2012 Tony Nominees and Winners
June 11 2012, Published 12:16 p.m. ET
Play
“Clybourne Park,” Bruce Norris – WINNER
“Other Desert Cities,” Jon Robin Baitz
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” Rick Elice
“Venus in Fur,” David Ives
Musical
“Leap of Faith”
“Newsies”
“Nice Work If You Can Get It”
“Once” – WINNER
Revival of a Play
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” – WINNER
“Gore Vidal’s The Best Man”
“Master Class”
“Wit”
Revival of a Musical
“Evita”
“Follies”
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” – WINNER
“Jesus Christ Superstar”
Book of a Musical
“Lysistrata Jones,” Douglas Carter Beane
“Newsies,” Harvey Fierstein
“Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Joe DiPietro
“Once,” Enda Walsh – WINNER
Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater
“Bonnie & Clyde,” music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black
“Newsies,” music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman – WINNER
“One Man, Two Guvnors,” music & lyrics: Grant Olding
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
James Corden, “One Man, Two Guvnors” – WINNER
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
James Earl Jones, “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man”
Frank Langella, “Man and Boy”
John Lithgow, “The Columnist”
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, “Venus in Fur” – WINNER
Tracie Bennett, “End of the Rainbow”
Stockard Channing, “Other Desert Cities”
Linda Lavin, “The Lyons”
Cynthia Nixon, “Wit”
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Danny Burstein, “Follies”
Jeremy Jordan, “Newsies”
Steve Kazee, “Once” – WINNER
Norm Lewis, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Ron Raines, “Follies”
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Jan Maxwell, “Follies”
Audra McDonald, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” – WINNER
Cristin Milioti, “Once”
Kelli O’Hara, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Laura Osnes, “Bonnie & Clyde”
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Christian Borle, “Peter and the Starcatcher” – WINNER
Michael Cumpsty, “End of the Rainbow”
Tom Edden, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Andrew Garfield, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Jeremy Shamos, “Clybourne Park”
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Linda Emond, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Spencer Kayden, “Don’t Dress for Dinner”
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Peter and the Starcatcher”
Judith Light, “Other Desert Cities” - WINNER
Condola Rashad, “Stick Fly”
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Phillip Boykin, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Michael Cerveris, “Evita”
David Alan Grier, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Michael McGrath, “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – WINNER
Josh Young, “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, “Once”
Jayne Houdyshell, “Follies”
Judy Kaye, “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – WINNER
Jessie Mueller, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “Ghost the Musical”
Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, “Other Desert Cities”
Daniel Ostling, “Clybourne Park”
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Donyale Werle, “Peter and the Starcatcher” – WINNER
Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley, “Once” – WINNER
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, “Ghost the Musical”
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, “Newsies”
George Tsypin, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark”
Costume Design of a Play
William Ivey Long, “Don’t Dress for Dinner”
Paul Tazewell, “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Paloma Young, “Peter and the Starcatcher” – WINNER
Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, “Follies” – WINNER
ESosa, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Eiko Ishioka, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark”
Martin Pakledinaz, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Lighting Design of a Play
Jeff Croiter, “Peter and the Starcatcher” – WINNER
Peter Kaczorowski, “The Road to Mecca”
Brian MacDevitt, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Kenneth Posner, “Other Desert Cities”
Lighting Design of a Musical
Christopher Akerlind, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Natasha Katz, “Follies”
Natasha Katz, “Once” – WINNER
Hugh Vanstone, “Ghost the Musical”
Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Scott Lehrer, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman”
Gareth Owen, “End of the Rainbow”
Darron L. West, “Peter and the Starcatcher” – WINNER
Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Clive Goodwin, “Once” – WINNER
Kai Harada, “Follies”
Brian Ronan, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Choreography
Rob Ashford, “Evita”
Christopher Gattelli, “Newsies” – WINNER
Steven Hoggett, “Once”
Kathleen Marshall, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Direction of a Play
Nicholas Hytner, “One Man, Two Guvnors”
Pam MacKinnon, “Clybourne Park”
Mike Nichols, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” – WINNER
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, “Peter and the Starcatcher”
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Direction of a Musical
Jeff Calhoun, “Newsies”
Kathleen Marshall, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Diane Paulus, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
John Tiffany, “Once” – WINNER
Orchestrations
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess”
Bill Elliott, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Martin Lowe, “Once” – WINNER
Danny Troob, “Newsies”
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Emanuel Azenberg
Regional Thea
tre Award
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters
Special Tony Award
Actors’ Equity Assn.
Hugh Jackman
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
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