British talent triumphed at the Tony Awards in New York, with Company winning five, including best musical revival and best director of a musical for Marianne Elliott. The Lehman Trilogy also scooped five prizes, including best play, with nods for Sam Mendes, who won best direction of a play and Simon Russell Beale, who won best actor in a play. Six the Musical took home two awards, including best original score. In total, British talent won in 13 categories.
Winner: The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, Ben Power
Also nominated:
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
The Minutes by Tracy Letts
Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau
Winner: A Strange Loop
Also nominated:
Girl from the North Country
MJ
Mr Saturday Night
Paradise Square
Six the Musical
Winner: A Strange Loop – Michael R Jackson
Also nominated:
Girl from the North Country – Conor McPherson
MJ – Lynn Nottage
Mr Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan
Winner: Six the Musical – music and lyrics: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Also nominated:
Flying Over Sunset – music: Tom Kitt, lyrics: Michael Korie
Mr Saturday Night – music: Jason Robert Brown, lyrics: Amanda Green
Paradise Square – music: Jason Howland, lyrics: Nathan Tysen and Masi Asare
A Strange Loop – music and lyrics: Michael R. Jackson
Winner: Take Me Out
Also nominated:
American Buffalo
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
How I Learned to Drive
Trouble in Mind
Winner: Company
Also nominated:
The Music Man
Caroline, Or Change
Winner: Simon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy
Also nominated:
Adam Godley, The Lehman Trilogy
Adrian Lester, The Lehman Trilogy
David Morse, How I Learned to Drive
Sam Rockwell, American Buffalo
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
David Threlfall, Hangmen
Winner: Deirdre O’Connell, Dana H
Also nominated:
Gabby Beans, The Skin of Our Teeth
LaChanze, Trouble in Mind
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to Drive
Winner: Myles Frost, MJ
Also nominated:
Billy Crystal, Mr Saturday Night
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Rob McClure, Mrs Doubtfire
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
Winner: Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Also nominated:
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, Or Change
Carmen Cusack, Flying Over Sunset
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country
Winner: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out
Also nominated:
Alfie Allen, Hangmen
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s
Michael Oberholtzer, Take Me Out
Jesse Williams, Take Me Out
Winner: Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew
Also nominated:
Uzo Aduba, Clyde’s
Rachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kenita R Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Kara Young, Clyde’s
Winner: Matt Doyle, Company
Also nominated:
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop
AJ Shively, Paradise Square
Winner: Patti LuPone, Company
Also nominated:
Jeannette Bayardelle, Girl from the North Country
Shoshana Bean, Mr Saturday Night
Jayne Houdyshell, The Music Man
L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop
Jennifer Simard, Company
Winner: Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Also nominated:
Beowulf Boritt, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong, Skeleton Crew
Anna Fleischle, Hangmen
Scott Pask, American Buffalo
Adam Rigg, The Skin of Our Teeth
Winner: Bunny Christie, Company
Also nominated:
Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset
Arnulfo Maldonado, A Strange Loop
Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini, MJ
Allen Moyer, Paradise Square
Winner: Montana Levi Blanco, The Skin of Our Teeth
Also nominated:
Sarafina Bush, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Emilio Sosa, Trouble in Mind
Jane Greenwood, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s
Winner: Gabriella Slade, Six the Musical
Also nominated:
Fly Davis, Caroline, Or Change
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
William Ivey Long, Diana the Musical
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Paul Tazewell, MJ
Winner: Jon Clark, The Lehman Trilogy
Also nominated:
Joshua Carr, Hangmen
Jiyoun Chang, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Jane Cox, Macbeth
Yi Zhao, The Skin of Our Teeth
Winner: Natasha Katz, MJ
Also nominated:
Neil Austin, Company
Tim Deiling, Six the Musical
Donald Holder, Paradise Square
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset
Jen Schriever, A Strange Loop
Winner: Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H
Also nominated:
Justin Ellington, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Palmer Hefferan, The Skin of Our Teeth
Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey, The Lehman Trilogy
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth
Winner: Gareth Owen, MJ
Also nominated:
Simon Baker, Girl from the North Country
Paul Gatehouse, Six the Musical
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Drew Levy, A Strange Loop
Winner: Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy
Also nominated:
Lileana Blain-Cruz, The Skin of Our Teeth
Camille A Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Neil Pepe, American Buffalo
Les Waters, Dana H
Winner: Marianne Elliott, Company
Also nominated:
Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop
Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Six the Musical
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Winner: Christopher Wheeldon, MJ
Also nominated:
Camille A Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Six the Musical
Bill T Jones, Paradise Square
Winners: Simon Hale, Girl from the North Country
Also nominated:
David Cullen, Company
Tom Curran, Six the Musical
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Charlie Rosen, A Strange Loop
Angela Lansbury
Robert E Wankel
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