Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and August: Osage County took home the highest number of awards at last night’s Tonys while Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights took the honors for Best Musical. Patti Lupone delivered a performance from Gypsy that brought the house down and also took home the Leading Actress in a Musical trophy.
If you missed Josh & Josh’s Towleroad interview with Lin Manuel Miranda, creator of In the Heights, you can read it here.
Check out the full list of winners, plus Lupone’s performance and In the Heights, South Pacific, Rent, and Xanadu, AFTER THE JUMP…
Here are the winners. I’ve linked to Kevin Sessums’ reviews of the shows for Towleroad, when available.
MUSICAL
In the Heights
REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
South Pacific
REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Boeing-Boeing
DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
ORIGINAL SCORE
In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
ORCHESTRATIONS
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In the Heights
CHOREOGRAPHY
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Stew, Passing Strange
COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific
COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific
SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Scott Lehrer, South Pacific
SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps
LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Donald Holder, South Pacific
LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Stephen Sondheim
REGIONAL THEATER AWARD
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by South Pacific.
