2018 Tony Award Nominations: 'SpongeBob,' 'Mean Girls' Lead

NEW YORK, NY — The 2018 Tony Awards nominations were announced Tuesday, and the leaders may surprise you. "Mean Girls" and "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical" were the most-nominated works, each earning 12 nominations.

Other plays and musicals to earn double-digit nominations include: "The Band’s Visit" (11), "Angels in America" (11), "Carousel" (10), "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (10) and "My Fair Lady" (10).

This year's acting award nominations included several movie and television starts such as Denzel Washington for "The Iceman Cometh," Michael Cera for "Lobby Hero," Amy Schumer for "Meteor Shower," Laurie Metcalf for "Three Tall Women" and Andrew Garfield for "Angels in America."

The Tony Awards are set to take place June 10 and will be hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. The awards ceremony will return to Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast by CBS.

Check out a full list of nominees below:

Best Book of a Musical

• The Band's Visit
• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

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

• Angels in America
• The Band's Visit
• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

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

• Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
• Tom Hollander, Travesties
• Jamie Parker, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Mark Rylance, Farinelli and The King
• Denzel Washington, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

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

• Glenda Jackson, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
• Condola Rashad, Saint Joan
• Lauren Ridloff, Children of a Lesser God
• Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

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

• Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady
• Joshua Henry, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Tony Shalhoub, The Band's Visit
• Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

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

• Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady
• Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island
• LaChanze, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
• Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit
• Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls
• Jessie Mueller, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

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

• Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Michael Cera, Lobby Hero
• Brian Tyree Henry, Lobby Hero
• Nathan Lane, Angels in America
• David Morse, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

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

• Susan Brown, Angels in America
• Noma Dumezweni, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Deborah Findlay, The Children
• Denise Gough, Angels in America
• Laurie Metcalf, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women

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

• Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
• Alexander Gemignani, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Grey Henson, Mean Girls
• Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit

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

• Ariana DeBose, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
• Renée Fleming, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Lindsay Mendez, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Ashley Park, Mean Girls
• Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Miriam Buether, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
• Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
• Christine Jones, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Santo Loquasto, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh
• Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce, Angels in America

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Dane Laffrey, Once On This Island
• Scott Pask, The Band's Visit
• Scott Pask, Finn Ross & Adam Young, Mean Girls
• Michael Yeargan, My Fair Lady
• David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Jonathan Fensom, Farinelli and The King
• Nicky Gillibrand, Angels in America
• Katrina Lindsay, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Ann Roth, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
• Ann Roth, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Gregg Barnes, Mean Girls
• Clint Ramos, Once On This Island
• Ann Roth, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Paule Constable, Angels in America
• Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh
• Paul Russell, Farinelli and The King
• Ben Stanton, Junk

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Kevin Adams, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Once On This Island
• Donald Holder, My Fair Lady
• Brian MacDevitt, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Tyler Micoleau, The Band's Visit

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Adam Cork, Travesties
• Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Angels in America
• Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Tom Gibbons, 1984
• Dan Moses Schreier, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Kai Harada, The Band's Visit
• Peter Hylenski, Once On This Island
• Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
• Brian Ronan, Mean Girls
• Walter Trarbach and Mike Dobson, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Direction of a Play

• Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
• Joe Mantello, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
• Patrick Marber, Travesties
• John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• George C. Wolfe, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

Best Direction of a Musical

• Michael Arden, Once On This Island
• David Cromer, The Band's Visit
• Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
• Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady

Best Choreography

• Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady
• Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls
• Justin Peck, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Best Orchestrations

• John Clancy, Mean Girls
• Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical
• Annmarie Milazzo & Michael Starobin, Once On This Island
• Jamshied Sharifi, The Band's Visit
• Jonathan Tunick, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Best Play

• The Children
• Farinelli and The King
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two
• Junk
• Latin History for Morons

Best Musical

• The Band's Visit
• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical

Best Revival of a Play

• Angels in America
• Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
• Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh
• Lobby Hero
• Travesties

Best Revival of a Musical

• Once On This Island
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

• Chita Rivera
• Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Special Tony Awards
• John Leguizamo
• Bruce Springsteen

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• La MaMa E.T.C.
• New York City

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

• Nick Scandalios

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

• Sara Krulwich
• Bessie Nelson
• Ernest Winzer Cleaners

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