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Cranston was nominated for an adaptation of the
movie "Network," along with Jeff Daniels for "To Kill a
Mockingbird," but neither show received a best play nomination.
Bening was recognized for "Arthur Miller's All My Sons," while
two-time Tony winner Metcalf was nominated for her role as
Hillary Clinton in "Hillary and Clinton."
Other best musical nominees were "Ain't Too Proud - The Life and
Times of the Temptations," "Beetlejuice," "The Prom" and
"Tootsie."
Best play nominees were led by "The Ferryman" with nine
nominations, "Choir Boy," "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,"
"Ink" and "What the Constitution Means to Me."
With only two musical revivals all season, both "Rodgers &
Hammerstein's Oklahoma!" and "Kiss Me, Kate" were nominated for
best revival, with "Kate"'s Kelli O'Hara cited for lead actress
in a musical.
Best play revival nominees included "All My Sons," "The Boys in
the Band," "Burn This," "Torch Song" and "The Waverly Gallery,"
which won a lead actress nomination for veteran Elaine May.
May was joined by Laura Donnelly in "The Ferryman," Janet McTeer
in "Bernhardt/Hamlet" and Heidi Schreck for "What the
Constitution Means to Me" along with Bening and Metcalf.
Left out was Glenda Jackson, who last year capped a return to
Broadway after three decades with a best actress win for “Three
Tall Women,” in the title role in "King Lear."
Other best actor in a play nominees were Adam Driver in "Burn
This," Jeremy Pope in "Choir Boy" and Paddy Considine in "The
Ferryman," Jez Butterworth's epic tale of a multigenerational
Northern Irish family and the IRA during "the Troubles" of the
early 1980s.
Best musical actor nominees were Brooks Ashmanskas in "The
Prom," Alex Brightman for "Beetlejuice," Damon Daunno in
"Oklahoma!," "Tootsie"'s Santino Fontana and Derrick Baskin for
"Ain't Too Proud," which won a total of 12 nominations.
Joining O'Hara for best musical actress were Stephanie J. Block
for "The Cher Show," Caitlin Kinnunen and Beth Leavel in "The
Prom," and Eva Noblezada for "Hadestown."
Among top stars appearing on Broadway, Ethan Hawke, Nathan Lane,
Jim Parsons, Keri Russell, Kerry Washington, Daniel Radcliffe,
Bobby Cannavale and John Lithgow went unnominated.
Veteran stage actress Rosemary Harris and playwright Terrence
McNally were earlier announced as recipients of special Tonys
for lifetime achievement in theater.
The 73rd Tony awards, hosted by James Corden, will be presented
during a gala ceremony broadcast live on CBS on June 9 at New
York's Radio City Music Hall.
(Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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