2011
Tony Award Winners
"Book of Mormon" Tops
List With 9 Awards
  This
season's Tony Awards were presented at The Beacon
Theatre in New York on Sunday, June 12. With Neil Patrick
Harris again proving to be a sharp and funny host, the ceremonies
were carried live on CBS.
Here's a list of this year's winners, highlighted in blue.
Best Play
"Good People," Playwright - David Lindsay-Abaire
"Jerusalem," Playwright - Jez Butterworth
"The Motherf**ker with the Hat," Playwright - Stephen Adly Guirgis
"War Horse," Playwright - Nick
Stafford
Best Musical
"The Book of Mormon"
"Catch Me If You Can"
"The Scottsboro Boys"
"Sister Act"
Best Book of a Musical
"Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," Alex Timbers
"The Book of Mormon," Trey Parker,
Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
"The Scottsboro Boys," David Thompson
"Sister Act," Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas
Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre
"The Book of Mormon," Music &
Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone
"The Scottsboro Boys," Music & Lyrics: John Kander and Fred
Ebb
"Sister Act," Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater
"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," Music & Lyrics:
David Yazbek
Best Revival of a Play
"Arcadia"
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"The Merchant of Venice"
"The Normal Heart"
Best Revival of a Musical
"Anything Goes"
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in
a Play
Brian Bedford, "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Bobby Cannavale, "The Motherf**ker with the Hat"
Joe Mantello, "The Normal Heart"
Al Pacino, "The Merchant of Venice"
Mark Rylance, "Jerusalem"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
in a Play
Nina Arianda, "Born Yesterday"
Frances McDormand, "Good People"
Lily Rabe, "The Merchant of Venice"
Vanessa Redgrave, "Driving Miss Daisy"
Hannah Yelland, "Brief Encounter"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in
a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, "Catch Me If You
Can"
Josh Gad, "The Book of Mormon"
Joshua Henry, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Andrew Rannells, "The Book of Mormon"
Tony Sheldon, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
in a Musical
Sutton Foster, "Anything Goes"
Beth Leavel, "Baby It's You!"
Patina Miller, "Sister Act"
Donna Murphy, "The People in the Picture"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role
in a Play
Mackenzie Crook, "Jerusalem"
Billy Crudup, "Arcadia"
John Benjamin Hickey, "The Normal Heart"
Arian Moayed, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
Yul Vázquez, "The Motherf**ker with the Hat"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role
in a Play
Ellen Barkin, "The Normal Heart"
Edie Falco, "The House of Blue Leaves"
Judith Light, "Lombardi"
Joanna Lumley, "La Bête"
Elizabeth Rodriguez, "The Motherf**ker with the Hat"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role
in a Musical
Colman Domingo, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Adam Godley, "Anything Goes"
John Larroquette, "How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying"
Forrest McClendon, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Rory O'Malley, "The Book of Mormon"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role
in a Musical
Laura Benanti, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
Tammy Blanchard, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Victoria Clark, "Sister Act"
Nikki M. James, "The Book of Mormon"
Patti LuPone, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, "War
Horse"
Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, "The Normal Heart"
Anna D. Shapiro, "The Motherf**ker with the Hat"
Daniel Sullivan, "The Merchant of Venice"
Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes"
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, "The
Book of Mormon"
Susan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes"
Casey Nicholaw, "The Book of Mormon"
Susan Stroman, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Larry Hochman, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, "The
Book of Mormon"
Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank, "Catch Me If You Can"
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal, "The Motherf**ker with the Hat"
Rae Smith, "War Horse"
Ultz, "Jerusalem"
Mark Wendland, "The Merchant of Venice"
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Derek McLane, "Anything Goes"
Scott Pask, "The Book of Mormon"
Donyale Werle, "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson"
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein, "The Merchant of Venice"
Desmond Heeley, "The Importance of
Being Earnest"
Mark Thompson, "La Bête"
Catherine Zuber, "Born Yesterday"
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, "Priscilla
Queen of the Desert"
Martin Pakledinaz, "Anything Goes"
Ann Roth, "The Book of Mormon"
Catherine Zuber, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, "War Horse"
David Lander, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
Kenneth Posner, "The Merchant of Venice"
Mimi Jordan Sherin, "Jerusalem"
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Howell Binkley, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Peter Kaczorowski , "Anything Goes"
Brian MacDevitt, "The Book of Mormon"
Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad
Zoo"
Simon Baker, "Brief Encounter"
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, "Jerusalem"
Christopher Shutt, "War Horse"
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, "The Scottsboro Boys"
Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Catch Me If You Can"
Brian Ronan," Anything Goes"
Brian Ronan, "The Book of Mormon"
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Lookingglass Theatre Company - Chicago
Special Tony Award
Handspring Puppet Company
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
William Berloni
The Drama Book Shop
Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Eve Ensler
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the
Theatre
Athol Fugard
Philip J. Smith
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