And the winner is … Tony award nominees - in pictures

Matilda: the Musical, with Bertie Carvel, right, and Lauren Ward, left, during a performance in New York. The production is nominated in 12 different categories, including a special award honouring the four actors who share the lead role Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

The Cyndi Lauper-scored Kinky Boots, based on a 2005 British film, has earned 13 Tony award nominations, including best original score and best choreography Photograph: Matthew Murphy/Associated Press

Sydney Morton as Florence Ballard, Valisia LeKae as Diana Ross and Ariana DeBose as Mary Wilson of The Supremes in Motown: the Musical at the Lunt-Fontanne theatre in New York. LeKae is nominated for best female lead in a musical Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. The play is nominated for six awards including best play and Hyde Pierce has a best lead actor nomination Photograph: Carol Rosegg/Associated Press

Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr in The Trip to Bountiful at the Stephen Sondheim theatre in New York, which is nominated in categories including best lead female actor and best female support role Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

Johnny Rabe takes centre stage in A Christmas Story: the Musical in New York. The show is nominated for best musical, though it has some tough competition Photograph: Carol Rosegg/Associated Press

Lewis J Stadlen, Cady Huffman, Nathan Lane and Jonny Orsini in The Nance at the Lyceum theatre in New York. Lane is one of the production's three nominees, for lead actor in a play Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

Laura Osnes as Cinderella, left, and Victoria Clark, as her Fairy Godmother, in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway. The show has nine nominations, including best revival of a musical Photograph: Carol Rosegg/Associated Press

Fiona Shaw as Mary in The Testament of Mary, written by Colm Toíbín. The production has been nominated for best play Photograph: Paul Kolnik/Associated Press

Hands on a Hardbody, at the Brooks Atkinson theatre in New York, features songs co-written by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio. The show is nominated for best original score and best male and female leads Photograph: Chad Batka/Associated Press

Will Chase and Stephanie J Block in a scene from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54 in New York. Both actors are nominated for lead roles in the show Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

Tom Hanks as journalist Mike McAlary, centre, during a performance of Lucky Guy, at the Broadhurst theatre in New York. The actor is nominated as best lead actor in a play Photograph: Joan Marcus/Associated Press