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It’s nail-biting time on Broadway ahead of Tony nominations

This photo provided by O&M Co shows Sydney Lucas as Small Alison, Beth Malone as Alison, and Emily Skeggs as Medium Alison in "Fun Home" at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York. "Fun Home," with a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, played for four months at the off-Broadway Public Theater last year. It's been adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a funeral home with a closeted gay dad. (Joan Marcus via AP)
This photo provided by O&M Co shows Sydney Lucas as Small Alison, Beth Malone as Alison, and Emily Skeggs as Medium Alison in "Fun Home" at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York. "Fun Home," with a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, played for four months at the off-Broadway Public Theater last year. It's been adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a funeral home with a closeted gay dad. (Joan Marcus via AP) This photo provided by O&M Co shows Sydney Lucas as Small Alison, Beth Malone as Alison, and Emily Skeggs as Medium Alison in "Fun Home" at Circle in the Square Theatre in New York. "Fun Home," with a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, played for four months at the off-Broadway Public Theater last year. It's been adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a funeral home with a closeted gay dad. (Joan Marcus via AP)

By Associated Press 4 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Will the list include a musical set in a funeral home of all places? Or one set in Paris? Is there room for a brand-new show that makes William Shakespeare look like Mick Jagger? Can a dark, sinister show led by an 82-year-old sneak in?

Tony Award nominations are revealed Tuesday and the top prize – best musical – has plenty of varied candidates. The field for best lead actress in a musical also proves to be very strong for a second year.

Top musical candidates are “Fun Home,” a show based on Alison Bechdel’s coming of age graphic novel; “Something Rotten!” a big, bawdy show about the birth of the first musical; a dance-heavy stage adaptation of the 1951 musical film “An American in Paris”; and the Chita Rivera-led “The Visit.”

One of the most buzzed-about shows this season – “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton – will not get a nod since it is running off-Broadway; it transfers later this summer.

The nominations will be announced from The Paramount Hotel in a televised event co-hosted by Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis, who will make his Broadway debut in the upcoming “Misery.”