Trey parker & Matt Stone

Trey parker & Matt Stone

Trey Parker and Matt Stone's musical The Book Of Mormon is leading the way at this year's (11) Tony Awards after scooping 14 nominations.
 
The hit show has garnered nods across the board including the coveted Best Musical category at the 65th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
 
The Book of Mormon will go up against Catch Me If You Can, The Scottsboro Boys and Sister Act for the top prize.
 
Chris Rock's play The Motherf**ker with the Hat will compete for Best Play against War Horse, Good People and Jerusalem.
 
The ceremony is sure to be a star-studded event - Hollywood actor Al Pacino is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his part in The Merchant of Venice, while Vanessa Redgrave (Driving Miss Daisy) will go head-to-head with Frances McDormand (Good People) for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play title.
 
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe missed out on landing a nomination for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but his co-star John Larroquette is up for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical trophy.
 
The satirical musical grabbed seven other nominations, including Best Revival of a Musical.
 
In the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play category, British actor Mackenzie Crook (Jerusalem) will face off against Billy Crudup (Arcadia), as well as John Benjamin Hickey (The Normal Heart), Arian Moayed (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) and Yul Vazquez (The Motherf**ker with the Hat).
 
Meanwhile, Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart), Edie Falco (The House of Blue Leaves), Judith Light (Lombardi), Joanna Lumley (La Bete) and Elizabeth Rodriguez (The Motherf**ker with the Hat) are all up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.
 
The winners will be announced on 12 June (11) at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.
 
The main list of nominees is as follows:
 
Best Play:
Good People
Jerusalem
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
War Horse
 
  Best Musical:
  The Book of Mormon
  Catch Me If You Can
  The Scottsboro Boys
  Sister Act
 
  Best Book of a Musical:
  Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - Alex Timbers
  The Book of Mormon - Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
  The Scottsboro Boys - David Thompson
  Sister Act- Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane
 
  Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
  The Book of Mormon - Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
  The Scottsboro Boys - Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb
  Sister Act- Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater
  Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
 
  Best Revival of a Play:
  Arcadia
  The Importance of Being Earnest
  The Merchant of Venice
  The Normal Heart
 
  Best Revival of a Musical:
  Anything Goes
  How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
 
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
  Brian Bedford - The Importance of Being Earnest
  Bobby Cannavale - The Motherf**ker with the Hat
  Joe Mantello - The Normal Heart
  Al Pacino- The Merchant of Venice
  Mark Rylance - Jerusalem
 
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
  Nina Arianda - Born Yesterday
  Frances McDormand - Good People
  Lily Rabe - The Merchant of Venice
  Vanessa Redgrave - Driving Miss Daisy
  Hannah Yelland - Brief Encounter
 
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
  Norbert Leo Butz - Catch Me If You Can
  Josh Gad- The Book of Mormon
  Joshua Henry - The Scottsboro Boys
  Andrew Rannells - The Book of Mormon
  Tony Sheldon - Priscilla Queen of the Desert
 
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
  Sutton Foster - Anything Goes
  Beth Leavel - Baby It's You!
  Patina Miller - Sister Act
  Donna Murphy- The People in the Picture
 
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
  Mackenzie Crook - Jerusalem
  Billy Crudup - Arcadia
  John Benjamin Hickey - The Normal Heart
  Arian Moayed - Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
  Yul Vazquez - The Motherf**ker with the Hat
 
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
  Ellen Barkin - The Normal Heart
  Edie Falco - The House of Blue Leaves
  Judith Light - Lombardi
  Joanna Lumley - La Bete
  Elizabeth Rodriguez - The Motherf**ker with the Hat
 
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
  Colman Domingo - The Scottsboro Boys
  Adam Godley - Anything Goes
  John Larroquette - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  Forrest McClendon - The Scottsboro Boys
  Rory O'Malley - The Book of Mormon
 
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
  Laura Benanti- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  Tammy Blanchard - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  Victoria Clark - Sister Act
  Nikki M. James - The Book of Mormon
  Patti LuPone - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
 
  Best Direction of a Play:
  Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris - War Horse
  Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe - The Normal Heart
  Anna D. Shapiro - The Motherf**ker with the Hat
  Daniel Sullivan - The Merchant of Venice
 
  Best Direction of a Musical:
  Rob Ashford - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  Kathleen Marshall - Anything Goes
  Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon
  Susan Stroman - The Scottsboro Boys
 
  Best Choreography:
  Rob Ashford - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  Kathleen Marshall - Anything Goes
  Casey Nicholaw - The Book of Mormon
  Susan Stroman - The Scottsboro Boys
 
  Best Orchestrations:
  Doug Besterman - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  Larry Hochman - The Scottsboro Boys
  Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus - The Book of Mormon
  Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank - Catch Me If You Can.