66th Tony Awards 2012 Final Review and Roundup

66th Tony Awards 2012 Final Review and Roundup.

The 66th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 10, 2012, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2011–2012 season. Shows that opened during the 2011–12 Broadway season before April 27, 2012 are eligible. They were held at the Beacon Theatrer and were broadcast live on CBS, with Neil Patrick Harris acting as host.

Presenters were announced June 1 as follows. Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, Jessica Chastain, Jim Parsons, Christopher Plummer, Tyler Perry, Nick Jonas, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Rudd, Ellen Barkin, Bernadette Peters, James Marsden, Mandy Patinkin, Sheryl Crow, among others, will be presenters. On June 7, Matthew Morrison, Josh Groban, and Cote de Pablo were added to the presenter line-up. Other presenters included Patti LuPone, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

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Tonys 2012 - Beacon Theatre Marquee




Tonys 2012 - "Backstage Swells"



Tonys 2012 - "how the sausages are made"

Nominees and winners

Best Play	Best Musical
Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur	Once Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
Death of a Salesman The Best Man Master Class Wit	Porgy and Bess Evita Follies Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors as Francis Henshall Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman James Earl Jones, The Best Man as Art Hockstader Frank Langella, Man and Boy as Gregor Antonescu John Lithgow, The Columnist as Joseph Alsop	Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur as Vanda Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow as Judy Garland Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities as Polly Wyeth Linda Lavin, The Lyons as Rita Lyons Cynthia Nixon, Wit as Vivian Bearing
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Steve Kazee, Once as Guy Danny Burstein, Follies as Buddy Plummer Jeremy Jordan, Newsies as Jack Kelly Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess as Porgy Ron Raines, Follies as Ben Stone	Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess as Bess Jan Maxwell, Follies as Phyllis Rogers Stone Cristin Milioti, Once as Girl Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It as Billie Bendix Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde as Bonnie Parker
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher as The Black Stache Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow as Anthony Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors as Alfie Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park as Karl/Steve	Judith Light, Other Desert Cities as Silda Grauman Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner as Suzette Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher as Molly Condola Rashad, Stick Fly as Cheryl
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It as Cookie McGee Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess as Crown Michael Cerveris, Evita as Juan Peron David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess as Sporting Life Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas	Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It as Duchess Estonia Dulworth Elizabeth A. Davis, Once as Réza Jayne Houdyshell, Follies as Hattie Walker Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Melinda Wells Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost the Musical as Oda Mae Brown
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Enda Walsh, Once Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It Harvey Fierstein, Newsies	Newsies, Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Jack Feldman Bonnie & Clyde, Music: Frank Wildhorn, Lyrics: Don Black One Man, Two Guvnors, Music & Lyrics Grant Olding Peter and the Starcatcher, Music: Wayne Barker, Lyrics: Rick Elice
Best Scenic Design of a Play	Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors	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	Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors	Gregg Barnes, Follies ESosa, 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	Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities	Natasha Katz, Once Christopher Akerlind, Porgy and Bess Natasha Katz, Follies Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play	Best Sound Design of a Musical
Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors Scott Lehrer, Death of a Salesman Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow	Clive Goodwin, Once Acme Sound Partners, Porgy and Bess Kai Harada, Follies Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher	John Tiffany, Once Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Diane Paulus, Porgy and Bess
Best Choreography	Best Orchestrations
Christopher Gattelli, Newsies Rob Ashford, Evita Steven Hoggett, Once Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It	Martin Lowe, Once William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, Porgy and Bess Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It Danny Troob, Newsies

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