2012 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Winners

Here are the Winners for the 2012 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®


Best Play

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

 

Best Musical

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

 

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 - WINNER

 

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 - WINNER
One Man, Two Guvnors - Music & Lyrics: Grant Olding
Peter and the Starcatcher - Music: Wayne Barker, Lyrics: Rick Elice

 

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - WINNER
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit

 

Best Revival of a Musical

Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - WINNER
Jesus Christ Superstar

 

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

James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors - WINNER
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 - WINNER
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 - WINNER
Norm Lewis, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines, Follies

 

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

Jan Maxwell, Follies
Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - WINNER
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 - WINNER
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 - WINNER
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 - WINNER
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 - WINNER
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 - WINNER

 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Once - WINNER
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 - WINNER

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Follies - WINNER
ESosa, The Gershwins' 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 - WINNER
Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities

 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz, Follies
Natasha Katz, Once - WINNER
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical

 

Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher - WINNER

 

Best Sound Design of a Musical

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

 

Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - WINNER
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 - WINNER

 

Best Choreography

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

 

Best Orchestrations

William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Martin Lowe, Once - WINNER
Danny Troob, Newsies