Stephen Schwartz's musical Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, were named Best Revival of a Musical and Best Revival of a Play, respectively.
The 67th Annual Tony Awards, which celebrated the best of the 2012-13 Broadway season, were hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and held at Radio City Music Hall.
Kinky Boots was the big winner of the evening, earning six awards — including Best Musical — the most of any production of the season. Its leading actor, Billy Porter, won his first Tony Award for his role as Lola. In an emotional acceptance speech, Porter thanked the musical's creators for "creating the template that allows me to express the journey of forgiveness and acceptance and ultimately a necessary healing for my soul."
Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, re-imagined the 1972 musical about the young prince searching for meaning in his life by staging it as taking place within a circus. Paulus collaborated with Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main to create the high-flying show. Pippin won a total of four Tony Awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role, which went to Patina Miller for the part of Leading Player. Miller said winning the award was "a childhood dream come true."
Christopher Durang took home a Tony Award for his comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which follows a trio of siblings named after Chekhov characters who are facing the trials of aging. This is Durang's first Tony Award. The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was honored for Best Revival of a Play as well as Best Director (Pam MacKinnon) and Best Actor (Tracy Letts). In her acceptance speech, MacKinnon thanked Albee for "giving my career a shape and spine," and her agent for suggesting she and Albee have lunch 13 years ago.
The complete list of Tony nominations follows (winners names are in bold preceded by an asterisk).
Best Musical
Bring It On: The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
*Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Best Revival of a Musical
Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
*Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello, Scandalous
Valisia LeKae, Motown The Musical
*Patina Miller, Pippin
Laura Osnes, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place
Amy Morton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor, Ann
*Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tom Hanks, Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane, The Nance
*Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge, Orphans
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Bertie Carvel, Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Rob McClure, Chaplin
*Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Stark Sands, Kinky Boots
Best Lighting Design of a Play
*Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
Donald Holder, Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton, The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman, The Nance
Best Revival of a Play
Golden Boy
Orphans
The Trip to Bountiful
*Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kenneth Posner, Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner, Pippin
Kenneth Posner, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
*Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
Best Play
The Assembled Parties
Author: Richard Greenberg
Lucky Guy
Author: Nora Ephron
The Testament of Mary
Author: Colm Toíbín
*Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Author: Christopher Durang
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
*Andrea Martin, Pippin
Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward, Matilda The Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
*Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask, Pippin
David Rockwell, Kinky Boots
Best Scenic Design of a Play
*John Lee Beatty, The Nance
Santo Loquasto, The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell, Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan, Golden Boy
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Hands on a Hardbody
Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
Lyrics: Amanda Green
*Kinky Boots
Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical
Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical
*Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Chet Walker, Pippin
Best Direction of a Play
*Pam MacKinnon, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy
Best Direction of a Musical
Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
*Diane Paulus, Pippin
Matthew Warchus, Matilda The Musical
Best Book of a Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Joseph Robinette
Kinky Boots
Harvey Fierstein
*Matilda The Musical
Dennis Kelly
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Douglas Carter Beane
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Charl Brown, Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine, Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
*Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann, Pippin
Best Sound Design of a Play
John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier, The Testament of Mary
*Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, Golden Boy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Carrie Coon, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey, The Heiress
*Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm, Pippin
Peter Hylenski, Motown The Musical
*John Shivers, Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Orchestrations
Chris Nightingale, Matilda The Musical
*Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, Motown The Musical
Danny Troob, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots
Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux, Pippin
*William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Costume Design of a Play
Soutra Gilmour, Cyrano de Bergerac
*Ann Roth, The Nance
Albert Wolsky, The Heiress
Catherine Zuber, Golden Boy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Danny Burstein, Golden Boy
Richard Kind, The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy
*Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy
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Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee
Regional Theatre Award
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Larry Kramer
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Career Transition For Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway - Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro
The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and The American Theater Wing.
For more information visit TonyAwards.com.
Tony Wins by Production
Kinky Boots - 6
Matilda The Musical - 4
Pippin - 4
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 3
The Nance - 3
Lucky Guy - 2
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - 1
Cinderella - 1
The Assembled Parties - 1
The Trip to Bountiful - 1
