Spring Awakening, the rock musical based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind about teenagers discovering their sexuality, leads all Tony nominees this year with 11 nods, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. Tom Stoppard's play Coast of Utopia followed with 10 nominations, including Best Play and Best Featured Actor nods for both Billy Crudup and Ethan Hawke.

Disney's Mary Poppins edged out LoveMusik and commercial favorite Legally Blonde for the fourth Best Musical nomination, but Blonde's Laura Bell Bundy beat out Poppins' Ashley Brown for a spot among the Leading Actress in a Musical nominations.

The 2006-2007 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday (May 15) morning by Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski (Nine) and former Rent star Taye Diggs at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The 61 Annual Tony Awards will take place June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.

The 2006-07 Tony Award nominations

BEST PLAY
The Coast of Utopia
Frost/Nixon
The Little Dog Laughed
Radio Golf

BEST MUSICAL
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Inherit the Wind
Journey's End
Talk Radio
Translations

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
The Apple Tree
A Chorus Line
Company
110 in the Shade

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde The Musical
Spring Awakening

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Boyd Gaines (Journey's End)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Brian F. O'Byrne (The Coast of Utopia)
Christopher Plummer (Inherit the Wind)
Liev Schrieber (Talk Radio)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten
Swoozie Kurtz (Heartbreak House)
Angela Lansbury (Deuce)
Vanessa Redgrave (The Year of Magical Thinking)
Julie White (The Little Dog Laughed)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cerveris (LoveMusik)
Raul Esparza (Company)
Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening)
Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins)
David Hyde Pierce (Curtains)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde)
Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens)
Audra McDonald (110 in the Shade)
Debra Monk (Curtains)
Donna Murphy (LoveMusik)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Anthony Chisholm (Radio Golf)
Billy Crudup (The Coast of Utopia)
Ethan Hawke (The Coast of Utopia)
John Earl Jelks (Radio Golf)
Stark Sands (Journey's End)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jennifer Ehle (The Coast of Utopia)
Xanthe Elbrick (Coram Boy)
Dana Ivey (Butley)
Jan Maxwell (Coram Boy)
Martha Plimpton (The Coast of Utopia)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me)
Christian Borle (Legally Blonde)
John Cullum (110 in the Shade)
John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening)
David Pittu (LoveMusik)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Charlotte d’Amboise (A Chorus Line)
Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins)
Orfeh (Legally Blonde)
Mary Louise Wilson (Grey Gardens)
Karen Ziemba (Curtains)

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Michael Grandage (Frost/Nixon)
David Grindley (Journey's End)
Jack O'Brien (The Cost of Utopia)
Melly Still (Coram Boy)

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
John Doyle (Company)
Scott Ellis (Curtains)
Michael Greif (Grey Gardens)
Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford (Curtains)
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear (Mary Poppins)
Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening)
Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde)

For a complete list of the 2006-07 Tony Award nominations, visit the Tony Awards website.

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