The productions of Death and Harry Houdini, from The House Theatre of Chicago, Follies, from Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Invisible Man -- from Court Theatre in association with Christopher McElroen Productions -- lead the field, with seven nominations apiece.

A list of nominees follows:

PRODUCTION OF A PLAY, LARGE
Angels in America, Parts One and Two
The Convert
Elizabeth Rex
The Iceman Cometh
In the Next Room or the vibrator Play
Invisible Man
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
Oedipus el Rey

PRODUCTION OF A PLAY, MIDSIZE
Blizzard '67
Chesapeake
Death and Harry Houdini
Disgraced
Enron
Fish Men
Freud's Last Session
Immediate Family
The Pitmen Painters

PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL, LARGE
Eastland: A New Musical
Follies
Hairspray
A Little Night Music
The Pirates of Penzance
The Sound of Music
Sweeney Todd

PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL, MIDSIZE
A Catered Affair
The Christmas Schooner A Musical
The Doyle & Debbie Show
Rent

PRODUCTION OF A REVUE
Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together
We're All in This Room Together

DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nathan Allen - Death and Harry Houdini
J. Nicole Brooks - Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
Robert Falls - The Ice Man Cometh
BJ Jones - The Pitmen Painters
Christopher McElroen - Invisible Man
Amy Morton - Clybourne Park Charles Newell - An Iliad
Ron OJ Parson - The Caretaker
Sandy Shinner - In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Chay Yew - Oedipus el Rey

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
William Brown - A Little Night Music
Amanda Dehnert - Eastland: A New Musical
Gary Griffin - Follies
Tammy Mader - Hairspray
Dominic Missimi - The Pirates of Penzance
Rachel Rockwell - The Sound of Music
Rachel Rockwell - Sweeney Todd

ENSEMBLE
Ameriville by Universes
Clybourne Park
The Iceman Cometh
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
The Pitmen Painters

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE, PLAY
Usman Ally - Disgraced
Teagle F. Bougere - Invisible Man
William J. Norris - The Caretaker
Martin Rayner - Freud's Last Session
Steven Sutcliffe - Elizabeth Rex
Larry Yando - Angels in America, Parts One and Two

ACTOR IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE, MUSICAL
Adrian Aguilar - tick...tick...BOOM!
Bruce Arntson - The Doyle & Debbie Show
Clarke Hallum - A Christmas Story, The Musical!
Andrew Lupp - Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical
Kelvin Roston, Jr. - The Jackie Wilson Story
Rashawn Thompson - The Marvin Gaye Story

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE, PLAY
Pascale Armand - The Convert
Janet Ulrich Brooks - A Walk in the Woods
Kate Buddeke - The North Plan
Diane D'Aquila - Elizabeth Rex
Kate Fry - In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Lia Mortensen - Ten Chimneys
Kelli Simpkins - The Kid Thing

ACTRESS IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE, MUSICAL
Jennifer Blood - The Sound of Music
Lillian Castillo - Hairspray
Shannon Cochran - A Little Night Music
Rebecca Finnegan - A Catered Affair
Jenny Littleton - The Doyle & Debbie Show
Liz McCartney - Sweeney Todd
Caroline O'Connor - Follies

ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN A REVUE
Edgar Blackmon - Who Do We Think We Are?
McKinley Carter - Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together
Mike Krosinski - Who Do We Think We Are?
Adam Pelty - Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together

SOLO PERFORMANCE
Greg Matthew Anderson - Chesapeake
Timothy Edward Kane - An Iliad
Deborah Staples - The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, PLAY
Brad Armacost - A Moon for the Misbegotten
Ian Barford - The March
Brian Dennehy - The Iceman Cometh
Alex Goodrich - The Foreigner
Harry Groener - The March
Ron Orbach - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dan Waller - The Pitmen Painters
Howard Witt - Fish Men

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, MUSICAL
Brandon Dahlquist - A Little Night Music
Alex Goodrich - HERO the Musical
Kevin Earley - The Pirates of Penzance
Ross Lehman - The Pirates of Penzance
Michael Aaron Lindner - Hairspray
Rod Thomas - Little Shop of Horrors

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, PLAY
Cheryl Lynn Bruce - The Convert
Hannah Gomez - Crooked
Patrese D. McClain - Spunk
Polly Noonan - In the Next Room or the vibrator play
MaryAnn Thebus - After the Revolution
Kristina Valada-Viars - Time Stands Still
Natalie West - The Butcher of Baraboo

