Tony Award 2009

Tony Award 2009
2009 presenter: Neil Patrick Harris
date	June 7, 2009
Loan location	Radio City Music Hall , NYC
Country	United States
Awarded by	American Theater Wing and The Broadway League
First awarded	1947
website	www.tonyawards.com
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The 2009 Tony Awards took place on June 7, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City . It was the 63rd Annual American Theater Wing's Tony Awards . In the year of the award, plays / musicals from the previous season are always awarded, in this case from 2008/2009. Neil Patrick Harris was the moderator .

Winners and nominees

Plays

Most of the Tonys	The God of Carnage (3 Tonys)
Most of the nominations	Mary Queen of Scots and Norman's Conquests (7 nominations each)

category	Award winners	Play	Nominations
Best play	Writer: Yasmina Reza Producers: Robert Fox , David Pugh , Dafydd Rogers , Stuart Thompson , Scott Rudin , Jon B. Platt , The Weinstein Company , The Shubert Organization	The god of slaughter	Dividing the Estate by Horton Foote Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute 33 Variations by Moisés Kaufman
Best revival of a play	Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin / Bartner / Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman / Jennifer Manocherian, Richard Winkler, Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager / Remmel T. Dickinson, Jane Dubin / True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian / Jennifer Isaacson, The Old Vic Theater Company	Norman's Conquests	Joe Turner's Come and Gone Mary Queen of Scots Waiting for Godot
Best theater event	Producers: John Scher and Metropolitan Talent Presents, LLC; Jubilee Time Productions, LLC	Liza's at The Palace ...!	Slava's Snowshow Soul of Shaolin You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush
Best Actor	Geoffrey Rush	Exit the King	Jeff Daniels for The God of Carnage Raúl Esparza for The Favor of the Hour James Gandolfini for The God of Carnage Thomas Sadoski for Reasons to Be Pretty
Best main actress	Marcia Gay Harden	The god of slaughter	Hope Davis for The God of Carnage Jane Fonda for 33 Variations Janet McTeer for Maria Stuart Harriet Walter for Maria Stuart
Best supporting actor	Roger Robinson	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	John Glover for Waiting for Godot Zach Grenier for 33 Variations Stephen Mangan for Norman's Conquests Paul Ritter for Norman's Conquests
The best supporting actress	Angela Lansbury	Blithe Spirit	Hallie Foote for Dividing the Estate Jessica Hynes for Norman's Conquests Marin Ireland for Reasons to Be Pretty Amanda Root for Norman's Conquests
Best theater direction	Matthew Warchus	The god of slaughter	Phyllida Lloyd for Maria Stuart Bartlett Sher for Joe Turner's Come and Gone Matthew Warchus for Norman's Conquests
Best stage design	Derek McLane	33 variations	Dale Ferguson for Exit the King Rob Howell for Norman's Conquests Michael Yeargan for Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Best costumes	Anthony Ward	Maria Stuart	Dale Ferguson for Exit the King Jane Greenwood for Waiting for Godot Martin Pakledinaz for Blithe Spirit
Best lighting design	Brian MacDevitt	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	David Hersey for Equus David Lander for 33 Variations Hugh Vanstone for Mary Queen of Scots
Best sound design	Gregory Clarke	Equus	Paul Arditti for Maria Stuart Russell Goldsmith for Exit the King Scott Teacher and Leon Rothenberg for Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theater	Shirley heart
Special Tony Award	Jerry Herman (life's work)
Isabelle Stevenson Award	Phyllis Newman
Regional Theater Tony Award	Signature Theater in Arlington

Musicals

Most Tonys (musical)	Billy Elliot (10 Tonys)
Most nominations (musical)	Billy Elliot (15 nominations)

category	Award winners	musical	Nominations
Best musical		Billy Elliot	Next to Normal Rock of Ages Shrek - The Musical
Best musical libretto	Lee Hall	Billy Elliot	Hunter Bell for unknown David Lindsay-Abaire for Shrek - The Musical Brian Yorkey for Next to Normal
Best original music	Music by Tom Kitt , lyrics by Brian Yorkey	Next to normal	Music: Elton John , Text: Lee Hall for Billy Elliot Music: Jeanine Tesori , Text: David Lindsay-Abaire for Shrek - The Musical Music & Text: Dolly Parton for 9 to 5
Best revival of a musical		Hair	Guys and Dolls Pal Joey West Side Story
Best Actor	David Alvarez Trent Kowalik Kiril Kulish	Billy Elliot	Gavin Creel for Hair Brian d'Arcy James for Shrek - The Musical Constantine Maroulis for Rock of Ages J. Robert Spencer for Next to Normal
Best main actress	Alice Ripley	Next to normal	Stockard Channing for Pal Joey Sutton Foster for Shrek - The Musical Allison Janney for 9 to 5 Josefina Scaglione for West Side Story
Best supporting actor	Gregory Jbara	Billy Elliot	David Bologna for Billy Elliot Marc Kudisch for 9 to 5 Christopher Sieber for Shrek - The musical Will Swenson for Hair
The best supporting actress	Karen Olivo	West Side Story	Jennifer Damiano for Next to Normal Haydn Gwynne for Billy Elliot Martha Plimpton for Pal Joey Carole Shelley for Billy Elliot
Best musical director	Stephen Daldry	Billy Elliot	Michael Greif for Next to Normal Kristin Hanggi for Rock of Ages Diane Paulus for Hair
Best choreography	Peter Darling	Billy Elliot	Karole Armitage for Hair Andy Blankenbuehler for 9 to 5 Randy Skinner for Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Best orchestration	Martin Koch	Billy Elliot	Larry Blank for Irving Berlin's White Christmas Danny Troob and John Clancy for Shrek - Das Musical
	Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt	Next to normal
Best stage design	Ian MacNeil	Billy Elliot	Robert Brill for Guys and Dolls Scott Pask for Pal Joey Mark Wendland for Next to Normal
Best costumes	Tim Hatley	Shrek - The Musical	Gregory Gale for Rock of Ages Nicky Gillibrand for Billy Elliot Michael McDonald for Hair
Best lighting design	Rick Fisher	Billy Elliot	Kevin Adams for Hair Kevin Adams for Next to Normal Howell Binkley for West Side Story
Best sound design	Paul Arditti	Billy Elliot	Acme Sound Partners for Hair Peter Hylenski for Rock of Ages Brian Ronan for Next to Normal