PHOTO CALL: 2009 Tony Award Preview — Leading Actress in a Play/Musical Nominees

By Ernio Hernandez
30 May 2009

Playbill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and Musical.

Neil Patrick Harris will host this season's Tony Awards ceremony June 7. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live from Radio City Music Hall.

The nominees for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play follow:
Hope Davis, God of Carnage
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart

The nominees for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical follow:
Stockard Channing, Pal Joey
Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical
Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story

Here is a look at the nominated actors in their productions:

View the Entire Photo Gallery
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Photo by Joan Marcus (production), Aubrey Reuben

Click here for a full list of nominations.