2012 Tony Award results

Posted by Mondschein

2012 Tony Award Winners
presented June 10, 2012



Well, let's see how I did, shall we?  My votes are bolded.  The actual winners are underlined.




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

Apparently, a Pulitzer Prize grants an edge.

Best Musical

Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once

Without a doubt, Once is the best new musical I've seen in several years.  Bringing home 8 of their 10 nominations confirms my opinion.

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

See above.


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

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

Mr. Menken brings home the prize for his 4th nomination.


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

I was a bit surprised by this one.
 
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

I like it when I'm right. :-)

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

Yes.


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

As I suspected.


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

This was a bit of surprise.

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

As was this.


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

Oh, yes.


Best Choreography

Rob Ashford                                 Evita
Christopher Gattelli                      Newsies
Steven Hoggett                           Once
Kathleen Marshall                         Nice Work If You Can Get It

Mr. Gattelli is making quite the name for himself - congratulations!


Looks like I called 7 correctly.