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'Hadestown' Leads Tony Award Nominations With 14 Nods

Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada with cast during a preview of "Hadestown" at the Walter Kerr Theatre on March 18, 2019 in New York City.
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By Associated Press

April 30, 2019 at 5:04 AM UTC

Updated on

April 30, 2019 at 8:38 PM UTC

New York (AP) -- "Hadestown," singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell's Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical "Ain't Too Proud," built around songs by the Temptations, which received a dozen nominations.

The musical "Hadestown," which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, bested more familiar names, including stage adaptations of the hit movies "Tootsie" and "Beetlejuice," which both also got best musical nods. The giddy, heartwarming "The Prom" rounds out the best new musical category.