Boy and John Lithgow, The Columnist all picked up nominations.
In the leading actress/play category are Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities; Linda Lavin, The Lyons and Cynthia Nixon, Wit.
Andrew Garfield was nominated in the featured role/play category for his work in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Judith Light picked up a nod in the featured role/play cateogory for Other Desert Cities.
And David Alan Grier was nominated in the featured role/musical category for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
