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Jane Lynch, Elaine Stritch, Alec Baldwin, and Many More Broadway Stars Top the List of Emmy Nominees

Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Emmy Award nominations announcement ceremony this morning, where a number of theater vets received nods.

Left to right: 2013 Emmy Award nominees Elaine Stritch, Jane Lynch, and Alec Baldwin.
Left to right: 2013 Emmy Award nominees Elaine Stritch, Jane Lynch, and Alec Baldwin.
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The nominees for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning at a ceremony hosted by Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul and none other than Tony host extraordinaire, Neil Patrick Harris, who also plans to host the Emmy Awards ceremony on September 22. The list of nominees included several veterans from this past Broadway season, including Al Pacino (Glengarry Glen Ross), Emilia Clarke (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) Sigourney Weaver (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Alec Baldwin (Orphans), and Jim Parsons (Harvey), as well as Bobby Cannavale (The Big Knife) and Nathan Lane (The Nance), both of whom picked up two nominations. Jane Lynch, who just concluded her run as Miss Hannigan in the Broadway production of Annie, is also among the nominees, along with a number of other Broadway, off-Broadway, and West End veterans (not to mention the three nods that went to this year’s Tony Awards ceremony).

Below is the complete list of theater folk in Emmy contention, along with their most notable stage credits:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” (the upcoming All The Way)
Damian Lewis, “Homeland” (Into the Woods)
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom” (God of Carnage)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey” (Pygmalion)
Claire Danes, “Homeland” (Pygmalion)
Kerry Washington, “Scandal” (Race)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Bobby Cannavale, “Boardwalk Empire” (The Big Knife)
Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland” (Sunday in the Park With George)
Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” (Richard III)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey” (Lettice and Lovage)
Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones” (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife” (Boeing, Boeing)
Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad” (Time Stands Still)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” (Harvey)
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (Orphans)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” (The Madrid)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Driver, “Girls” (Look Back in Anger)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family” (The Comedy of Errors)
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” (Show People)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Lynch, “Glee” (Annie)
Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie” (Uncle Vanya)
Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock” (Nine)
Anna Chlumsky, “Veep” (3C)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Al Pacino, “Phil Spector” (Glengarry Glen Ross)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (The Glass Menagerie)
Laura Linney, “The Big C: Hereafter” (Time Stands Still)
Helen Mirren, “Phil Spector” (The Audience)
Sigourney Weaver, “Political Animals” (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)
Elisabeth Moss, “Top of the Lake” (Speed-the-Plow)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
James Cromwell, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (Hamlet)
Zachary Quinto, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (The Glass Menagerie)
John Benjamin Hickey, “The Big C” (The Normal Heart)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (Talley’s Folly)
Imelda Staunton, “The Girl” (Sweeney Todd)
Ellen Burstyn, “Political Animals” (The Atmosphere of Memory)
Alfre Woodard,” Steel Magnolias” (Drowning Crow)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Nathan Lane, “The Good Wife” (The Nance)
Robert Morse, “Mad Men” (How to Succeed…)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Margo Martindale, “The Americans” (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Carrie Preston, “The Good Wife” (Festen)
Jane Fonda, “The Newsroom” (33 Variations)
Diana Rigg, “Game of Thrones” (Pygmalion)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Nathan Lane, “Modern Family” (The Addams Family)
Bobby Cannavale, “Nurse Jackie” (The Motherf**ker with the Hat)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Molly Shannon, “Enlightened” (Promises, Promises)
Melissa Leo, “Louie” (The Distance From Here)
Elaine Stritch, “30 Rock” (A Little Night Music)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie
Tom Stoppard, “Parade’s End” (The Coast of Utopia)
Richard LaGravenese, “Behind the Candelabra” (The Last Five Years)
David Mamet, “Phil Spector” (Glengarry Glen Ross)

Outstanding Special Class Programs
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Live From Lincoln Center) • PBS • A Lincoln Center Media production

“66th Annual Tony Awards” • CBS • White Cherry Entertainment in association with Tony Award Productions

Outstanding Choreography
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel(Live From Lincoln Center) • PBS • A Lincoln Center Media production
Warren Carlyle, Choreographer

Outstanding Music Direction
“Christmas In Washington” • TNT • New Liberty Productions and The Stevens Co.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel (Live From Lincoln Center) • PBS • A Lincoln Center Media production
Rob Fisher, Music Director

“66th Annual Tony Awards” • CBS • White Cherry Entertainment in association with Tony Award Productions
Elliot Lawrence, Music Director

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
“The Neighbors” • Sing Like A Larry Bird / Song Title: More Or Less The Kind Of Thing You May Or May Not Possibly See On Broadway • ABC • ABC Studios
Alan Menken, music
Glenn Slater, lyrics

“Smash” • The Parents / Song Title: Hang The Moon • NBC • Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television
Marc Shaiman, music and lyrics
Scott Wittman, lyrics

“Smash” • The Bells And Whistles / Song Title: I Hear Your Voice In A Dream • NBC • Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television
Andrew McMahon, music and lyrics

“66th Annual Tony Awards” • Song Title: If I Had Time • CBS • White Cherry
Entertainment in association with Tony Award Productions
Adam Schlesinger, lyrics
David Javerbaum, music

Outstanding Art Direction For Variety Or Nonfiction Programming
The Oscars – Derek McLane, Production Designer

For a complete list of Emmy nominees, click here.