It’s Producers vs. Strippers at the Tonys

“The Producers,” Mel Brooks’ raucous glance at old-time Broadway, produced big-time in Broadway’s Tony Award nominations, grabbing 15 nods, more than any other show in Tony history.

The nominations were announced Monday at a ceremony at Sardi’s restaurant in Manhattan.

Brooks was honored for both his score and, with Thomas Meehan, his book.

“The Full Monty” garnered 10 nominations, placing second in overall totals, closely followed by a revival of another Broadway show about Broadway, “42nd Street,” with nine. “The Full Monty” premiered last year at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, whose artistic director, Jack O’Brien, received nominations in two categories: for directing the musical “The Full Monty” and the play “The Invention of Love.”

Leading the pack of nonmusical nominees, with six nods each, were David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Proof” and August Wilson’s “King Hedley II,” which played the Mark Taper Forum last year.

Four shows garnered five nominations each: “The Invention of Love,” “A Class Act,” “Follies” and “Jane Eyre,” which played La Jolla Playhouse in 1999.

The awards will be presented June 3. The nominees:

Play: “The Invention of Love,” by Tom Stoppard; “King Hedley II,” by August Wilson; “Proof,” by David Auburn; “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” by Charles Busch

Musical: “A Class Act,” “The Full Monty,” “Jane Eyre,” “The Producers”

Book of a Musical: Linda Kline and Lonny Price, “A Class Act”; Terrence McNally, “The Full Monty”; John Caird, “Jane Eyre”; Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, “The Producers”

Original Score: Edward Kleban, “A Class Act”; David Yazbek, “The Full Monty”; Paul Gordon and John Caird, “Jane Eyre”; Mel Brooks, “The Producers”

Revival of a Play: “Betrayal,” “The Best Man,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe”

Revival of a Musical: “Bells Are Ringing,” “Follies,” “42nd Street,” “The Rocky Horror Show”

Director/Play: Marion McClinton, “King Hedley II”; Ian McElhinney, “Stones in His Pockets”; Jack O’Brien, “The Invention of Love”; Daniel Sullivan, “Proof”

Director/Musical: Christopher Ashley, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Mark Bramble, “42nd Street”; Jack O’Brien, “The Full Monty”; Susan Stroman, “The Producers”

Leading Actor/Play: Sean Campion, “Stones in His Pockets”; Richard Easton, “The Invention of Love”; Conleth Hill, “Stones in His Pockets”; Brian Stokes Mitchell, “King Hedley II”; Gary Sinise, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

Leading Actress/Play: Juliette Binoche, “Betrayal”; Linda Lavin, “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife”; Mary-Louise Parker, “Proof”; Jean Smart, “The Man Who Came to Dinner”; Leslie Uggams, “King Hedley II”

Leading Actor/Musical: Matthew Broderick, “The Producers,” Kevin Chamberlin, “Seussical”; Tom Hewitt, “The Rocky Horror Show”; Nathan Lane, “The Producers,” Patrick Wilson, “The Full Monty”

Leading Actress/Musical: Blythe Danner, “Follies”; Christine Ebersole, “42nd Street”; Randy Graff, “A Class Act”; Faith Prince, “Bells Are Ringing”; Marla Schaffel, “Jane Eyre”

Featured Actor/Play: Charles Brown, “King Hedley II”; Larry Bryggman, “Proof”; Michael Hayden, “Judgment at Nuremberg”; Robert Sean Leonard, “The Invention of Love”; Ben Shenkman, “Proof”

Featured Actress/Play: Viola Davis, “King Hedley II”; Johanna Day, “Proof”; Penny Fuller, “The Dinner Party”; Marthe Keller, “Judgment at Nuremberg”; Michele Lee, “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife”

Featured Actor/Musical: Roger Bart, “The Producers”; Gary Beach, “The Producers”; John Ellison Conlee, “The Full Monty”; Andre De Shields, “The Full Monty”; Brad Oscar, “The Producers”

Featured Actress/Musical: Polly Bergen, “Follies”; Kathleen Freeman, “The Full Monty”; Cady Huffman, “The Producers”; Kate Levering, “42nd Street”; Mary Testa, “42nd Street”

Scenic Design: Bob Crowley, “The Invention of Love”; Heidi Ettinger, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”; Douglas W. Schmidt, “42nd Street”; Robin Wagner, “The Producers”

Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge, “Follies”; Roger Kirk, “42nd Street”; William Ivey Long, “The Producers”; David C. Woolard, “The Rocky Horror Show”

Lighting Design: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “Jane Eyre”; Paul Gallo, “42nd Street”; Peter Kaczorowski, “The Producers”; Kenneth Posner, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

Choreography: Jerry Mitchell, “The Full Monty”; Jim Moore, George Pinney and John Vanderkloff, “Blast!”; Randy Skinner, “42nd Street”; Susan Stroman, “The Producers”

Orchestrations: Doug Besterman, “The Producers”; Larry Hochman, “A Class Act”; Jonathan Tunick, “Follies”; Harold Wheeler, “The Full Monty”

Special Theatrical Event: a Tony Award to “Blast!”

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement: musical director Paul Gemignani

Regional Theatre Tony Award: Victory Gardens Theater of Chicago

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Betty Corwin and the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center; New Dramatists; Theatre World