Liam Neeson: Irish star nominated for The Crucible

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Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oklahoma! has seven nominations, including best revival of a musical and leading actor for Patrick Wilson.

The play which won the most nominations was Morning's at Seven, which has nine nods - including three for best featured actress in a play.

British nods

British stars Alan Bates and Alan Rickman are part of a star-studded shortlist for best actor in a play, nominated for Fortune's Fool and Private Lives respectively.

They join Northern Ireland-born Liam Neeson (The Crucible), Billy Crudup (Elephant Man) and Jeffrey Wright (Topdog/ Underdog).

Rickman's co-star in Private Lives, Lindsay Duncan, is up for the best actress award. She faces competition from Helen Mirren (Dance of Death), Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?), Laura Linney (The Crucible) and Kate Burton (Hedda Gabler).

Best play nominees are Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Fortune's Fool - Mike Poulton's adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's 1847 play, Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses and Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, which has already won a Pulitzer Prize.

Helen Mirren will be hoping to add to her award collection

Best musical nominees are Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sweet Smell of Success and Urinetown The Musical.

Urinetown has been a hit since it transferred to Broadway last summer.

It is is set in a world which is suffering after an ecological disaster, and under a government-enforced ban on private toilets. A single, malevolent corporation charges citizens each time they need to use the toilet.

The Tonys are presented by the The League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.

They are named after Antoinette Perry, a founder of the American Theatre Wing.

The ceremony will be held on 2 June at New York's Radio City Music Hall.