2013 Tony Award Winners: Kinky Boots, Pippin, Woolf, Vanya Sonia

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Tony Awards Statuette“Kinky Boots” was the big winner of the 67th annual Tony Award, scoring six Tonys including best musical and best leading actor Billy Porter. “Pippin” won best musical revival. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ” won  three of its five nominations, including best revival of a play, and, surprise selection, best leading actor, Tracy Letts, who won out in a category that included Tom Hanks and Nathan Lane. “Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike” won Christopher Durang his first Tony for best play.  “Matilda” won just four awards out of its 12 nominations, most craft awards, although Gabriel Ebert did win best featured actor. The “Nance” did surprisingly well, winning three of its five nominations.

Much remarked upon: The 2013 Tony Awards seemed to be the Year of the Woman. Both directing awards went to women, and Cyndi Lauper was the first woman to win for the best score Tony without being in a songwriting team with a man. And, another milestone,  half  the acting awards were won by African-American performers.

Winners in  bold face with asterisk * and logos.

BEST PLAY

by Richard Greenberg
by Nora Ephron
by Colm Tóibín
by Christopher Durang

BEST MUSICAL

kinkybootslogoBring It On: The Musical

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Harvey Fierstein
Dennis Kelly

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

Music and Lyrics:
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Music:
Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
Lyrics:Amanda Green
Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

2013 Best Actor Play: Tony Tom Hanks, Nathan Lane, Tracy Letts, David Hyde Pierce, Tom SturridgeTracyLettsTom Hanks Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane The Nance
*Tracy Letts Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge Orphans

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

BestActressPlayNominees2013
CicelyTysonhsLaurie Metcalf The Other Place
Amy Morton Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor Ann
*Cicely Tyson The Trip to Bountiful

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

BestActorMusicalTonyNominees2013
hs_porterBertie Carvel Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Rob McClure Chaplin
*Billy Porter Kinky Boots
Stark Sands Kinky Boots

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

BestActressMusicalTonyNominees2013hs_millerStephanie J. Block
 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello
 Scandalous
Valisia LeKae
 Motown The Musical
*Patina Miller
 Pippin
Laura Osnes
 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

BestFeaturedActorPlayTonyNominees2013hs_vanceDanny Burstein
 Golden Boy
Richard Kind
 The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen
 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub
 Golden Boy
*Courtney B. Vance
 Lucky Guy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony Nominees 2013: Carrie Coon, Shalita Grant, Judith Ivy, Judith Light, Condola Rashadhs_lightCarrie Coon
 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant
 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey
 The Heiress
*Judith Light
 The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad
 The Trip to Bountiful

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Best Featured Actor Musical Nominees: Charl Brown, Keith Carradine, Will Chase, Gabriel Ebert, Terrence Mann

hs_ebertCharl Brown

Motown The Musical

Keith Carradine
 Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase
 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
*Gabriel Ebert
 Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann
 Pippin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

BestFeaturedActressMusicalTonyNominees2013hs_a_martinAnnaleigh Ashford
Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark
 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
*Andrea Martin
 Pippin
Keala Settle
 Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward
 Matilda The Musical

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

logo-Woolf*Pam MacKinnon
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher
Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe
Lucky Guy

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

pippinlogo2Scott Ellis
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell
Kinky Boots
*Diane Paulus
Pippin
Matthew Warchus
Matilda The Musical

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

kinkybootslogoAndy Blankenbuehler
 Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling
 Matilda The Musical
*Jerry Mitchell
 Kinky Boots
Chet Walker
 Pippin

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

kinkybootslogoChris Nightingale
 Matilda The Musical
*Stephen Oremus
 Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook
 Motown The Musical
Danny Troob
 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

nancelogo*John Lee Beatty
The Nance
Santo Loquasto
The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell
Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan
Golden Boy

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

matildalogo*Rob Howell
Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask
Pippin
David Rockwell
Kinky Boots

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY

nancelogoSoutra Gilmour
Cyrano de Bergerac
*Ann Roth
Albert Wolsky
The Heiress
Catherine Zuber
Golden Boy

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

cinderellalogoGregg Barnes
Kinky Boots
Rob Howell
Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux
Pippin

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY

luckyguylogo2*Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
Lucky Guy
Donald Holder
Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton
The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman
The Nance

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

matildalogoKenneth Posner
Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner
Pippin
Kenneth Posner
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
*Hugh Vanstone
Matilda The Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY

nancelogoJohn Gromada
The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier
The Testament of Mary
*Leon Rothenberg
The Nance
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg
Golden Boy

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

kinkybootslogoJonathan Deans & Garth Helm
 Pippin
Peter Hylenski
 Motown The Musical
*John Shivers
 Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg
 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

SPECIAL TONY AWARD® FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE

Bernard Gersten*
Paul Libin*
Ming Cho Lee*

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Huntington Theatre Company*
huntington

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD

Larry_Kramer

Larry Kramer*

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Career Transition For Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway – Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro
  Tony Nominations by Production

“Kinky Boots” – 13
“Matilda The Musical” – 12
“Pippin” – 10
“Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” – 9
“Golden Boy” – 8
“Lucky Guy” – 6
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” – 6
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” – 5
“The Nance” – 5
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” – 5
“Motown The Musical” – 4
“The Trip to Bountiful” – 4
“The Assembled Parties” – 3
“A Christmas Story, The Musical” – 3
“Hands on a Hardbody” – 3
“The Testament of Mary”- 3
“Bring It On: The Musical” – 2
“The Heiress” – 2
“Orphans “- 2
“Ann” – 1
“Annie” – 1
“The Big Knife” – 1
“Chaplin” – 1
“Cyrano de Bergerac” – 1
“The Other Place” – 1
“Scandalous” – 1

Author: New York Theater

Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people.

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