Tony Awards 2013 winners and nominees: Complete list
The 2013 Tony nominations were announced Tuesday morning in New York by multiple Tony winner Sutton Foster and “Modern Family” actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
“Bring It On,” “A Christmas Story,” “Kinky Boots” and “Matilda: The Musical” were nominated as Broadway’s best musical, and the plays “The Assembled Parties,” “Lucky Guy,” “The Testament of Mary” and “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” also received nods.
Actor and actress nominees went to such luminaries as Tom Hanks, Nathan Lane and Cicely Tyson, among others.
And the nominees are...
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Best play
“The Assembled Parties” by Richard Greenberg
“Lucky Guy” by Nora Ephron
“The Testament of Mary” by Colm Toibin
WINNER “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang
Best musical
“Bring It On, The Musical”
“A Christmas Story, The Musical”
WINNER “Kinky Boots, The Musical”
“Matilda, The Musical”
Best book of a musical
“A Christmas Story, The Musical” Joseph Robinette
“Kinky Boots” Harvey Fierstein
WINNER “Matilda, The Musical” Dennis Kelly
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Douglas Carter Beane
Best revival of a play
“Golden Boy” Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten
“Orphans”
“The Trip to Bountiful”
WINNER “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
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Best revival of a musical
“Annie”
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
WINNER “Pippin”
“Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
“A Christmas Story, The Musical” Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Hands on a Hardbody” Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Lyrics: Amanda Green
WINNER “Kinky Boots” Music and Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
“Matilda, The Musical” Music and Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Tom Hanks, “Lucky Guy”
Nathan Lane, “The Nance”
WINNER Tracy Letts, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
David Hyde Pierce, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Tom Sturridge, “Orphans”
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Laurie Metcalf, “The Other Place”
Amy Morton, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Kristine Nielsen, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Holland Taylor, “Ann”
WINNER Cicely Tyson, “The Trip to Bountiful”
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Bertie Carvel, “Matilda, The Musical”
Santino Fontana, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Rob McClure, “Chaplin”
WINNER Billy Porter, “Kinky Boots”
Stark Sands, “Kinky Boots”
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Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Stephanie J. Block, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
Carolee Carmello, “Scandalous”
Valisia LeKae, “Motown, The Musical”
WINNER Patina Miller, “Pippin”
Laura Osnes, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Danny Burstein, “Golden Boy”
Richard Kind, “The Big Knife”
Billy Magnussen, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Tony Shalhoub, “Golden Boy”
WINNER Courtney B. Vance, “Lucky Guy”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Carrie Coon, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Shalita Grant, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Judith Ivey, “The Heiress”
WINNER Judith Light, “The Assembled Parties”
Condola Rashad, “The Trip to Bountiful”
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Charl Brown, “Motown, The Musical”
Keith Carradine, “Hands on a Hardbody”
Will Chase, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
WINNER Gabriel Ebert, “Matilda, The Musical”
Terrence Mann, “Pippin”
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Annaleigh Ashford, “Kinky Boots”
Victoria Clark, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
WINNER Andrea Martin, “Pippin”
Keala Settle, “Hands on a Hardbody”
Lauren Ward, “Matilda, The Musical”
Best scenic design of a play
WINNER John Lee Beatty, “The Nance”
Santo Loquasto, “The Assembled Parties”
David Rockwell, “Lucky Guy”
Michael Yeargan, “Golden Boy”
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Best scenic design of a musical
WINNER Rob Howell, “Matilda, The Musical”
Anna Louizos, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
Scott Pask, “Pippin”
David Rockwell, “Kinky Boots”
Best costume design of a play
Soutra Gilmour, “Cyrano de Bergerac”
WINNER Ann Roth, “The Nance”
Albert Wolsky, “The Heiress”
Catherine Zuber, “Golden Boy”
Best costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, “Kinky Boots”
Rob Howell, “Matilda, The Musical”
Dominique Lemieux, “Pippin”
WINNER William Ivey Long, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Best lighting design of a play
WINNER Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, “Lucky Guy”
Donald Holder, “Golden Boy”
Jennifer Tipton, “The Testament of Mary”
Japhy Weideman, “The Nance”
Best lighting design of a musical
Kenneth Posner, “Kinky Boots”
Kenneth Posner, “Pippin”
Kenneth Posner, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
WINNER Hugh Vanstone, “Matilda, The Musical”
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Best sound design of a play
John Gromada, “The Trip to Bountiful”
Mel Mercier, “The Testament of Mary”
WINNER Leon Rothenberg, “The Nance”
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, “Golden Boy”
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Best sound design of a musical
Jonathan Deans & Garth Helm, “Pippin”
Peter Hylenski, “Motown, The Musical”
WINNER John Shivers, “Kinky Boots”
Nevin Steinberg, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Best direction of a play
WINNER Pam MacKinnon, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Nicholas Martin, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
Bartlett Sher, “Golden Boy”
George C. Wolfe, “Lucky Guy”
Best direction of a musical
Scott Ellis, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
Jerry Mitchell, “Kinky Boots”
WINNER Diane Paulus, “Pippin”
Matthew Warchus, “Matilda, The Musical”
Best choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, “Bring It On: The Musical”
Peter Darling, “Matilda, The Musical”
WINNER Jerry Mitchell, “Kinky Boots”
Chet Walker, “Pippin”
Best orchestrations
Chris Nightingale, “Matilda, The Musical”
WINNER Stephen Oremus, “Kinky Boots”
Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook, “Motown, The Musical”
Danny Troob, “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella”
Recipients of awards and honors in non-competitive categories
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee
Regional Theater Award
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Larry Kramer
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater
Career Transition for Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
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Tony Nominations by Production
“Kinky Boots” - 13
“Matilda, The Musical”- 12
“Pippin” - 10
“Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” - 9
“Golden Boy” - 8
“Lucky Guy” - 6
“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” - 6
“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” - 5
“The Nance” - 5
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” - 5
“Motown, The Musical” - 4
“The Trip to Bountiful” - 4
“The Assembled Parties” - 3
“A Christmas Story, The Musical” - 3
“Hands on a Hardbody” - 3
“The Testament of Mary” - 3
“Bring It On: The Musical” - 2
“The Heiress” - 2
“Orphans” - 2
“Ann” - 1
“Annie” - 1
“The Big Knife” - 1
“Chaplin” - 1
“Cyrano de Bergerac” - 1
“The Other Place” - 1
“Scandalous” - 1
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