2009 Tony Award nominees

Billy Elliott leads all contenders for the 2009 Tony Awards with a record-tying 15 nominations. That figure matches the number of nods The Producers received in 2001.

Winners will be announced June 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

Play
Dividing the Estate; God of Carnage; Reasons to Be Pretty; 33 Variations

Musical
Billy Elliott, the Musical; Next to Normal; Rock of Ages; Shrek the Musical

Revival of a Play
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; Mary Stuart; The Norman Conquests; Waiting for Godot

Revival of a Musical
Guys and Dolls; Hair; Pal Joey; West Side Story

Leading Actor in a Play
Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage; Raul Esparza, Speed-the-Plow; James Gandolfini, God of Carnage; Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King; Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to Be Pretty

Leading Actress in a Play
Hope Davis, God of Carnage; Jane Fonda, 33 Variations; Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage; Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart; Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart

Leading Actor in a Play
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliott; Gavin Creel, Hair; Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek; Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages; J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal

Leading Actress in a Musical
Stockard Channing, Pal Joey; Sutton Foster, Shrek; Allison Janney, 9 to 5; Alice Ripley, Next to Normal; Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story

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