Johansson is up for Best Actress for A View From the Bridge. Her co-star Liev Schreiber is nominated for Best Actor. He'll go up against Jude Law and Denzel Washington, who appear in Hamlet and Fences respectively. Kelsey Grammar earned a nod for lead actor in a musical for La Cage aux Folles. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical for A Little Night Music. (She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2003 for her role in Chicago, which was adapted to the big screen from Broadway.)
"What a thrill to be nominated!" she said. "The experience of doing this incredible show and working every night with such a talented group of people has truly been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. And now to be nominated for a Tony. In my dreams, I couldn't imagine a better way to make my Broadway debut."Green Day's American Idiot earned a best musical nomination. It will compete against Memphis, Million Dollar Quartet and Fela! at the June 13 show, broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.