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, MUSICAL
Dara Cameron - HERO the Musical
Patti Cohenour - The Sound of Music
Hollis Resnik - Follies
Alene Robertson - Irving Berlin's White Christmas the Musical
Christine Sherrill - Legally Blonde the Musical

NEW WORK, PLAY OR MUSICAL
Ayad Akhtar - Disgrace
John Conroy - My Kind of Town
Sarah Gubbins - The Kid Thing
Andrew Hinderaker - I Am Going to Change the World
Jon Steinhagen - Blizzard '67
Aaron Thielen and Michael Mahle - HERO the Musical
Andrew White, Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman - Eastland: A New Musical

NEW ADAPTATION, PLAY
Calixto Bieito and Marc Rosich - Camino Real
Frank Galati - The March
Oren Jacoby - Invisible Man
Tracy Letts - Three Sisters
Jessica Thebus and Frank Maugeri - The Feast: an intimate Tempest

CHOREOGRAPHY
Tammy Mader - Hairspray
Matt Raftery - The Pirates of Penzance
Jessica Redish - Pippin
Marc Robin - Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical
Alex Sanchez - "Follies

ORIGINAL INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Jenny Giering - Elizabeth Rex
Andrew Hansen - A Walk in the Woods
Lindsay Jones - Timon of Athens
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Kevin O'Donnell - Death and Harry Houdini
David Singer - Three Sisters

MUSIC DIRECTION
Austin Cook - Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together
Roberta Duchak - The Sound of Music
Roberta Duchak - Sweeney Todd
Brad Haak - Follies
Valerie Maze - A Little Night Music
Robert Reddrick - The Marvin Gaye Story (Don't Talk about My Father Because God is My Friend)

SCENIC DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Ira Amyx and Merje Veski - A Moon for the Misbegotten
John Iacovelli - Immediate Family
Jack Magaw - Disgraced
Brian Prather - Freud's Last Session
Chelsea M. Warren - The Kid Thing

SCENIC DESIGN - LARGE
Kevin Depinet - The Iceman Cometh
Troy Hourie - Invisible Man
Jack Magaw - The Caretaker
Jack Magaw - In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Dan Ostling - Eastland: A New Musical
Todd Rosenthal - Clybourne Park
Todd Rosenthal - An Iliad
Todd Rosenthal - Red
Walt Spangler - Time Stands Still

LIGHTING DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Jesse Klug - The Amish Project
Jesse Klug - Fish Men
JR Lederle - Chesapeake
Michael McNamara - The Turn of the Screw
Ben Wilhelm - Death and Harry Houdini

LIGHTING DESIGN - LARGE
John Culbert - Invisible Man
James F. Ingalls - Camino Real
Natasha Katz - The Iceman Cometh
Jesse Klug - Sweeney Todd
Keith Parham - Red

COSTUME DESIGN - MIDSIZE
David Hyman - Rent
Branimira Ivanova - Cloud 9
Lee Keenan - Death and Harry Houdini
Kate Murphy - Absolute Hell
Michael Alan Stein - The Nativity

COSTUME DESIGN - LARGE
Jacqueline Firkins - In the Next Room or the vibrator play
Rachel Anne Healy - A Little Night Music
Virgil C. Johnson - Follies
Nancy Missimi - The Pirates of Penzance
Nancy Missimi - Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical

SOUND DESIGN - MIDSIZE
Victoria DeIorio - Falling: A Wake
Mikhail Fiksel - Fish Men
Christopher Kriz - The Turn of the Screw
Kevin O'Donnell and Harrison Adams - Death and Harry Houdini
Rick Sims - Chesapeake

SOUND DESIGN - LARGE
Mikhail Fiksel - Oedipus el Rey
Joshua Horvath and Kevin O'Donnell - Angels in America, Parts One and Two
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen - The 39 Steps
Andre Pluess - An Iliad
Josh Schmidt - The March

PROJECTIONS / MEDIA DESIGN
Maya Ciarrocchi - Crowns
Seth Henrikson & Oddmachine - Megacosm
Alex Koch - Invisible Man
Mike Tutaj - I Am Going to Change the World
Mike Tutaj - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mike Tutaj - A Walk in the Woods

ARTISTIC SPECIALIZATION
Kurt Alger - Wig Design - Hairspray
Jesse Mooney-Bullock - 3D Puppetry Design - The Feast: an intimate Tempest
Melissa Veal - Wig and Make-up Design - Elizabeth Rex
Dennis Watkins - Magic Designer - Death and Harry Houdini