Jun 10, 2012
"Once" was the big winner at the 66th Annual Tony Awards, taking home eight awards including best musical.
The ceremony was held at the Beacon Theatre in New York and was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
2012 Tony Award Nominees
| Tony Award: Best Musical | |
| Once | |
| Other Nominees: Leap Of Faith; Newsies; Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Tony Award: Best Play | |
| Clybourne Park | |
| Other Nominees: Other Desert Cities; Peter and the Starcatcher; Venus In Fur | |
| Tony Award: Best Book of a Musical | |
| Once | |
| Enda Walsh | |
| Other Nominees: Lysistrata Jones; Newsies; Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Tony Award: Best Original Score | |
| Newsies | |
| Alan Menken; Jack Feldman | |
| Other Nominees: Bonnie & Clyde; One Man Two Guvnors; Peter and the Starcatcher | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Musical | |
| Porgy And Bess | |
| Other Nominees: Evita; Follies; Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Play | |
| Death of a Salesman (Death Of A Salesman) | |
| Other Nominees: The Best Man; Master Class; Wit | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Play | |
| Nina Arianda (Venus In Fur) | |
| Other Nominees: Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow); Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities); Linda Lavin (The Lyons); Cynthia Nixon (Wit) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Play | |
| James Corden (One Man Two Guvnors) | |
| Other Nominees: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Death of a Salesman); James Earl Jones (The Best Man); Frank Langella (Man and Boy); John Lithgow (The Columnist) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Musical | |
| Steve Kazee (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Danny Burstein (Follies); Jeremy Jordan (Newsies); Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess); Ron Raines (Follies) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Musical | |
| Audra McDonald (Porgy And Bess) | |
| Other Nominees: Jan Maxwell (Follies); Cristin Milioti (Once); Kelli O'Hara (Nice Work If You Can Get It); Laura Osnes (Bonnie & Clyde) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
| Christian Borle (Peter And The Starcatcher) | |
| Other Nominees: Michael Cumpsty (End of the Rainbow); Tom Edden (One Man Two Guvnors); Andrew Garfield (Death of a Salesman); Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
| Judith Light (Other Desert Cities) | |
| Other Nominees: Linda Emond (Death of a Salesman); Spencer Kayden (Don't Dress For Dinner); Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher); Condola Rashad (Stick Fly) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical | |
| Michael McGrath (Nice Work If You Can Get It) | |
| Other Nominees: Phillip Boykin (Porgy and Bess); Michael Cerveris (Evita); David Alan Grier (Porgy and Bess); Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical | |
| Judy Kaye (Nice Work If You Can Get It) | |
| Other Nominees: Elizabeth A Davis (Once); Jayne Houdyshell (Follies); Jessie Mueller (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever); Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Ghost the Musical) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Musical | |
| John Tiffany (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Jeff Calhoun (Newsies); Kathleen Marshall (Nice Work If You Can Get It); Diane Paulus (Porgy and Bess) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Play | |
| Mike Nichols (Death Of A Salesman) | |
| Other Nominees: Nicholas Hytner (One Man Two Guvnors); Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park); Roger Rees and Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher) | |
| Tony Award: Best Choreography | |
| Christopher Gattelli (Newsies) | |
| Other Nominees: Evita; Once; Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Tony Award: Best Orchestrations | |
| Martin Lowe (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Porgy and Bess; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Newsies | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Musical | |
| Bob Crowley (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Ghost the Musical; Newsies; Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Play | |
| Donyale Werle (Peter And The Starcatcher) | |
| Other Nominees: Other Desert Cities; Clybourne Park; One Man Two Guvnors | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Musical | |
| Gregg Barnes (Follies) | |
| Other Nominees: Porgy and Bess; Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark; Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Play | |
| Paloma Young (Peter And The Starcatcher) | |
| Other Nominees: Don?t Dress For Dinner; A Streetcar Named Desire; One Man Two Guvnors | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Musical | |
| Natasha Katz (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Porgy and Bess; Follies; Ghost the Musical | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Play | |
| Jeff Croitier (Peter And The Starcatcher) | |
| Other Nominees: The Road To Mecca; Death of a Salesman; Other Desert Cities | |
| Tony Award: Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Clive Goodwin (Once) | |
| Other Nominees: Porgy and Bess; Follies; Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| Tony Award: Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Darron L West (Peter And The Starcatcher) | |
| Other Nominees: One Man Two Guvnors; Death of a Salesman; End of the Rainbow | |
| Tony Award: Isabelle Stevenson Award | |
| Bernadette Peters | |
| Tony Award: Regional Theatre | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company - Washington DC | |
Every attempt is made to insure the accuracy of the above information, however accuracy is not guaranteed.
