Tony Award 2011

Tony Award 2011
	; 2011 presenter: Neil Patrick Harris
date	June 12, 2011
Loan location	Beacon Theater , NYC
Country	United States
Awarded by	American Theater Wing and The Broadway League
First awarded	1947
website	www.tonyawards.com

The awarding of the Tony Awards 2011 took place on 12. June 2011 at the Beacon Theater in New York City instead. It's the 65th 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 2010/2011. Neil Patrick Harris was the moderator .

Winners and nominees

Plays

Most of the Tonys	War Horse (5 Tonys)
Most of the nominations	The Merchant of Venice (7 nominations)

category	Award winners	Play	Nominations
Best play	Nick Stafford	Was horse	Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth The Motherf * ker with the Hat* by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Best revival of a play		The normal heart	Arcadia The Importance of Being Earnest The Merchant of Venice
Best Actor	Mark Rylance	Jerusalem	Brian Bedford for The Importance of Being Earnest Bobby Cannavale for The Motherf * ker with the Hat* Joe Mantello for The Normal Heart Al Pacino for The Merchant of Venice
Best main actress	Frances McDormand	Good people	Nina Arianda for Born Yesterday Lily Rabe for The Kaufman of Venice Vanessa Redgrave for Driving Miss Daisy Hannah Yelland for Brief Encounter
Best supporting actor	John Benjamin Hickey	The normal heart	Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem Billy Crudup for Arkadien Arian Moayed for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Yul Vázquez for The Motherf * ker with the Hat*
The best supporting actress	Ellen Barkin	The normal heart	Edie Falco for The House of Blue Leaves Judith Light for Lombardi Joanna Lumley for La Bête Elizabeth Rodriguez for The Motherf * ker with the Hat*
Best theater direction	Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris	Was horse	Joel Gray and George C. Wolfe for The Normal Heart Anna D. Shapiro for The Motherf * ker with the Hat* Daniel Sullivan for The Merchant of Venice
Best stage design	Rae Smith	Was horse	Todd Rosenthal for The Motherf * ker with the Hat* Ultz for Jerusalem Mark Wendland for The Merchant of Venice
Best costumes	Desmond Heeley	The Importance of Being Earnest	Jess Goldstein for The Merchant of Venice Mark Thompson for La Bête Catherine Zuber for Born Yesterday
Best lighting design	Paule Constable	Was horse	David Lander for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Kenneth Posner for The Merchant of Venice Mimi Jordan Sherin for Jerusalem
Best sound design	Christopher Shutt	Was horse	Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Simon Baker for Brief Encounter Ian Dickinson for Autograph for Jerusalem
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theater	William Berloni The Drama Book Shop Sharon Jensen Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
Special Tony Award	Athol Fugard and Philip J. Smith (Lifetime Achievement) Handspring Puppet Company
Isabelle Stevenson Award	Eve Ensler
Regional Theater Tony Award	Lookingglass Theater Company in Chicago

Musicals

Most Tonys (musical)	The Book of Mormon (9 Tonys)
Most nominations (musical)	The Book of Mormon (14 nominations)

category	Award winners	musical	Nominations
Best musical	The Book of Mormon		Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act
Best musical libretto	Trey Parker , Robert Lopez and Matt Stone	The Book of Mormon	Cheri Steinkellner , Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane for Sister Act David Thompson for The Scottsboro Boys Alex Timbers for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best original music from a musical or a play	Music & Text: Trey Parker , Robert Lopez and Matt Stone	The Book of Mormon	Music & Text: John Kander and Fred Ebb for The Scottsboro Boys Music: Alan Menken , Text: Glenn Slater for Sister Act Music & Text: David Yazbek for women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Best revival of a musical		Anything Goes	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best Actor	Norbert Leo Butz	Catch Me If You Can	Josh Gad for The Book of Mormon Joshua Henry for The Scottsboro Boys Andrew Rannells for The Book of Mormon Tony Sheldon for Priscilla - Queen of the Desert
Best main actress	Sutton Foster	Anything Goes	Beth Leavel for Baby It's You! Patina Miller for Sister Act Donna Murphy for The People in the Picture
Best supporting actor	John Larroquette	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Colman Domingo for The Scottsboro Boys Adam Godley for Anything Goes Forrest McClendon for The Scottsboro Boys Rory O'Malley for The Book of Mormon
The best supporting actress	Nikki M. James	The Book of Mormon	Laura Benanti for Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown Tammy Blanchard for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Victoria Clark for Sister Act Patti LuPone for Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best musical director	Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker	The Book of Mormon	Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys
Best choreography	Kathleen Marshall	Anything Goes	Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Casey Nicholaw for The Book of Mormon Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys
Best orchestration	Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus	The Book of Mormon	Doug Besterman for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Larry Hochman for The Scottsboro Boys Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank for Catch Me If You Can
Best stage design	Scott Pask	The Book of Mormon	Beowulf Boritt for The Scottsboro Boys Derek McLane for Anything Goes Donyale Werle for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best costumes	Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner	Priscilla - queen of the desert	Martin Pakledinaz for Anything Goes Ann Roth for The Book of Mormon Catherine Zuber for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Best lighting design	Brian MacDevitt	The Book of Mormon	Ken Billington for The Scottsboro Boys Howell Binkley for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Peter Kaczorowski for Anything Goes
Best sound design	Brian Ronan	The Book of Mormon	Peter Hylenski for The Scottsboro Boys Steve Canyon Kennedy for Catch Me If You Can Brian Ronan for Anything Goes