2014 Tony Award Winners

2014 Tony Award Winners

The 68th Tony Awards were presented at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday June 8, hosted by Hugh Jackman.

Audra McDonald took out a record-breaking sixth Tony Award — the most of any actor ever —for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. Shw became the first performer to take out Tonys in all four acting categories.

Awards  were spread across seven musicals and six plays.

The award for Best Musical went to A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, which took out a total of four Tonys, equaling Hedwig and the Angry Inch (including Best Musical Revival). All The Way took out the Tony for Best Play (Bryan Cranston also took out the Best Actor award). Best revival of a play, A Raisin in the Sun, won three awards.

The Winners

Best Musical: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Jesse Mueller, Beautiful — The Carole King Musical

Best Revival of a Musical
 :Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Play: All the Way

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Bryan Cranston, All the Way

Best Revival of a Play: A Raisin in the Sun

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Book of a Musical: Robert L. Friedman, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Direction of a Musical: Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Direction of a Play: Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: The Bridges of Madison County (Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: James M. Iglehart, Aladdin

Best Choreography: Warren Carlyle, After Midnight

Best Costume Design of a Musical: Linda Cho, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Best Costume Design of a Play: Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun

Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, The Glass Menagerie

Best Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County

Best Scenic Design of a Play: Beowulf Boritt, Act One

Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christopher Barreca, Rocky

Best Sound Design of a Play: Steve Canyon Kennedy, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
 - Jane Greenwood

Regional Theatre Award
 - Signature Theatre

Isabelle Stevenson Award
 - Rosie O'Donnell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Joseph P. Benincasa


Joan Marcus


Charlotte Wilcox

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