An American in Paris, Fun Home top this year's list of Tony nominees

At a press conference this morning, actors Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker unveiled the nominees for the 69th annual Tony Awards, which honors the best of Broadway theater.

This year's top nominees are the musical An American in Paris, based on the 1951 Gene Kelly movie of the same name, and Fun Home, a musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic novel memoir. Both plays earned a total of 12 nominations, including Best Musical. Other top nominees include Something Rotten! (10 nominations), The King and I (9 nominations), and Wolf Hall Parts One and Two (8 nominations).

This year's acting categories feature a number of well-known nominees, including Bradley Cooper (The Elephant Man), Helen Mirren (The Audience), and Elisabeth Moss (The Heidi Chronicles).

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Willis and Parker concluded the press conference by announcing this year's Tony hosts: Alan Cumming and Kristen Chenoweth, who is also nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for On the Twentieth Century.

The Tony Awards will air on CBS on June 7. For a full list of nominees, click over to the officials Tony Awards website.