The 2013 Tony Award nominations

The Tony Award Nominations were announced on 30 Apr 2013 at the the The New York Public Library for Performing Arts by Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Amongst this year's crop of Broadway productions, the musical Kinky Boots leads with thirteen nominations, followed by Matilda The Musical with 12 nominations, and Pippin which each earned ten nominations. The most nominated play was the revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, which received 9 nominations.

The winners will be announced at the Tony 2012 Award ceremony at the Radio City Music Hall on Sun 09 Jun 2013.

2013 nominations by category are:

Best Play:

• The Assembled Parties: Richard Greenberg
• Lucky Guy: Nora Ephron
• The Testament of Mary: Colm Toíbín
• Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Christopher Durang

Best Musical:

• Bring It On: The Musical
• A Christmas Story, The Musical
• Kinky Boots
• Matilda The Musical

Best Revival of a Play:

• Golden Boy
• Orphans
• The Trip to Bountiful
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Revival of a Musical:

• Annie
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Pippin
• Cinderella

Best Book of a Musical:

• A Christmas Story, The Musical: Joseph Robinette
• Kinky Boots: Harvey Fierstein
• Matilda The Musical: Dennis Kelly
• Cinderella: Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre:

• A Christmas Story, The Musical:
  Music: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  
• Hands on a Hardbody:
  Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
  Lyrics: Amanda Green
  
• Kinky Boots:
  Music: Cyndi Lauper
  Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
  
• Matilda The Musical:
  Music: Tim Minchin
  Lyrics: Tim Minchin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• Tom Hanks: Lucky Guy
• Nathan Lane: The Nance
• Tracy Letts: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• David Hyde Pierce: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Tom Sturridge: Orphans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:

• Laurie Metcalf: The Other Place
• Amy Morton: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Kristine Nielsen: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Holland Taylor: Ann
• Cicely Tyson: The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical :

• Bertie Carvel: Matilda The Musical
• Santino Fontana: Cinderella
• Rob McClure: Chaplin
• Billy Porter: Kinky Boots
• Stark Sands: Kinky Boots

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical :

• Stephanie J. Block: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Carolee Carmello: Scandalous
• Valisia LeKae: Motown The Musical
• Patina Miller: Pippin
• Laura Osnes: Cinderella

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:

• Danny Burstein: Golden Boy
• Richard Kind: The Big Knife
• Billy Magnussen: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Tony Shalhoub: Golden Boy
• Courtney B. Vance: Lucky Guy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

• Carrie Coon: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Shalita Grant: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Judith Ivey: The Heiress
• Judith Light: The Assembled Parties
• Condola Rashad: The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical :

• Charl Brown: Motown The Musical
• Keith Carradine: Hands on a Hardbody
• Will Chase: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Gabriel Ebert: Matilda The Musical
• Terrence Mann: Pippin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:

• Annaleigh Ashford: Kinky Boots
• Victoria Clark: Cinderella
• Andrea Martin: Pippin
• Keala Settle: Hands on a Hardbody
• Lauren Ward: Matilda The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

• John Lee Beatty: The Nance
• Santo Loquasto: The Assembled Parties
• David Rockwell: Lucky Guy
• Michael Yeargan: Golden Boy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

• Rob Howell: Matilda The Musical
• Anna Louizos: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Scott Pask: Pippin
• David Rockwell: Kinky Boots

Best Costume Design of a Play:

• Soutra Gilmour: Cyrano de Bergerac
• Ann Roth: The Nance
• Albert Wolsky: The Heiress
• Catherine Zuber; Golden Boy

Best Costume Design of a Musical:

• Gregg Barnes: Kinky Boots
• Rob Howell: Matilda The Musical
• Dominique Lemieux: Pippin
• William Ivey Long: Cinderella

Best Lighting Design of a Play:

• Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer: Lucky Guy
• Donald Holder: Golden Boy
• Jennifer Tipton: The Testament of Mary
• Japhy Weideman: The Nance

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

• Kenneth Posner: Kinky Boots
• Kenneth Posner: Pippin
• Kenneth Posner: Cinderella
• Hugh Vanstone: Matilda The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play:

• John Gromada: The Trip to Bountiful
• Mel Mercier: The Testament of Mary
• Leon Rothenberg: The Nance
• Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg: Golden Boy

Best Sound Design of a Musical:

• Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm: Pippin
• Peter Hylenski: Motown The Musical
• John Shivers: Kinky Boots
• Nevin Steinberg: Cinderella

Best Direction of a Play:

• Pam MacKinnon: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Nicholas Martin: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Bartlett Sher: Golden Boy
• George C. Wolfe: Lucky Guy

Best Direction of a Musical:

• Scott Ellis: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Jerry Mitchell: Kinky Boots
• Diane Paulus: Pippin
• Matthew Warchus: Matilda The Musical

Best Choreography:

• Andy Blankenbuehler: Bring It On: The Musical
• Peter Darling: Matilda The Musical
• Jerry Mitchell: Kinky Boots
• Chet Walker: Pippin

Best Orchestrations:

• Chris Nightingale: Matilda The Musical
• Stephen Oremus: Kinky Boots
• Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook: Motown The Musical
• Danny Troob: Cinderella

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories:

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee

Regional Theatre Award
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA

Isabelle Stevenson Award
Larry Kramer

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Career Transition For Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway - Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro

Total Nominations by Production:
Kinky Boots - 13
Matilda The Musical - 12
Pippin - 10
Cinderella - 9
Golden Boy - 8
Lucky Guy - 6
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - 6
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 5
The Nance - 5
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 5
Motown The Musical - 4
The Trip to Bountiful - 4
The Assembled Parties - 3
A Christmas Story, The Musical - 3
Hands on a Hardbody - 3
The Testament of Mary - 3
Bring It On: The Musical - 2
The Heiress - 2
Orphans - 2
Ann - 1
Annie - 1
The Big Knife - 1
Chaplin - 1
Cyrano de Bergerac - 1
The Other Place - 1
Scandalous - 1

Productions that received nominations: