There aren't many local connections to this year's slate of Tony nominees, led by the Trey Parker and Matt Stone-created Book of Mormon with 14 nods, but local actors, theaters and fans took to Twitter with opinions about the nominations. Here's what the D.C. theater scene thinks.

Howard professor Darius Smith congratulated Howard grad Clinton Roane, who performed in The Scottsboro Boys, which received 12 nominations. The New York Times speculates that the show has made a new record for the most nominations for a production that has closed before the awards show.

D.C. Theatre Scene's Alex Murphy laments:

Lots of folks out there grousing that Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, who is performing in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, wasn't nominated. But even without Harry Potter, there's too much Hollywood starpower in the nominations for local actress Tonya Beckman Ross:

Not so, says the New York Times' Dave Itzkoff:

The Take Three, a local film site, asks a question worthy of 30 Rock:

An Alexandria theater fan provides an hearty endorsement of the quadruple-nominated Catch Me If You Can:

An endorsement of The Motherfucker With the Hat, nominated six times, from local blogger Frank Longo.

And the final word goes to local dramaturg Elissa Goetschius, who swiftly issues praise while declaring mediocrity:

Spider Man, Turn Off the Dark, by the way, was ineligible for any Tony Awards this year because it has not yet officially opened.