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"Fun Home," "American in Paris" Lead 2015 Tony Award Nominations

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Happy Gay Christmas! That's right, it's the morning theaterqueens have been waiting for all year: The 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced today!

Earlier this morning, Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker announced the nominees, with top contenders included musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home, with twelve nominations each, and, in the play category, Wolf Hall with eight.

Something Rotten! (10 nominations), The King and I  (9), and Skylight (7) were also heavily represented.

Fun Home is the autobiographical musical about the childhood of lesbian illustrator Alison Bechdel, whose father was secretly gay and committed suicide when she was still young.

The much more upbeat American in Paris, meanwhile, is an adaptation of the 1951 Vincent Minnelli film, about a American ex-pat in post-WWII Paris who is caught between a rich American heiress and a charming young French girl.

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Hollywood stars Bradley Cooper and Helen Mirren both received nods—he for The Elephant Man, she for The Audience—but other stars like Matthew Morrison, Vanessa Hudgens and Jake Gyllenhaal were all snubbed. Hedwig creator and star John Cameron Mitchell will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award.

It was also announced that Tony winners Kristin Chenoweth (also a nominee for On the Twentieth Century) and Alan Cumming will co-host this year's ceremony on Sunday, June 7, at 8pm on CBS.

And without further ado, here are the nominees!

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Best Play

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens

Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar

Hand to God by Robert Askins

Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 by Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton

Best Musical

An American in Paris

Fun Home

Something Rotten!

The Visit

Best Revival of a Play

The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance

Skylight by David Hare

This is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan

You Can’t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

Best Revival of a Musical

The King and I

On the Town

On the Twentieth Century

Best Book of a Musical

Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, Something Rotten!

Lisa Kron, Fun Home

Craig Lucas, An American in Paris

Terence McNally, The Visit

Best Original Score

Fun Home, music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Lisa Kron

The Last Ship, music and lyrics by Sting

Something Rotten!, music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick

The Visit, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb

Lead Actor in Play

Steven Boyer, Hand to God

Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man

Ben Miles, Wolf Hall

Bill Nighy, Skylight

Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Lead Actress in a Play

Geneva Carr, Hand to God

Helen Mirren, The Audience

Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles

Carey Mulligan, Skylight

Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Lead Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris, Fun Home

Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris

Brian d'Arcy James, Something Rotten!

Ken Watanabe, The King and I

Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Lead Actress in a Musical

Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century

Leanne Cope, An American in Paris

Beth Malone, Fun Home

Kelli O'Hara, The King and I

Chita Rivera, The Visit

Featured Actor in a Play

Matthew Beard, Skylight

K. Todd Freeman, Airline Highway

Richard McCabe, The Audience

Alessandro Nivola, The Elephant Man

Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall

Micah Stock, It's Only a Play

Featured Actress in a Play

Annaleigh Ashford, You Can't Take It With You

Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man

Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall

Sarah Stiles, Hand to God

Julie White, Airline Highway

Featured Actor in a Musical

Christian Borle, Something Rotten!

Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century

Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!

Brandon Uranowitz, An American in Paris

Max von Essen, An American in Paris

Featured Actress in a Musical

Victoria Clark, Gigi

Judy Kuhn, Fun Home

Sydney Lucas, Fun Home

Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I

Emily Skeggs, Fun Home

Best Direction of a Play

Stephen Daldry, Skylight

Marianne Elliot, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Scott Ellis, You Can’t Take It With You

Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2

Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God

Best Direction of a Musical

Sam Gold, Fun Home

John Rando, On the Town

Bartlett Sher, The King and I

Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Best Choreography

Joshua Bergasse, On the Town

Christopher Gattelli, The King and I

Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Casey Nicholaw, Something Rotten!

Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Bob Crowley, Skylight

Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall

David Rockwell, You Can't Take It with You

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris

David Rockwell, On the Twentieth Century

Michael Yeargan, The King and I

David Zinn, Fun Home

Best Costume Design of a Play

Bob Crowley, The Audience

Jane Greenwood, You Can't Take It with You

Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

David Zinn, Airline Highway

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Something Rotten!

Bob Crowley, An American in Paris

William Ivey Long, On the Twentieth Century

Catherine Zuber, The King and I

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Paule Constable and David Plater, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Natasha Katz, Skylight

Japhy Weideman, Airline Highway

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Donald Holder, The King and I

Natasha Katz, An American in Paris

Ben Stanton, Fun Home

Japhy Weideman, The Visit

Best Orchestrations

Christopher Austin, Bill Elliot and Don Sebesky, An American in Paris

John Clancy, Fun Home

Larry Hochman, Something Rotten!

Rob Mathes, The Last Ship

Total Nominations by Show

An American in Paris - 12

Fun Home - 12

Something Rotten! - 10

The King and I - 9

Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 - 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

The Elephant Man - 4

On the Town - 4

The Audience - 3

The Last Ship - 2

Constellations - 1

Disgraced - 1

Gigi - 1

The Heidi Chronicles - 1

It's Only a Play - 1

This Is Our Youth - 1

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