Nominations by the Numbers
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder: 10
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: 8
After Midnight: 7
Beautiful: 7
The Glass Menagerie: 7
Twelfth Night: 7
Bullets over Broadway: 6
The Cripple of Inishmaan: 6
Act One: 5
Aladdin: 5
A Raisin in the Sun: 5
The Bridges of Madison County: 4
Casa Valentina: 4
Machinal: 4
Rocky: 4
Violet: 4
Les Miserables: 3
All the Way: 2
Cabaret: 2
If/Then: 2
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill: 2
Mothers and Sons: 2
A Night with Janis Joplin: 1
Outside Mullingar: 1
Richard III: 1
The Velocity of Autumn: 1
Best Musical
After Midnight
Aladdin
Beautiful
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Knee-Jerk Reaction: This category was the biggest crapshoot leading up to nominations, though many put Gentleman's Guide in a favorable spot.
Best Play
Act One
All the Way
Casa Valentina
Mothers and Sons
Outside Mullinger
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Will Bryan Cranston as LBJ sway votes for the uneven All the Way?
Best Revival of a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Hedwig. Hedwig. Hedwig.
Best Revival of a Play
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Glass Menagerie
A Raisin in the Sun
Twelfth Night
Knee-Jerk Reaction: As the Times pointed out, Glass Menagerie has overcome a losing streak with its seven nominations. It's going to be a tight race between that and the also-shuttered Twelfth Night.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Samuel Barnett — Twelfth Night
Bryan Cranston — All the Way
Chris O'Dowd — Of Mice and Men
Mark Rylance — Richard III
Tony Shalhoub — Act One
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Bryan Cranston all the way.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Tyne Daly — Mothers and Sons
Latanya Richardson Jackson — A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones — The Glass Menagerie
Audra McDonald — Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Estelle Parsons — The Velocity of Autumn
Knee-Jerk Reaction: It'll be a tight battle between Audra McDonald, who is going for her sixth win, and Cherry Jones.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris — Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo — Les Miserables
Andy Karl — Rocky
Jefferson Mays — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Bryce Pinkham — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Knee-Jerk Reaction: It's nice they gave five nominations when it's really a battle between NPH and West End darling Karimloo, but it's NPH.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Mary Bridget Davies — A Night with Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster — Violet
Idina Menzel — If/Then
Jessie Mueller — Beautiful
Kelli O'Hara — The Bridges of Madison County
Knee-Jerk Reaction: This is one of the tightest categories. Mueller was made to play Carole King and it would be a spectacular win for her as a relative Broadway newcomer, but Kelli O'Hara has yet to win a Tony despite several stellar performances (including her current one).
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney – Casa Valentina
Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night
Stephen Fry – Twelfth Night
Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night
Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Could Mark Rylance take it again or will three nominations for Twelfth split the votes?
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Sarah Greene — The Cripple of Inishmaan
Celia Keenan-Bolger — The Glass Menagerie
Sophie Okenedo — A Raisin in the Sun
Anika Noni Rose — A Raisin in the Sun
Mare Winningham — Casa Valentina
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Celia Keenan-Bolger's heartbreaking performance was the heart of Glass Menagerie.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein — Cabaret
Nick Cordero — Bullets over Broadway
Joshua Henry — Violet
James Monroe Iglehart — Aladdin
Jarrod Spector — Beautiful
Knee-Jerk Reaction: James Monroe Iglehart has the best production number of the season in "Friend Like Me."
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Linda Emond — Cabaret
Lena Hall — Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen — Beautiful
Adriane Lenox — After Midnight
Lauren Worsham — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Knee-Jerk Reaction: Lena Hall for a Hedwig sweep.
Best Direction of a Play
Tim Carroll — Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage — The Cripple of Inishmaan
Kenny Leon — A Raisin in the Sun
John Tiffany — The Glass Menagerie
Knee-Jerk Reaction: No new plays were recognized, so it's anyone's game in the revival battle.
Best Direction of a Musical
Warren Carlyle — After Midnight
Michael Mayer — Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman — Violet
Darko Tresnjak — A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Knee-Jerk Reaction: The smooth musical, the brash rocker, the country heart, or the quirky surprise hit?
See a complete list of nominees on tonyawards.com
Hugh Jackman hosts the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS.
CORRECTION: Audra is actually up for her sixth win, because she is just that talented.