s at the lincoln center, the home of the knowny nominees. erica. >> you did not abandon us. >> weapolcome to the nominationf the 2012 tony awards at lincoln center. making today's announcements are tony and emmyand the star of "the big bang theory" and the star of the new broad way "harvey," jim parsons. >>> thank you, erica. jim and i are very excited to be here this morning. i know what it's like to get up and wait for your name to be called and wait and wait. let's go. the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role in play are james cordon, "one man, two governors", philip seymour hoffman, arthur miller's death of a salesman. james earl jones. frank angel karks man and boy and john, the columnist. in nominees for best performance by an actress in a play are -- tracy bennett, end of the rainbow, stock ard channing, vin, the lion, cynthia nixon, wit. >>> the best performance of an actor in a leading role in a musical are danny bernstein, jeremy, steve, once, norm lewis, the gesh win's pore guy and burres and ron rain's follies. the nominees for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical are james maxwell, followies, kristin, kelly o'hare ya, nice work if y