'An American in Paris', 'Fun Home' bag 12 Tony Award nominations each

'An American in Paris' and 'Fun Home' has each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.

The Shakespeare spoof, 'Something Rotten!' has bagged 10 nominations, 'The Visit' is up for Best Musical and it stars 82-year-old Chita Rivera, who has earned her 10th nomination, the BBC reported.

Director Stephen Daldry, who is best known for his work on the films 'Billy Elliot' and 'The Hours', is also up for Best Director for the play.

Here is the list of other main nominees:

Best Musical

An American in Paris

Fun Home

Something Rotten!

The Visit

Best play

Disgraced

Hand to God

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Wolf Hall

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Best Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris - Fun Home

Robert Fairchild - An American in Paris

Brian d'arcy James - Something Rotten!

Ken Watanabe - The King and I

Tony Yazbeck - On The Town

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Best Actor in a Play

Steven Boyer - Hand To God

Bradley Cooper - The Elephant Man

Ben Miles - Wolf Hall

Bill Nighy - Skylight

Alex Sharp - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Best Actress in a Musical

Kristen Chenoweth - On the 20th Century

Leanne Michelle Cope - An American in Paris

Chita Rivera - The Visit

Kelli O'Hara - The King and I

Beth Malone - Fun Home

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Best Actress in a Play

Geneva Carr - Hand to God

Helen Mirren - The Audience

Elisabeth Moss - The Heidi Chronicles

Carey Mulligan - Skylight

Ruth Wilson - Constellations

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Direction of a Musical

Sam Gold - Fun Home

Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten!

John Rando - On The Town

Bartlett Sher - The King and I

Christopher Wheeldon - An American in Paris

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Direction of a Play

Stephen Daldry - Skylight

Marianne Elliott - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Jeremy Herrin - Wolf Hall

Moritz von Stuelpnagel - Hand to God

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Best Original Score

Fun Home - Music: Jeanine Tesori. Lyrics: Lisa Kron

The Last Ship - Music and lyrics: Sting

Something Rotten! - Music and lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick

The Visit - Music: John Kander. Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Best Choreography

Joshua Bergasse - On the Town

Christopher Gattelli - The King and I

Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Casey Nicholaw - Something Rotten!

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