2012 Tony nominations: The 8 biggest snubs and surprises

The charming, barebones musical Once scores 11 nods, while the $75-million catastrophe Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark receives only two

A mere two Tony nods for "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" may do little to bolster its prospects after a controversial and expensive year on Broadway.
(Image credit: Facebook/Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark/Jacob Cohl)

The 2012 Tony Awards nominations were announced Tuesday morning, feting the best productions and performances on Broadway from the past year. The big winner is the new musical Once, adapted from a 2006 indie film about the fleeting romance between a pair of musicians in Dublin, and scoring a leading 11 nominations, including for Best Musical. Also racking up major nods: The Phillip Seymour Hoffman-led revival of Death of a Salesman, the smash new stage adaptation of the Disney musical Newsies, and stars like James Earl Jones, Cynthia Nixon, and Andrew Garfield. (See all the nominees here.) A closer look at the biggest snubs and surprises:

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