Tony Awards 2006
Written by Rob   
Friday, 03 November 2006 07:29
The Tony Awards were held on Sunday, June 11th
* denotes winner


BEST PLAY

*The History Boys
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Rabbit Hole
Shining City


BEST MUSICAL

The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
*Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer


BOOK (MUSICAL)

The Color Purple, Marsha Norman
*The Drowsy Chaperone, Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Jersey Boys, Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
The Wedding Singer, Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy


ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE

The Color Purple, Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray
*The Drowsy Chaperone, Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
The Wedding Singer, Music: Matthew Sklar; Lyrics: Chad Beguelin
The Woman in White, Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: David Zippel


REVIVAL (PLAY)

*Awake and Sing!
The Constant Wife
Edward Albee’s Seascape
Faith Healer


BEST REVIVAL (MUSICAL)

*The Pajama Game
Sweeney Todd
The Threepenny Opera


BEST SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT

Not Awarded


BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer
*Richard Griffiths, The History Boys
ÂŽeljko Ivanek, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Oliver Platt, Shining City
David Wilmot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore


BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Kate Burton, The Constant Wife
Judy Kaye, Souvenir
Lisa Kron, Well
*Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole
Lynn Redgrave, The Constant Wife


BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd
Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game
Stephen Lynch, The Wedding Singer
Bob Martin, The Drowsy Chaperone
*John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys


BEST PERFORMANCE - LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Sutton Foster, The Drowsy Chaperone
*LaChanze, The Color Purple
Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd
Kelli O’Hara, The Pajama Game
Chita Rivera, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life


BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY

Samuel Barnett, The History Boys
Domhnall Gleeson, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
*Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer
Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!
Pablo Schreiber, Awake and Sing!


BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY

Tyne Daly, Rabbit Hole
*Frances de la Tour, The History Boys
Jayne Houdyshell, Well
Alison Pill, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Zoë Wanamaker, Awake and Sing!


BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

Danny Burstein, The Drowsy Chaperone
Jim Dale, The Threepenny Opera
Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple
Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd
*Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys


BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

Carolee Carmello, Lestat
Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple
Megan Lawrence, The Pajama Game
*Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, The Color Purple


BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole
*Bob Crowley, The History Boys
Santo Loquasto, Three Days of Rain
Michael Yeargan, Awake and Sing!


BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple
*David Gallo, The Drowsy Chaperone
Derek McLane, The Pajama Game
Klara Zieglerova, Jersey Boys

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Michael Krass, The Constant Wife
Santo Loquasto, A Touch of the Poet
*Catherine Zuber, Awake and Sing!
Catherine Zuber, Edward Albee’s Seascape

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
*Gregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone
Susan Hilferty, Lestat
Martin Pakledinaz, The Pajama Game
Paul TazeWell, The Color Purple

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Christopher Akerlind, Awake and Sing!
Paul Gallo, Three Days of Rain
Mark Henderson, Faith Healer
*Mark Henderson, The History Boys

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ken Billington and Brian Monahan, The Drowsy Chaperone
*Howell Binkley, Jersey Boys
Natasha Katz, Tarzan
Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
*Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Wilson Milam, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Bartlett Sher, Awake and Sing!
Daniel Sullivan, Rabbit Hole

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
*John Doyle, Sweeney Todd
Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford, The Wedding Singer
Donald Byrd, The Color Purple
*Kathleen Marshall, The Pajama Game
Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Larry Blank, The Drowsy Chaperone
Dick Lieb and Danny Troob, The Pajama Game
Steve Orich, Jersey Boys
*Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd

SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Sarah Jones for Bridge & Tunnel
REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA
SPECIAL AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Harold Prince
 

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