Topdogs, Underdogs

Here's a tip to Broadway producers: if you want to dominate the Tony nominations, adapt a 1967 movie. Last year, ''The Producers'' scored big, with 15 nominations and 12 wins. This year, the show that grabbed the most nominations was ''Thoroughly Modern Millie,'' with 11 nods, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actress (Sutton Foster) and Best Actor (Gavin Creel). ''Millie'' edged out ''Urinetown'' and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's ''Into the Woods,'' which were both cited 10 times in the list of nominations announced Monday morning.

Other multiple honorees: the revival of Paul Osborn's play ''Morning's at Seven,'' whose nine nominations include three for Best Featured Actress and two for Best Featured Actor. Arthur Miller's ''The Crucible'' picked up six nominations, including Best Revival and Best Actor and Actress for Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Kate Burton was nominated for her leading performance in ''Hedda Gabler'' and her featured performance opposite Billy Crudup in ''The Elephant Man.'' Unlike last year, dominated by an unprecedented sweep by ''The Producers,'' this year's race is considered competitive and wide open.

Shut out completely was the high-profile stage adaptation of ''The Graduate,'' with Kathleen Turner, Jason Biggs, and Alicia Silverstone. Moral: if you're going to adapt a 1967 movie, make it a musical.

The Tonys will be handed out on June 2 at a Radio City Music Hall ceremony that will air live on PBS and CBS. Below is a partial list of nominees; the full list is available at tonys.org.

Best Play
''The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?,'' by Edward Albee
''Fortune's Fool,'' Adapted by Mike Poulton, from the play by Ivan Turgenev
''Metamorphoses,'' by Mary Zimmerman
''Topdog/Underdog,'' by Suzan-Lori Parks

Best Musical
''Mamma Mia!''
''Sweet Smell of Success''
''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
''Urinetown the Musical''

Best Book of a Musical
Catherine Johnson, ''Mamma Mia!''
John Guare, ''Sweet Smell of Success''
Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
Greg Kotis, ''Urinetown''

Best Original Score
Marvin Hamlisch (music), Craig Carnelia (lyrics), ''Sweet Smell of Success''
Jeanine Tesori (music), Dick Scanlan (lyrics), ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
Harry Connick, Jr. (music & lyrics), ''Thou Shalt Not''
Mark Hollmann (music), Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis (lyrics), ''Urinetown''

Best Revival of a Play
''The Crucible''
''Morning's at Seven''
''Noises Off''
''Private Lives''

Best Revival of a Musical
''Into the Woods''
''Oklahoma!''

Best Special Theatrical Event
''Bea Arthur on Broadway, Just Between Friends''
''Elaine Stritch at Liberty''
''Mostly Sondheim''
''Sexaholix...A Love Story''

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Alan Bates, ''Fortune's Fool''
Billy Crudup, ''The Elephant Man''
Liam Neeson, ''The Crucible''
Alan Rickman, ''Private Lives''
Jeffrey Wright, ''Topdog/Underdog''

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Kate Burton, ''Hedda Gabler''
Lindsay Duncan, ''Private Lives''
Laura Linney, ''The Crucible''
Helen Mirren, ''Dance of Death''
Mercedes Ruehl, ''The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?''

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Gavin Creel, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
John Cullum, ''Urinetown''
John Lithgow, ''Sweet Smell of Success''
John McMartin, ''Into the Woods''
Patrick Wilson, ''Oklahoma!''

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
Nancy Opel, ''Urinetown''
Louise Pitre, ''Mamma Mia!''
Jennifer Laura Thompson, ''Urinetown''
Vanessa Williams, ''Into the Woods''

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Frank Langella, ''Fortune's Fool''
William Biff McGuire, ''Morning's at Seven''
Brian Murray, ''The Crucible''
Sam Robards, ''The Man Who Had All the Luck''
Stephen Tobolowsky, ''Morning's at Seven''

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Kate Burton, ''The Elephant Man''
Katie Finneran, ''Noises Off''
Elizabeth Franz, ''Morning's at Seven''
Estelle Parsons, ''Morning's at Seven''
Frances Sternhagen, ''Morning's at Seven''

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, ''Thou Shalt Not''
Gregg Edelman, ''Into the Woods''
Shuler Hensley, ''Oklahoma!''
Brian d'Arcy James, ''Sweet Smell of Success''
Marc Kudisch, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, ''Into the Woods''
Harriet Harris, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''
Spencer Kayden, ''Urinetown''
Judy Kaye, ''Mamma Mia!''
Andrea Martin, ''Oklahoma!''