How Did Your Favorite Movie Stars Fare in the 2011 Tony Award Nominations?

Last year the Tonys may as well have been called the "Movie Stars on a Stage! Awards" considering its handouts to Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. This year, the pack of Tony nominees is considerably less cinematic -- but did a certain Hogwarts grad pull in a nod for not-really-trying-to-succeed? Actor nominees after the jump.

The answer: Not very well! Past Tony winners Al Pacino, Vanessa Redgrave, and Billy Crudup clocked in with nominations, as well as past nominee Frances McDormand. In the first-timers department, you can now count Ellen Barkin and Edie Falco as Tony considerees. Unfortunately, Mr. Daniel Radcliffe wasn't nominated for this turn in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying -- but his award-season regular costar John Larroquette was!

Here are some actor categories.

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

Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest

Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart

Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice

Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

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

Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday

Frances McDormand, Good People

Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice

Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy

Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter

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

Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can

Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon

Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys

Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon

Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

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

Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!

Patina Miller, Sister Act

Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

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

Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem

Billy Crudup, Arcadia

John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart

Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

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

Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart

Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves

Judith Light, Lombardi

Joanna Lumley, La Bête

Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

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

Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys

Adam Godley, Anything Goes

John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys

Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon

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

Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Victoria Clark, Sister Act

Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon

Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

The Trey Parker and Matt Stone musical The Book of Mormon topped all nominees with 14. The Tony Awards take place in New York City on June 12.

· 'Book of Mormom' Tops Tony Nominations [Deadline]



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