The League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing announced the nominees for the 2007 Tony Awards yesterday. The nominees are as follows:

BEST PLAY

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

BEST MUSICAL

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde The Musical
Spring Awakening

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
(Music and/or Lyrics Written for the Theatre)

Curtains
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes
Grey Gardens
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie
Legally Blonde The Musical
Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Spring Awakening
Music: Duncan Sheik
Lyrics: Steven Sater

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 SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Boyd Gaines, Journey’s End
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Brían F. O’Byrne, The Coast of Utopia
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Swoosie 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
Raúl 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 The Musical
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 AFEATURED 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 The Musical
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 The Musical
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Karen Ziemba, Curtains

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia
Jonathan Fensom, Journey’s End
David Gallo, Radio Golf
Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins
Christine Jones, Spring Awakening
Anna Louizos, High Fidelity
Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY

Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy
Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House
Santo Loquasto, Inherit the Wind
Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Gregg Barnes, Legally Blonde The Musical
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY

Paule Constable, Coram Boy
Brian MacDevitt, Inherit the Wind
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia
Jason Taylor, Journey’s End

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Christopher Akerlind, 110 in the Shade
Howard Harrison, Mary Poppins
Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon
David Grindley, Journey’s End
Jack O’Brien, The Coast 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
JerryMitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Bruce Coughlin, Grey Gardens
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik
Jonathan Tunick, 110 in the Shade