Nominations for the Broadway theater world's awards, the Tonys, were announced Tuesday.

The top musical nominees are "Fun Home," based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical comic about her relationship with her dad, and "An American In Paris," a Gershwin brothers jukebox musical.

The frontrunners in the dramatic arena are "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," based on the mystery novel, and "Hand to God," a raunchy show that includes puppets — they received six and five nominations, respectively. Meanwhile, Hollywood stars trying their hand at Broadway mostly came up short.

Hand To God scene

Fun Home

Fun Home montage

"Fun Home" is based on the dark material of Bechdel's graphic novel, whose title comes from the family's funeral home. 

"This is perhaps the most unlikely musical transformation of the year, if not ever," New York Magazine's Jesse Green told The Frame. If you know Bechdel's name, it's probably because one of her comics inspired the Bechdel test — the idea that a movie should have at least two women in it, they should talk to each other and that they should talk to each other about something other than a man.

"Apropos of the Bechdel Test, it is a show whose score, both music and lyrics, are by women, which is highly unusual," Green said. Both music and lyrics were nominated for Tonys, and three actresses received supporting nominations.

"It's also the case that a show that's smallish and very serious ... managed to score so many award nominations in a season that has quite a number of more razzmatazz Broadway offerings," Green says.

An American In Paris

An American In Paris on Broadway

"An American In Paris" is unique as well — the jukebox musical, made up of Gershwin songs fitted to a story similar to that of the film of the same name, makes an unusual use of dance.

"So much of the story is told not just in dance, but in dance that's based on classical dancing," Green said. "And pretty much everything that's most beautiful about it comes from that."

Hollywood flops on Broadway

Hollywood stars who spent some time on Broadway in the past year didn't do well in the nominations. The list of stars that came up empty include Matthew Morrison, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Larry David, Michael Cera, Ewan McGregor, John Lithgow and Glenn Close.

The only bonafide movie star to land a nomination: Bradley Cooper, for "The Elephant Man." Bill Nighy, perhaps most notable for his role in the holiday favorite, "Love Actually," was nominated for the drama, "Skylight."

Among actresses, Carey Mulligan landed a nomination for her starring role opposite Nighy. And Elisabeth Moss of TV's "Mad Men" was nominated for her role in "The Heidi Chronicles."

Bradley Cooper on The Elephant Man

"There may be a feeling that if you're coming to Broadway and you think you're going to get an award just for showing up, you had better be extraordinary, or you're going to get slapped," Green said. "I don't know how much that really plays into it, but it seems hard to avoid when you look at the list of stars who were not nominated this year."

Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland clips

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein tried to make a go of it with his musical, "Finding Neverland," but despite being a hit with audiences, the show landed zero nominations. While Green says the Tony voting process makes conscious snubs unlikely, this case is a particularly extreme example that may indicate it wasn't just the quality of the show that kept it from getting a nod:

"It does seem hard to explain it without guessing that some people just said big Mr. Movie Guy — who has no leading producer background on Broadway — comes in, made a lot of assumptions about how everybody should bend to his project, and they did not."

For Green, a critic himself, he simply didn't care for the show.

"I don't think [the actors] did give performances that compare with the nominated performances," Green says.

Weinstein responded to the show's lack of nominations, telling several outlets that he believes in "Finding Neverland," as well as taking credit for either co-investing in or co-producing several nominated shows, including "Fun Home."

The 2015 Tony Awards hosts: Kristin Chenoweth & Alan Cumming

The Tonys also announced that Broadway veterans Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming would host this year's show.

The Tony Awards air Sunday, June 7 on CBS.

The full 2015 Tony Awards nominations

Best Play

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Disgraced
• Hand to God
• Wolf Hall Parts One & Two

Best Musical

• An American in Paris
• Fun Home
• Something Rotten!
• Visit

Best Revival of a Play

• The Elephant Man
• Skylight
• This Is Our Youth
• You Can’t Take It with You

Best Revival of a Musical

• The King and I
• On the Town
• On the Twentieth Century

Best Book of a Musical

• An American in Paris — Craig Lucas
• Fun Home — Lisa Kron
• Something Rotten! — Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
• The Visit — Terrence McNally

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Fun Home — Music: Jeanine Tesori/Lyrics: Lisa Kron
• The Last Ship — Music & Lyrics: Sting
• Something Rotten! — Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
• The Visit — Music: John Kander/Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• Steven Boyer, Hand to God
• Bradley Cooper, The Elephant Man
• Ben Miles, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
• Bill Nighy, Skylight
• Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

• Geneva Carr, Hand to God
• Helen Mirren, The Audience
• Elisabeth Moss, The Heidi Chronicles
• Carey Mulligan, Skylight
• Ruth Wilson, Constellations

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 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 Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

• Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
• Leanne Cope, An American in Paris
• Beth Malone, Fun Home
• Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
• Chita Rivera, The Visit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

• Matthew Beard, Skylight
• K. Todd Freeman, Airline Highway
• Richard McCabe, The Audience
• Alessandro Nivola, The Elephant Man
• Nathaniel Parker, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
• Micah Stock, It’s Only a Play

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

• Annaleigh Ashford, You Can’t Take It with You
• Patricia Clarkson, The Elephant Man
• Lydia Leonard, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
• Sarah Stiles, Hand to God
• Julie White, Airline Highway

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

• Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
• Andy Karl, On the Twentieth Century
• Brad Oscar, Something Rotten!
• Brandon Uranowitz, An American in Paris
• Max von Essen, An American in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role 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 

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 Parts One & Two
• 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 Parts One & Two
• 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 Parts One & Two
• 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 Direction of a Play

• Stephen Daldry, Skylight
• Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Scott Ellis, You Can’t Take It with You
• Jeremy Herrin, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
• Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God

Best 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

Best Choreography

• Joshua Bergasse, On the Town
• Christopher Gattelli, The King and I
• Scott Graham & 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

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-Competitive Categories

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

• Tommy Tune 

Special Tony Award

• John Cameron Mitchell 

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

• Stephen Schwartz 

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

• Arnold Abramson
• Adrian Bryan-Brown
• Gene O’Donovan