Sunday, June 12, 2011

2011 Awards Season: Tony Award Winners

Winners of the 65th Annual Tony Awards were announced tonight, in a ceremony broadcast live on CBS from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. New Musical The Book of Mormon was the night's big winner, taking home nine awards including Best Musical. Other productions with multiple wins included Best Play War Horse (with five), Best Play Revival The Normal Heart (with three) and Best Musical Revival Anything Goes (also with three). Here are the winners:

Best Musical: The Book of Mormon

Best Play: War Horse

Best Musical Revival: Anything Goes

Best Play Revival: The Normal Heart

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Frances McDormand, Good People

Best Book of a Musical: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon

Best Original Score: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart

Best Director of a Musical: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon

Best Director of a Play: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse

Best Choreography: Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes

Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon

Best Scenic Design of a Play: Rae Smith, War Horse

Best Costume Design of a Musical: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Costume Design of a Play: Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon

Best Lighting Design of a Play: Paule Constable, War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play: Christopher Shutt, War Horse

Best Orchestrations: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon

For more information, be sure to visit the official Tony Awards website and this Playbill.com article on last night's festivities. Also, check out Broadway.com's vast coverage of Broadway's biggest night. And stay tuned for a post on my thoughts on the CBS telecast!

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