TONY AWARD WINNERS

i guess what is most interesting is that the show that won the most Tonys (six in all) was not the show that had the most nominations this year (Spamalot with 14 nominations) but The Light in the Piazza, the Lincoln Center Theater adaptation of a novel about an American mother and daughter traveling in Italy. Leading lady Victoria Clark took the Tony as Best Actress in a Musical, and composer Adam Guettel won for Best Score. Guettel also won for Best Orchestrations with Ted Sperling, and Bruce Coughlin. The show scored a triple crown victory in the design category, winning for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Christopher Ackerlind), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Michael Yeargan) and Best Costume Design of a Musical (Catherine Zuber). Spamalot only ended up winning in 3 categories, Best Musical, Best Featured Actress and Best Director.

Also interesting is that this is the first time in over 34 years that the winners of Best Musical (Spamalot), Best Music & Lyrics (The Light in the Piazza) and Best Book (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) have all been from different shows. normall the best musical also gets music and lyrics or book, but not this year!

hugh jackman was an amazing host... his opening number was inspired, BUT his duet with aretha franklin at the end of the show of Somewhere from West Side Story (in honour of Stephen Sondheim's 75th birthday) was kinda bland and boring. All the musical performances were good... however, jesse martin was VERY flat on his ending note of a musical tribute to fred ebb (composer of cabaret, chicago, steel pier) which is too bad, because the tribute over all was actually very touching. it was a performance of the song "razzle dazzle" from Chicago, with the cast of Fosse.

Anyway... you can chack out the rest of the winners down below and if you want to check out more info on the shows themselves, i have links to your right ---->

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Best Play
Doubt

Best Musical
Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Book of a Musical
Rachel Sheinkin for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Adam Guettel for The Light in the Piazza

Best Revival of a Play
Glengarry Glen Ross

Best Revival of a Musical
La Cage aux Folles

Best Special Theatrical Event
Billy Crystal 700 Sundays

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Bill Irwin for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Cherry Jones for Doubt

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Victoria Clark for The Light in the Piazza

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Liev Schreiber for Glengarry Glen Ross

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Adriane Lenox for Doubt

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Dan Fogler for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Sara Ramirez for Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Scott Pask for The Pillowman

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Michael Yeargan for The Light in the Piazza

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein for The Rivals

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber for The Light in the Piazza

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Brian MacDevitt for The Pillowman

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Christopher Akerlind for The Light in the Piazza

Best Direction of a Play
Doug Hughes for Doubt

Best Direction of a Musical
Mike Nichols for Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Choreography
Jerry Mitchell for La Cage aux Folles

Best Orchestrations
Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin for The Light in the Piazza

Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Edward Albee