Photo Coverage: Meet the 2017 Tony Nominees - THE LITTLE FOXES' Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney

On May 3, the 2017 Tony nominees flocked to the Sofitel New York, where they met with the press for the first time since getting the big news. BroadwayWorld will continue bringing you coverage from the epic day over the next month, but for now, check out photos of Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading and Featured Role in a Play nominees for The Little Foxes - Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney - as captured by Walter McBride!

Four-time Tony nominee Laura Linney has appeared on Broadway in Time Stands Still, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Sight Unseen, The Crucible, Uncle Vanya, Honour, Holiday, The Seagull, and Six Degrees of Separation. Among her television credits are "The Big C" (Emmy and Golden Globe), "John Adams" (SAG, Golden Globe, Emmy), "Frasier" (Emmy), "Wild Iris" (Emmy), all three "Tales of the City," and "The Laramie Project." Her big screen appearances include Nocturnal Animals, The Savages (Oscar nomination), Kinsey (Oscar nomination), You Can Count on Me (Oscar nomination), Love Actually, The Truman Show, and coming up, The Dinner.

Cynthia Nixon is a Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning actress who has been acting professionally since the age of 12. She is best recognized from the "Sex and the City" TV series and movies but has appeared in over 40 plays, a dozen of them on Broadway, including Rabbit Hole and Wit at MTC. Recent onscreen roles include Gail in Josh Mond's James White, Nancy Reagan in Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Reagan" and Emily Dickinson in Terrence Davies' A Quiet Passion. In the last few years she has directed Rasheeda Speaking and Steve, both for The New Group, and developed and directed Staceyann Chin's one-woman play MotherStruck for Culture Project.

The American Theatre Wing's 71st Annual Tony Awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 11, 2017 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT), hosted by Tony winner Kevin Spacey.

For the full list of nominees, click here!

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Laura Linney