Once and Clybourne Park took home top honors at the 66th Annual Tony Awards, hosted, for the third time, by How I Met Your Mother‘s Neil Patrick Harris. Find out who else won below.
Broadway’s biggest night was especially big for Once, which won the most awards of the night, and for Smash‘s Christian Borle, who beat out Andrew Garfield as the best actor in a featured role in a play. The show also featured performances from Ricky Martin in Evita, the companies of The Book of Mormon, Newsies, and Once, and appearances by Matthew Morrison, Nick Jonas, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman and more. Watch Neil Patrick Harris’ opening number below and the rest of Sunday’s performances at BroadwayWorld.com.
Best Play
Clybourne Park – Author: Bruce Norris
Other Desert Cities – Author: Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher – Author: Rick Elice
Venus in Fur – Author: David Ives
Best Musical
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once
Best Book of a Musical
Lysistrata Jones – Douglas Carter Beane
Newsies – Harvey Fierstein
Nice Work If You Can Get It – Joe DiPietro
Once – Enda Walsh
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater
Bonnie & Clyde – Music: Frank Wildhorn, Lyrics: Don Black
Newsies – Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Jack Feldman
One Man, Two Guvnors – Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding
Peter and the Starcatcher – Music: Wayne Barker, Lyrics: Rick Elice
Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
Master Class
Wit
Best Revival of a Musical
Evita
Follies
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones – Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
Frank Langella – Man and Boy
John Lithgow – The Columnist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda – Venus in Fur
Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channing – Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin – The Lyons
Cynthia Nixon – Wit
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein – Follies
Jeremy Jordan – Newsies
Steve Kazee – Once
Norm Lewis – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines – Follies
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jan Maxwell – Follies
Audra McDonald – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti – Once
Kelli O’Hara – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes – Bonnie & Clyde
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Christian Borle – Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Cumpsty – End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden – One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos – Clybourne Park
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Linda Emond – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden – Don’t Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger – Peter and the Starcatcher
Judith Light – Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad – Stick Fly
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Phillip Boykin – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris – Evita
David Alan Grier – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Michael McGrath – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Josh Young – Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Elizabeth A. Davis – Once
Jayne Houdyshell – Follies
Judy Kaye – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Jessie Mueller – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Ghost the Musical
Best Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner – One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon – Clybourne Park
Mike Nichols – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers – Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Direction of a Musical
Jeff Calhoun – Newsies
Kathleen Marshall – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Diane Paulus – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
John Tiffany – Once
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford – Evita
Christopher Gattelli – Newsies
Steven Hoggett – Once
Kathleen Marshall – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Orchestrations
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Martin Lowe – Once
Danny Troob – Newsies
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty – Other Desert Cities
Daniel Ostling – Clybourne Park
Mark Thompson – One Man, Two Guvnors
Donyale Werle – Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley – Once
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll – Ghost the Musical
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel – Newsies
George Tsypin – Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Best Costume Design of a Play
William Ivey Long – Don’t Dress for Dinner
Paul Tazewell – A Streetcar Named Desire
Mark Thompson – One Man, Two Guvnors
Paloma Young – Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes – Follies
E Sosa – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Eiko Ishioka – Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Martin Pakledinaz – Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jeff Croiter – Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter Kaczorowski – The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner – Other Desert Cities
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Christopher Akerlind – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz – Follies
Natasha Katz – Once
Hugh Vanstone – Ghost the Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti – One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer – Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen – End of the Rainbow
Darron L West – Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Clive Goodwin – Once
Kai Harada – Follies
Brian Ronan – Nice Work If You Can Get It
SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Emanuel Azenberg
REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Bernadette Peters
SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Actors’ Equity Association
Hugh Jackman
TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors
We want to hear your thoughts on this topic!
Write a comment below or submit an article to Hypable.