It was a largely sweepy night at the Tony Awards last night as The Book of Mormon, War Horse, The Normal Heart, and Anything Goes took the top prizes and the lion share of the rest of the awards.
The winners are below.
Best Play: War Horse
Best Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Revival of a Play: The Normal Heart
Best Revival of a Musical: Anything Goes
Best Actor, Play: Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
Best Actress, Play: Frances McDormand, Good People
Best Actor, Musical: Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Best Actress, Musical: Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Best Featured Actor, Play: John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Best Featured Actress, Play: Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Best Featured Actor, Musical: John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business
Best Featured Actress, Musical: Nikki M. James. Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Musical: Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker, Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Play: Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris, War Horse
Best Book of a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Costume Design for a Play: Importance of Being Earnest
Best Costume Design for a Musical: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Scenic Design for a Play: War Horse
Best Scenic Design for a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Lighting Design for a Play: War Horse
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Choreography: Anything Goes
Best Score for a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Orchestrations for a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design for a Musical: Book of Mormon
Best Sound Design in a Play: War Horse
The ceremony itself was highly enjoyable and seem to be getting almost universally good reviews throughout the blogosphere. A small part of that is surely due to the wonderfully singing-dancing-rapping host Neil Patrick Harris who really did do a lot and yet never encroached on the awards being given out. It's difficult to pick a highlight since everything he did was truly inspired--from his hilarious opening number to his duet with Hugh Jackman, from his 30-second Spider-Man joke fest to his freestyle rap to end the show. He even performed a number from Company with an all-star cast.
The other performances, mostly from all of the nominated musicals, were also fantastic. While Patina Miller and Sutton Foster blew the roofs with their numbers and Andrew Rannells delivered a showstopper, I was most impressed by Daniel Radcliffe who was singing and dancing with such ferocity and skill, it was like he's been in Broadway for years. Well done, young Harry.
Seriously, NPH should just host every awards show ever from here on out. He reminds me of Bob Hope that way.
ReplyDeleteHey Meltha! I can definitely see the comparison. He was just entertaining and professional all the way through. He wasn't fazed by anything, even Brooke Shields!
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