The Great White Way is turning purple.

The Color Purple, better known as the show that Oprah made, nabbed 11 Tony nominations Tuesday, including Best Musical, Original Score and Best Actress, making the Winfrey-endorsed show second only to The Drowsy Chaperone's leading 13 nods.

Not bad for a first-time producer.

The musical, based Alice Walker's novel, was a surprising standout nominee as, despite being a box office star, it was far from a critical darling. But at least in that regard, Winfrey has some A-list company.

Julia Roberts, the daytime hostess' BFF--second only to Gayle, of course, and maybe John Travolta--was on the receiving end of brutal critiques last month for her Broadway debut in the universally panned play Three Days of Rain. Unsurprisingly, Tony did not come calling, despite the fact that a nomination for the Oscar-winner would have all but guaranteed her press-boosting presence at the sometimes ignored awards show.

But Howard Sherman, executive director of the American Theater Wing, the group that founded the Tony Awards, said the public shouldn't take Roberts', or any actor's snub, as a dig at their talent.

"It's always a shame when good work can't be recognized," he told Reuters. "But that unfortunately is the nature of an awards process."

Previous Tony winners Phylicia Rashad, Natasha Richardson and Liev Schreiber announced the nominees at Lincoln Center Tuesday morning, a fitting trifecta given the Hollywood-heavy nominees.

The Wedding Singer, the 1980s-set show based on the Adam Sandler movie, nabbed a Best Musical nomination, while perennial song and dance man Harry Connick Jr. earned a Best Actor nomination for his turn in the nine-time nominated revival The Pajama Game.

Another revival, Clifford Obets' Awake and Sing!, racked up eight nominations, including Best Revival of a Play and nods for each of its three actors, including Mark Ruffalo.

As for Best Actress in a Play, Cynthia Nixon's performance in Rabbit Hole goes up against theater favorite Kate Burton and veteran thesp Lynn Redgrave from the period piece The Constant Wife.

The Best Actor in a Play category also got its share of Tinseltown heavyweights, with Shining City's Oliver Platt and Faith Healer's Ralph Fiennes pitted against each other.

Of course, a marquee name wasn't a requisite for nominations. The Drowsy Chaperone racked up the most of any nominee and is widely expected to be the big winner at this year's awards. The show was a sleeper hit, a 1920s-set musical centering on a die-hard musical theater fan whose favorite show comes to life.

Jersey Boys, the behind-the-scenes story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, was a breakout audience favorite and racked up eight nominations of its own.

As for non-musical theater, Awake and Sing!, the revival following a Bronx family during the Depression, nabbed the most nominations with eight.

The ceremony takes place at Radio City Music Hall on June 11 and airs on CBS.

The complete list of nominees:

BEST MUSICAL: The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Wedding Singer

BEST PLAY: The History Boys The Lieutenant of Inishmore Rabbit Hole Shining City

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL: The Pajama Game Sweeney Todd The Threepenny Opera

BEST PLAY REVIVAL: Awake and Sing! The Constant Wife Edward Albee's Seascape Faith Healer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR, MUSICAL: Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd Harry Connick Jr., The Pajama Game Stephen Lynch, The Wedding Singer Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS, MUSICAL: Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone LaChanze, The Color Purple Patti Lupone, Sweeney Todd Kelli O'Hara, The Pajama Game Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR, PLAY: Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer Richard Griffiths, The History Boys Zeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Oliver Platt, Shining City David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS, PLAY: Kate Burton, The Constant Wife Judy Kaye, Souvenir Lisa Kron, Well Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR, MUSICAL: Danny Burnstein, The Drowsy Chaperone Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS, MUSICAL: Carolee Carmello, Lestat Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR, PLAY: Samuel Barnett, The History Boys Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing! Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS, PLAY: Tyne Daly, Rabbit Hole Frances De La Tour, The History Boys Jayne Houdyshell, Well Alison Pill, The Lieutenant of Inishmore Zoe Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!

BEST DIRECTOR, MUSICAL: John Doyle, Sweeney Todd Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST DIRECTOR, PLAY: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing! Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: The Wedding Singer The Color Purple The Pajama Game The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST SCORE: The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone The Wedding Singer The Woman in White

BEST BOOK: The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone Jersey Boys The Wedding Singer

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS: The Drowsy Chaperone The Pajama Game Jersey Boys Sweeney Todd

REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD: Intiman Theater, Seattle