British stars Carey Mulligan, Ruth Wilson and Dame Helen Mirren are all up for best actress at the Tony Awards, the biggest honours in US theatre.
They go up against home-grown stars Geneva Carr and Elisabeth Moss, in a year where British talent is particularly well-recognised.
Three of the four best director nominees are British, while Bill Nighy and Ben Miles are in the running for best actor.
The awards will be presented on 7 June.
Musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home are the front-runners, each landing 12 nominations on Tuesday, showing two sides of the Broadway experience.
An American in Paris is a sunny, heavily-choreographed adaptation of the 1951 film; while Fun Home is a moody show based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel about her suicidal father.
The nominations also ranged from 11-year-old Sydney Lucas in Fun Home to the 82-year-old Chita Rivera, looking for her third Tony.
British talent accounts for 24 nominations in total, with two West End transfers – Wolf Hall and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, up for best play.
Dame Helen is recognised for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, which imagines the private weekly meetings between the monarch and eight of her prime ministers.
She already has an Olivier Award for the London production, and an Oscar for portraying the Queen on the big screen.
“I’ve studied the shape of her mouth,” said Dame Helen. “I know her face probably better than anyone else does. But it’s only my portrait,” she said. “I can only surmise and imagine.”
Ruth Wilson is shortlisted for her role in Constellations, the tale of a relationship playing out across alternate universes.
Her co-star Jake Gyllenhall missed out on a nomination, however, joining other notable omissions such as Larry David’s Fish in the Dark; and Finding Neverland, the JM Barrie musical produced by Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein, with music by Gary Barlow.
Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy are both nominated for Skylight, a revival of David Hare’s 1995 drama, in which they play mis-matched lovers, as is co-star Matthew Beard.
Director Stephen Daldry – best known for his work on the films Billy Elliot and The Hours – is also up for best director for the play.
Daldry, who also directed The Audience, said: “It is a fantastic day for British theatre on Broadway. I am personally thrilled for The Audience and Skylight, and delighted too for Wolf Hall and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
The latter, which began life at the National Theatre, was nominated for best play, with British director Marianne Elliott also receiving a nod.
“It feels amazing,” she told the BBC. “We had no idea when we first started how the hell this play was going to go down. We were taking big risks, we felt. We had no idea whether there’d be an audience for it. So to see it go to Broadway is quite amazing.”
Curious Incident has six nominations in all, Skylight seven, while the RSC’s double bill of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies has eight, including a best actor listing for Ben Miles, who plays Thomas Cromwell, and best director for Jeremy Herrin.
Other notable nominees included Bradley Cooper, up for best actor for his portrayal of Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man; and Sting, who was shortlisted for best original score, despite his musical The Last Ship closing early.
Cooper, who will perform the play in the West End next month, said: “To be a part of a community that gathers together in a 13 block radius, eight shows a week, no matter what, in the greatest city in the world – for one sole purpose, to tell stories – I can’t think of a better job to have. Thank you for letting The Elephant Man be a part of this season’s story telling.”
Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth – nominated herself for best lead actress in a musical – will host this year’s ceremony.
Full list of 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
Best musical revival
The King and I
On the Town
On the Twentieth Century
Best play revival
The Elephant Man
Skylight
This Is Our Youth
You Can’t Take It With You
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
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
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
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
Featured actor in a musical
Christian Borle – Something Rotten!
Andy Karl – On The 20th Century
Brad Oscar – Something Rotten!
Brandon Uranowitz – An American in Paris
Max von Essen – An American in Paris
Featured actress in a musical
Victoria Clark – Gigi
Judy Kuhn – Fun Home
Sydney Lucas – Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles – The King and I
Emily Skeggs – Fun Home
Featured actor in a play
Matthew Beard – Skylight
K Todd Freeman – Airline Highway
Richard McCabe – The Audience
Alessandro Nivola – The Elephant Man
Nathaniel Parker – Wolf Hall
Micah Stock – It’s Only A Play
Featured actress in a play
Annaleigh Ashford – You Can’t Take It With You
Patricia Clarkson – The Elephant Man
Lydia Leonard – Wolf Hall
Sarah Stiles – Hand to God
Julie White – Airline Highway
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
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
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 scenic design of a play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Crowley – Skylight
Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall
David Rockwell – You Can’t Take It with You
Best scenic design of a musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions – An American in Paris
David Rockwell – On the Twentieth Century
Michael Yeargan – The King and I
David Zinn – Fun Home
Best costume design of a play
Bob Crowley – The Audience
Jane Greenwood – You Can’t Take It with You
Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall
David Zinn – Airline Highway
Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes – Something Rotten!
Bob Crowley – An American in Paris
William Ivey Long – On the Twentieth Century
Catherine Zuber – The King and I
Best lighting design of a play
Paule Constable – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Paule Constable and David Plater – Wolf Hall
Natasha Katz – Skylight
Japhy Weideman – Airline Highway
Best lighting design of a musical
Donald Holder – The King and I
Natasha Katz – An American in Paris
Ben Stanton – Fun Home
Japhy Weideman – The Visit
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!
Christopher Wheeldon – An American in Paris
Best orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott – An American in Paris
John Clancy – Fun Home
Larry Hochman – Something Rotten!
Rob Mathes – The Last Ship
Special Tony Award
John Cameron Mitchell
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Stephen Schwartz
