Tony Award 2012

Tony Award 2012
2012 moderator: Neil Patrick Harris
date	June 10, 2012
Loan location	Beacon Theater , 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 presentation of the Tony Award 2012 ( English 66th Annual Tony Awards ) took place on June 10, 2012 at the Beacon Theater in New York City . The awards went to plays and musicals from 2011/12 that were produced on Broadway up to April 27th. The nominations were announced on May 1st. The broadcaster CBS broadcast the event and Neil Patrick Harris acted as host for the third time. The audience ratings of 6.01 million viewers were well below those of the 2011 event (6.95 million).

Winners and nominees

Plays

Most of the Tonys	Peter and the Star Catchers (5 Tonys)
Most of the nominations	Peter and the Star Catchers (9 nominations)

category	Award winners	Play	Nominations
Best play	Bruce Norris	Clybourne Park	Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz Peter and the Starcatchers by Rick Elice Venus in Furs by David Ives
Best revival of a play		Death of a salesman	The Best Man Master Class Wit
Best Actor	James Corden	One Man, Two Guvnors	Philip Seymour Hoffman for Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones for The Best Man Frank Langella for Man and Boy John Lithgow for The Columnist
Best main actress	Nina Arianda	Venus in fur	Tracie Bennett for End of the Rainbow Stockard Channing for Other Desert Cities Linda Lavin for The Lyons Cynthia Nixon for Wit
Best supporting actor	Christian Borle	Peter and the Star Catchers	Michael Cumpsty for End of the Rainbow Tom Edden for One Man, Two Guvnors Andrew Garfield for Death of a Salesman Jeremy Shamos for Clybourne Park
The best supporting actress	Judith Light	Other desert cities	Linda Emond for Death of a Salesman Spencer Kayden for Don't Dress for Dinner Celia Keenan-Bolger for Peter and Star Catcher Condola Rashād for Stick Fly as Cheryl
Best theater direction	Mike Nichols	Death of a salesman	Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors Pam MacKinnon for Clybourne Park Roger Rees and Alex Timbers for Peter and the Star Catchers
Best stage design	Donyale Werle	Peter and the Star Catchers	John Lee Beatty for Other Desert Cities Daniel Ostling for Clybourne Park Mark Thompson for One Man, Two Guvnors
Best costumes	Paloma Young	Peter and the Star Catchers	William Ivey Long for Don't Dress for Dinner Paul Tazewell for Endstation Sehnsucht Mark Thompson for One Man, Two Guvnors
Best lighting design	Jeff Croiter	Peter and the Star Catchers	Peter Kaczorowski for The Road to Mecca Brian MacDevitt for Death of a Salesman Kenneth Posner for Other Desert Cities
Best sound design	Darron L. West	Peter and the Star Catchers	Paul Arditti for One Man, Two Guvnors Scott Teacher for Death of a Salesman Gareth Owen for End of the Rainbow
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theater	Freddie Gershon , Artie Siccardi and TDF Open Doors Program
Isabelle Stevenson Award	Bernadette Peters
Regional Theater Tony Award	Shakespeare Theater Company
Special Tony Award	Hugh Jackman Actor's Equity Association Emanuel Azenberg (Lifetime Achievement)

Musicals

Most Tonys (musical)	Once (8 Tonys)
Most nominations (musical)	Once (11 nominations)

category	Award winners	musical	Nominations
Best musical		Once	Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best musical libretto	Enda Walsh	Once	Douglas Carter Beane for Lysistrata Jones Joe DiPietro for Nice Work If You Can Get It Harvey Fierstein for Newsies
Best original music from a musical or a play	Music: Alan Menken , lyrics: Jack Feldman	Newsies	Music: Frank Wildhorn , Text: Don Black for Bonnie and Clyde Music & Text: Grant Olding for One Man, Two Guvnors Music: Wayne Barker , Text: Rick Elice for Peter and the Star Catchers
Best revival of a musical		Porgy and Bess	Evita Follies Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Actor	Steve Kazee	Once	Danny Burstein for Follies Jeremy Jordan for Newsies Norm Lewis for Porgy and Bess Ron Raines for Follies
Best main actress	Audra McDonald	Porgy and Bess	Jan Maxwell for Follies Cristin Milioti for Once Kelli O'Hara for Nice Work If You Can Get It Laura Osnes for Bonnie and Clyde
Best supporting actor	Michael McGrath	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Philip Boykin for Porgy and Bess Michael Cerveris for Evita David Alan Grier for Porgy and Bess Josh Young for Jesus Christ Superstar
The best supporting actress	Judy Kaye	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Elizabeth A. Davis for Once Jayne Houdyshell for Follies Jessie Mueller for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Da'Vine Joy Randolph for Ghost the Musical
Best musical director	John Tiffany	Once	Acme Sound Partners for Porgy and Bess Kai Harada for Follies Brian Ronan for Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best choreography	Christopher Gattelli	Newsies	Rob Ashford for Evita Steven Haggett for Once Kathleen Marshall for Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best orchestration	Martin Lowe	Once	William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke for Porgy and Bess Bill Elliott for Nice Work If You Can Get It Danny Troob for Newsies
Best stage design	Bob Crowley	Once	Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll for Ghost the Musical Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel for Newsies George Tsypin for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Best costumes	Gregg Barnes	Follies	ESosa for Porgy and Bess Eiko Ishioka for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Martin Pakledinaz for Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best lighting design	Natasha Katz	Once	Christopher Akerlind for Porgy and Bess Natasha Katz for Follies Hugh Vanstone for Ghost the Musical
Best sound design	Clive Goodwin	Once	Acme Sound Partners for Porgy and Bess Kai Harada for Follies Brian Ronan for Nice Work If You Can Get It