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65th Tony Awards that will recognize achievement in Broadway production during the 2010-2011 season will be held on June 12, 2011 at the Beacon Theater in NYC. The event will be broadcast live on CBS at 8 p.m., EST and will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
The nominations were announced on the 3rd of May, 2011 and as follows:
Best Play * Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire
* Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
* The Motherfucker With the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis
* War Horse by Nick Stafford
Best Musical * The Book of Mormon
* Catch Me If You Can
* The Scottsboro Boys
* Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical * Alex Timbers for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
* Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone for The Book of Mormon
* David Thompson for The Scottsboro Boys
* Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane for Sister Act
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre * Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (music and lyrics) for The Book of Mormon
* John Kander and Fred Ebb (music and lyrics) for The Scottsboro Boys
* Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics) for Sister Act
* David Yazbek (music and lyrics) for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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 a Leading Actor in a Play * Brian Bedford in The Importance of Being Earnest
* Bobby Cannavale in The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Joe Mantello in The Normal Heart
* Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice
* Mark Rylance in Jerusalem
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play * Nina Arianda in Born Yesterday
* Frances McDormand in Good People
* Lily Rabe in The Merchant of Venice
* Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy
* Hannah Yelland in Brief Encounter
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical * Norbert Leo Butz in Catch Me If You Can
* Josh Gad in The Book of Mormon
* Joshua Henry in The Scottsboro Boys
* Andrew Rannells in The Book of Mormon
* Tony Sheldon in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical * Sutton Foster in Anything Goes
* Beth Leavel in Baby It's You!
* Patina Miller in Sister Act
* Donna Murphy in The People in the Picture
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play * Mackenzie Crook in Jerusalem
* Billy Crudup in Arcadia
* John Benjamin Hickey in The Normal Heart
* Arian Moayed in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
* Yul Vazquez in The Motherfucker With the Hat
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play * Ellen Barkin in The Normal Heart
* Edie Falco in The House of Blue Leaves
* Judith Light in Lombardi
* Joanna Lumley in La Bête
* Elizabeth Rodriguez in The Motherfucker With the Hat
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical * Colman Domingo in The Scottsboro Boys
* Adam Godley in Anything Goes
* John Larroquette in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Forrest McClendon in The Scottsboro Boys
* Rory O'Malley in The Book of Mormon
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical * Laura Benanti in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
* Tammy Blanchard in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Victoria Clark in Sister Act
* Nikki M James in The Book of Mormon
* Patti LuPone in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Scenic Design of a Play * Todd Rosenthal for The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Rae Smith for War Horse
* Ultz for Jerusalem
* Mark Wendland for The Merchant of Venice
Best Scenic Design of a Musical * Beowulf Boritt for The Scottsboro Boys
* Derek McLane for Anything Goes
* Scott Pask for The Book of Mormon
* Donyale Werle for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Best Costume Design of a Play * Jess Goldstein for The Merchant of Venice
* Desmond Heeley for The Importance of Being Earnest
* Mark Thompson for La Bête
* Catherine Zuber for Born Yesterday
Best Costume Design of a Musical * Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for 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 of a Play * Paule Constable for War Horse
* David Lander for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
* Kenneth Posner for The Merchant of Venice
* Mimi Jordan Sherin for Jerusalem
Best Lighting Design of a Musical * Ken Billington for The Scottsboro Boys
* Howell Binkley for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Peter Kaczorowski for Anything Goes
* Brian MacDevitt for The Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design of a Play * 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
* Christopher Shutt for War Horse
Best Sound Design of a Musical * Peter Hylenski for The Scottsboro Boys
* Steve Canyon Kennedy for Catch Me If You Can
* Brian Ronan for Anything Goes
* Brian Ronan for The Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Play * Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris for War Horse
* Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe for The Normal Heart
* Anna D. Shapiro for The Motherfucker With the Hat
* Daniel J. Sullivan for The Merchant of Venice
Best Direction of a Musical * Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes
* Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker for The Book of Mormon
* Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys
Best Choreography * Rob Ashford for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Kathleen Marshall for Anything Goes
* Casey Nicholaw for The Book of Mormon
* Susan Stroman for The Scottsboro Boys
Best Orchestrations * Doug Besterman for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
* Larry Hochman for The Scottsboro Boys
* Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus for The Book of Mormon
* Marc Shaiman and Larry Blank for Catch Me If You Can
SOURCES: TonyAwards.com; 65th Tony Awards; Image
And here are the winners of the 65th Tony Awards held at the Beacon Theater in New York on June 12, 2011. The event was broadcast live on CBS and was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris:
