NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical "Kinky Boots," with music by pop star Cyndi Lauper, led the nominations of Broadway's highest honors, the Tony awards, on Tuesday with 13, closely followed by the British import "Matilda," which received 12.
Both shows were nominated for best musical, along with "Bring It On: The Musical" and "A Christmas Story: The Musical." Lauper was nominated for best score along with book writer Harvey Fierstein, and three members of the show's cast.
Hollywood star Tom Hanks was nominated for best actor in his Broadway debut in the Nora Ephron play "Lucky Guy," which received six nominations, including best play.
A revival of Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" led play nominees with eight nods. Also nominated for best play were "The Assembled Parties," "The Testament of Mary" and "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike."
Several Hollywood stars, including Cicely Tyson, Laurie Metcalf, Holland Taylor and David Hyde Pierce also won nominations for acting in plays, but Bette Midler was left out for her star turn as agent Sue Mengers in "I'll Eat You Last."
Other top-nominated shows included the first Broadway revival of the 1970s hit "Pippin," which took 10 nominations, and "Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella," which received nine nods. Both were cited for best revival of a musical.
The nominations were announced by Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The awards will be presented on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Patricia Reaney and Mohammad Zargham)