The stage adaptation of Schmigadoon! picked up 12 Tony nominations, tying for the most this year and putting Sara Chase in line for her first Tony nod for playing Melissa Gimble, the Broadway-loving OB-GYN at the center of the musical.

The timing matters because the nominations were announced for the 79th annual Tony Awards, and the show’s total leaves it in a dead heat at the top of a crowded Broadway field. The Lost Boys also matched that mark with 12 nominations, adding another twist to a race that was already tight before the ballots were counted.

Chase was not the only name from the show drawing attention. Cinco Paul was nominated for best book of a musical and best original score, while Scott Pask and Donald Holder were also among the nominees tied to Schmigadoon!. Holder’s nomination carried extra weight because he was also recognized this year for Ragtime.

Six of the show’s nominees have local connections, a detail that gives the Broadway tally a New England edge. Mike Morris attended Berklee College of Music, Walter Trarbach went to Boston University, and the list also includes other ties through Yale, Harvard, Wesleyan University, Boston College and the University of Maine.

That regional thread runs through a larger Broadway season that has sent familiar names from the Northeast into major categories. Nicholas Christopher earned a nomination for best actor in a musical for playing Anatoly Sergievsky in the Broadway revival of Chess, which premiered in November, while Rachel Dratch was nominated for best featured actress in a musical for playing the narrator in Cats: The Jellicle Ball.

The numbers put Schmigadoon! at the front of this year’s Tony race, but not alone there, and that is what makes the tally notable. The unanswered question now is which of its 12 nods will translate into trophies when the 79th annual Tony Awards are handed out.