61st Annual Tony Awards

The winners for the 61st Annual Tony Awards were announced in a ceremony at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10, 2007. The big winners were The Coast of Utopia winning seven awards including Best Play, and Spring Awakening with seven, including Best Musical. I think the saddest thing is that Journey's End won Best Revival of a Play, yet it closed today due to lack of audience. The Coast of Utopia, which was a three play, nine-hour drama was not only packed, but extended at Lincoln Center. And yet drama can't seem to thrive on Broadway. I wonder if there is a difference in audience. Perhaps Lincoln Center is less dependent on tourists. Maybe it is considered more of a "cultural center" with its opera house which helps attract a different crowd.

David Hyde Pierce, who has won four Emmys, can now add a Tony to his collection. Although Pierce has been on Broadway before, most recently in Spamalot, this was his first Tony nomination.
Winners have * and are in bold.

Best Play
*The Coast of Utopia, Author: Tom Stoppard
Frost/Nixon, Author: Peter Morgan
The Little Dog Laughed, Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Radio Golf, Author: August Wilson

Best Musical
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
*Spring Awakening

Best Book of a Musical
Curtains, Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone
Grey Gardens, Doug Wright
Legally Blonde The Musical, Heather Hach
*Spring Awakening, Steven Sater

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Curtains. Music: John Kander, Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes
Grey Gardens, Music: Scott Frankel, Lyrics: Michael Korie
Legally Blonde The Musical, Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin
*Spring Awakening, Music: Duncan Sheik, Lyrics: Steven Sater

Best Revival of a Play
Inherit the Wind
Journey’s End
Talk Radio
Translations

Best Revival of a Musical
The Apple Tree
A Chorus Line
*Company
110 in the Shade

Best Special Theatrical Event
*Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Boyd Gaines, Journey’s End
*Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Brían F. O'Byrne, The Coast of Utopia
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Swoosie Kurtz, Heartbreak House
Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking
*Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Raúl Esparza, Company
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins
*David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde The Musical
*Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Debra Monk, Curtains
Donna Murphy, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf
*Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia
John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf
Stark Sands, Journey’s End

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy
Dana Ivey, Butley
Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle, Legally Blonde The Musical
John Cullum, 110 in the Shade
*John Gallagher, Jr. , Spring Awakening
David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Charlotte d'Amboise, A Chorus Line
Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins
Orfeh, Legally Blonde The Musical
*Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Karen Ziemba, Curtains