Whoopi Goldberg will host this season's Tony Awards ceremony June 15. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live from Radio City Music Hall, 8-11 PM (ET). (Click here for a full list of nominations.)
The nominees for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play follow:
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Here is a look at the nominated actors in their productions:
Photos by Joan Marcus (August: Osage County and Come Back, Little Sheba)‚ Scott Landis (The Homecoming) and Manuel Harlan (Macbeth). Additional photos by Aubrey Reuben and Ernio Hernandez.