66th Tony Awards

66th Tony Awards
Cover of the Official Program for the 66th Annual Tony Awards
Date	June 10, 2012
Location	Beacon Theatre
Hosted by	Neil Patrick Harris^[1]^[2]
Official website	www.tonyawards.com
Television/Radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 66th Annual Tony Awards was held on June 10, 2012, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2011–2012 season. The ceremony was held at the Beacon Theatre, and was broadcast live on CBS television,^[3] with Neil Patrick Harris as the host.^[1]^[2]

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2011–12 season before April 27, 2012 are eligible.^[4]

Ceremony

Neil Patrick Harris was the host of the ceremony. This marked the third time that Harris hosted the Tony Awards show.^[5]

The telecast had 6.01 million viewers (preliminary numbers), in contrast to the 2011 Tony Awards telecast, which had 6.950 million viewers.^[6]

Performances

There were performances from musicals including Evita featuring Ricky Martin and Elena Roger, Follies, with Danny Burstein singing "Buddy's Blues" and introduced by Bernadette Peters, Ghost the Musical, Godspell, Hairspray (from a production on a Royal Caribbean ship), Jesus Christ Superstar, Leap of Faith with Raúl Esparza and company, Newsies featuring Jeremy Jordan and company, Nice Work If You Can Get It with Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Broderick and company, Once featuring Steve Kazee and company, and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess featuring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.^[7]^[8] There also were performances from Tony-nominated plays, including End of the Rainbow with Tracie Bennett, One Man, Two Guvnors with James Corden, and Peter and the Starcatcher, with Christian Borle, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Adam Chanler-Berat.^[9]

The Book of Mormon cast members, along with Harris, started the show by singing a version of "Hello". The original musical number that opened the show had Harris singing and dancing to "What If Life Were More Like Theatre?" with Patti LuPone, Amanda Seyfried, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and company.^[10] The closing musical number was "If I Had Time," sung by Harris. Both the opening and closing musical numbers were written by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger.^[11]

Presenters

As announced on June 1, 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, and Sheryl Crow, among others, were presenters.^[12] On June 7, Matthew Morrison, Josh Groban, and Cote de Pablo were added to the presenter line-up.^[12] Other presenters included Patti LuPone, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Creative Arts awards

Several awards, named the "Creative Arts" awards, were presented prior to the main televised ceremony as well as during breaks. These included awards for: Best Lighting Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Play, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Play, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Best Choreography. These awards were announced by Norbert Leo Butz and Beth Leavel.^[13]^[14]^[15]

Nominees and winners

The nominees were announced on May 1, 2012.^[16] The winners were announced on June 10, 2012.^[17]

Best Play	Best Musical
Clybourne Park – Bruce Norris Other Desert Cities – Jon Robin Baitz Peter and the Starcatcher – Rick Elice Venus in Fur – David Ives	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 Perón 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 – Alan Menken (music) and Jack Feldman (lyrics) Bonnie & Clyde – Frank Wildhorn (music) and Don Black (lyrics) One Man, Two Guvnors – Grant Olding (music and lyrics) Peter and the Starcatcher – Wayne Barker (music) and Rick Elice (lyrics)
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

Multiple nominations

11: Once
10: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Porgy and Bess
9: Peter and the Starcatcher
8: Follies, Newsies
7: Death of a Salesman, One Man, Two Guvnors
5: Other Desert Cities
4: Clybourne Park
3: Evita, End of the Rainbow, Ghost the Musical
2: Venus in Fur, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wit, The Best Man, Bonnie & Clyde, Don't Dress for Dinner

Multiple wins

8: Once
5: Peter and the Starcatcher
2: Death of a Salesman, Newsies, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Porgy and Bess

Non-competitive awards

The Tony Award for Excellence in the Theatre has been awarded to Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi and the TDF Open Doors Program.^[18] Those awards were presented at the Tony Eve Cocktail party, held on June 9, 2012 at the InterContinental Hotel (Times Square).^[19] The Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre has been awarded to Emanuel Azenberg.^[20] Bernadette Peters was presented with the Isabelle Stevenson Award and Special Tony Awards were given to Hugh Jackman and the Actors’ Equity Association.^[21] The Regional Theatre Tony Award has been awarded to the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

In Memoriam

References

1 2 Itzkoff, Dave (April 2, 2012). "Footnote". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
1 2 Ng, David (April 3, 2012). "Can Neil Patrick Harris boost Tony Awards ratings?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ Gans, Andrew (January 17, 2012). "66th Annual Tony Awards Set for June 10". Playbill. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
↑ Healy, Patrick (January 17, 2012). "A Date for the Tony Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
↑ Gans, Andrew (April 3, 2012). "Neil Patrick Harris Will Host 66th Annual Tony Awards". Playbill. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
↑ Gans, Andrew.Tony Awards Ratings Hit Record Low, According to Preliminary Numbers" Playbill.com, June 11, 2012
↑ Gans, Andrew. "Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Ricky Martin, Danny Burstein, Norm Lewis Will Be Featured on Tonys", Playbill.com, May 23, 2012
↑ Gans, Andrew."'Leap of Faith' Will Perform on Tony Awards" Playbill.com, May 30, 2012
↑ Gans, Andrew."'Godspell', 'Ghost', 'End of the Rainbow', 'One Man', 'Starcatcher', Raúl Esparza Will Perform on Tony Awards" Playbill.com, June 4, 2012
↑ Gioia, Michael."THE SCREENING ROOM: "What If Life Were More Like Theatre?": Watch the Tony Awards Opening Number (Video)" Playbill.com, June 10, 2012
↑ Hetrick, Adam."David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger Authored Tony Awards Opening and Closing Numbers (Plus Video)" Playbill.com, June 11, 2012
1 2 "The 2012 Tony Awards® to Feature More Performances Than Ever Before!". TonyAwards.com. June 7, 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
↑ Gans, Andrew.Norbert Leo Butz and Beth Leavel to Host Creative Arts Tony Awards Playbill.com, June 8, 2012
↑ Jones, Kenneth."Judith Light, Michael McGrath Win Featured Performer Tony Awards; 'Once', 'Salesman' Have Best Direction" Playbill.com, June 10, 2012
↑ Gioia, Michael."The Screening Room: Martin Lowe, Christopher Gattelli, Natasha Katz and More Accept 2012 Creative Arts Tonys (Video) June 14, 2012
↑ Jones, Kenneth and Hetrick, Adam. 2012 "Tony Awards Nominations Announced; Once Earns 11 Nominations". Playbill.com, May 1, 2012
↑ Jones, Kenneth. "'Once', 'Clybourne Park', 'Porgy and Bess', Audra McDonald, 'Salesman' Win Tony Awards" Playbill.com, June 10, 2012
↑ Gans, Andrew (March 12, 2012). "Recipients of Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Announced". Playbill. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
↑ Fullerton, Krissie."PHOTO CALL: The 2012 Tony Eve Cocktail Party" Playbill.com, June 10, 2012
↑ Gans, Andrew (April 10, 2012). "Emanuel Azenberg Will Receive Special Tony Award for Lifetime AchievemenEmanuel Azenberg Will Receive Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievementt". Playbill. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
↑ "Bernadette Peters, Hugh Jackman & Actors' Equity to Receive Special Tony Awards & Honors" broadwayworld.com, April 30, 2012

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

Tony Awards

American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Sound Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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