Tony Awards Nominations Embrace Celebrities, Works Inspired by Films

Hollywood and Broadway are worlds apart, but they collided Tuesday at the Tony Awards Nominations Ceremony.

As actors Lucy Liu and Jonathan Groff revealed the list of nominees — at one point interrupted onstage by a surprise appearance from Wolverine star and Tony Awards host Hugh Jackman (watch below) — it easy to see Hollywood's impact on the talented Broadway scene.

Movies inspired at least three nominees — Rocky, Aladdin and Bullets Over Broadway — when historically,  musicals or plays are the impetus for films, not the other way around. Read more...