Smith said its report was accurate and did not provide further details. The four principal actresses -- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon -- will reprise their roles.

"I'm really naughty -- I've talked of taking the Broadway out of Broadway. " Cynthia Nixon won the best actress-play prize for her performance in "Rabbit Hole," portraying a mother whose young son dies in an auto accident.

"The Wedding Singer" a celebration of the 1980s and based on the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore movie, will compete for best musical. The actor-play candidates included Ralph Fiennes who plays the title character in Brian Friel's "Faith Healer," and Richard Griffiths, a beloved teacher in "The History Boys," while among the actress-play hopefuls were Cynthia Nixon , the distraught mother in "Rabbit Hole," Judy Kaye in "Souvenir," and Kate Burton in "The Constant Wife.