With TV, movie and Broadway star Neil Patrick Harris hosting for the first time, the 2009 Tony Awards were presented on national television from Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 7, 2009. Billy Elliot performed to expectations claiming 10 awards from its record-tying 15 nominations. (Billy tied the 2001 total of The Producers, which won a record 12 Tonys.)
The Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
This year's winners are in bold:
- Best Musical
Billy Elliot the Musical
Next to Normal
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical
- Best Play
Dividing the Estate
God of Carnage
reasons to be pretty
33 Variations
- Best Book of a Musical
Lee Hall, Billy Elliot the Musical
Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal
David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek the Musical
Hunter Bell, [title of show]
- Best Original Score
Billy Elliot the Musical, Music: Elton John, Lyrics: Lee Hall
Next to Normal, Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Brian Yorkey
9 to 5 the Musical, Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton
Shrek the Musical, Music: Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
- Best Revival of a Play
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Mary Stuart
The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot
- Best Revival of a Musical
Guys and Dolls
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story
- Best Special Theatrical Event
Liza's at The Palace
Slava's Snowshow
Soul of Shaolin
You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage
Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow
James Gandolfini, God of Carnage
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Thomas Sadoski, reasons to be pretty
- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Hope Davis, God of Carnage
Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish ‚ Billy Elliot the Musical
Gavin Creel, Hair
Brian d'Arcy James, Shrek the Musical
Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages
J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal
- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Stockard Channing, Pal Joey
Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical
Allison Janney, 9 to 5 the Musical
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
John Glover, Waiting for Godot
Zach Grenier, 33 Variations
Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests
Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests
Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate
Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests
Marin Ireland, reasons to be pretty
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
David Bologna, Billy Elliot the Musical
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot the Musical
Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5 the Musical
Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical
Will Swenson, Hair
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal
Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey
Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot the Musical
- Best Scenic Design of a Play
Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
Rob Howell, The Norman Conquests
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Michael Yeargan, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot the Musical
Scott Pask, Pal Joey
Mark Wendland, Next to Normal
- Best Costume Design of a Play
Dale Ferguson, Exit the King
Jane Greenwood, Waiting for Godot
Martin Pakledinaz, Blithe Spirit
Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart
- Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregory Gale, Rock of Ages
Nicky Gillibrand, Billy Elliot the Musical
Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical
Michael McDonald, Hair
- Best Lighting Design of a Play
David Hersey, Equus
David Lander, 33 Variations
Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
- Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, Hair
Kevin Adams, Next to Normal
Howell Binkley, West Side Story
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot the Musical
- Best Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, Mary Stuart
Gregory Clarke, Equus
Russell Goldsmith, Exit the King
Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, Hair
Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot the Musical
Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages
Brian Ronan, Next to Normal
- Best Direction of a Play
Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart
Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage
Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests
- Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical
Michael Greif, Next to Normal
Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages
Diane Paulus, Hair
- Best Choreography
Karole Armitage, Hair
Andy Blankenbuehler, 9 to 5 the Musical
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot the Musical
Randy Skinner, Irving Berlin's White Christmas
- Best Orchestrations (Tie)
Larry Blank, Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Martin Koch, Billy Elliot the Musical
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal
Danny Troob and John Clancy, Shrek the Musical
- Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Jerry Herman
- Regional Theater Tony Award
Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia
- Isabelle Stevenson Award
Phyllis Newman
- Excellence in the Theater
Shirley Herz