The nominees for the 63rd annual Tony Awards recently announced. Here are some of the nominees in the major categories.

Best play

Dividing the Estate

God of Carnage

reasons to be pretty

33 variations

Best actor (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

Best actress (play)

Hope Davis - God of Carnage

Jane Fonda - 33 variations

Marcia Gay Harden - God of Carnage

Janet McTeer - Mary Stuart

Harriet Walter - Mary Stuart

Best musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical

Next to Normal

Rock of Ages

Shrek The Musical

Best actor (musical)

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Gavin Creel - Hair

Brian d'Arcy James - Shrek

Constantine Maroulis - Rock of Ages

J. Robert Spencer - Next to Normal

Best actress (musical)

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

Best revival of a play

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Mary Stuart

The Norman Conquests

Waiting for Godot

Best revival of a musical

Guys and Dolls

Hair

Pal Joey

West Side Story

Best director (play)

Phyllida Lloyd - Mary Stuart

Bartlett Sher - Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Matthew Warchus - God of Carnage

Matthew Warchus - The Norman Conquests

Best director (musical)

Stephen Daldry - Billy Elliot, The Musical

Michael Greif - Next to Normal

Kristin Hanggi - Rock of Ages

Diane Paulus - Hair

Sources:www.tonyawards.com and www.mctdirect.com.