The 2012 Tony Awards

The 66th Tony Awards were presented on 10 Jun 2012 at a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The biggest winner of this year's Tony Awards is the Broadway musical 'Once,' which received eight awards, including Best Musical, followed by 'Peter and the Starcarcher,' which received five awards. Bruce Norris' dark comedy 'Clybourne Park' won the Award for Best Play.

Total Award Won by Production:
Once - 8
Peter and the Starcathcer - 5
Newsies - 2
Nice Work If You Can Get It - 2
Death of a Salesman - 2
Porgy and Bess - 2
Follies - 1
One Man, Two Guvnors - 1
Other Desert Cities - 1
Clybourne Park - 1
Venus in Fur - 1

2012 winners in Red Font:

Best Play:

• Clybourne Park: Bruce Norris
• Other Desert Cities: Jon Robin Baitz
• Peter and the Starcatcher: Rick Elice
• Venus in Fur: David Ives

Best Musical:

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

Best Revival of a Play:

• Death of a Salesman
• The Best Man
• Master Class
• Wit

Best Revival of a Musical:

• Evita
• Follies
• The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
• Jesus Christ Superstar

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

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

• James Corden: One Man, Two Guvnors
• Philip Seymour Hoffman: Death of a Salesman
• James Earl Jones: 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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical :

• Danny Burstein: Follies
• Jeremy Jordan: Newsies
• Steve Kazee: Once
• Norm Lewis: Porgy and Bess
• Ron Raines: Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical :

• Jan Maxwell: Follies
• Audra McDonald: Porgy and Bess
• Cristin Milioti: Once
• Kelli O'Hara: Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Laura Osnes: Bonnie & Clyde

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: Death of a Salesman
• Jeremy Shamos: Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

• Linda Emond: 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: Porgy and Bess
• Michael Cerveris: Evita
• David Alan Grier: Porgy and Bess
• Michael McGrath: Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Josh Young: Jesus Christ Superstar

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

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

• John Lee Beatty: Other Desert Cities
• Daniel Ostling: Clybourne Park
• Mark Thompson: One Man, Two Guvnors
• Donyale Werle: Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

• 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:

• William Ivey Long: Don't Dress for Dinner
• Paul Tazewell: A Streetcar Named Desire
• Mark Thompson: One Man, Two Guvnors
• Paloma Young: Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical:

• 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:

• Jeff Croiter: Peter and the Starcatcher
• Peter Kaczorowski: The Road to Mecca
• Brian MacDevitt: Death of a Salesman
• Kenneth Posner: Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

• Christopher Akerlind: Porgy and Bess
• Natasha Katz: Follies
• Natasha Katz: Once
• Hugh Vanstone: Ghost the Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play:

• Paul Arditti: One Man, Two Guvnors
• Scott Lehrer: Death of a Salesman
• Gareth Owen: End of the Rainbow
• Darron L. West; Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical:

• Acme Sound Partners: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
• Clive Goodwin: Once
• Kai Harada: Follies
• Brian Ronan: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Choreography:

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

Best Direction of a Play:

• Nicholas Hytner: One Man, Two Guvnors
• Pam MacKinnon: Clybourne Park
• Mike Nichols: 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: Porgy and Bess
• John Tiffany: Once

Best Orchestrations:

• William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke: Porgy and Bess
• Bill Elliott: Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Martin Lowe: Once
• Danny Troob: Newsies

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories:

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Emanuel Azenberg

Regional Theatre Award
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters

Special Tony Award
Actors' Equity Association
Hugh Jackman

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors

Nominations by Production (wins in red font):