THE 2012 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS

BEST PLAY
Clybourne Park Author: Bruce Norris WINNER
Other Desert Cities Author: Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher Author: Rick Elice
Venus in Fur Author: David Ives.

BEST MUSICAL
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once WINNER

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Lysistrata Jones by Douglas Carter Beane
Newsies by Harvey Fierstein
Nice Work If You Can Get It by Joe DiPietro
Once by Enda Walsh WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde Music: Frank Wildhorn - Lyrics: Don Black
Newsies Music: Alan Menken - Lyrics: Jack Feldman WINNER
One Man, Two Guvnors Music & Lyrics by Grant Olding
Peter and the Starcatcher Music: Wayne Barker - Lyrics: Rick Elics

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman WINNER
Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Master Class
Wit

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess WINNER
Jesus Christ Superstar

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors WINNER
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones in Gore Vidal's The Best Man
Frank Langella in Man and Boy
John Lithgow in The Columnist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur WINNER
Tracie Bennett in End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channig in Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin in The Lyons
Cynthis Nixon in Wit

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein in Follies
Jeremy Jordan in Newsies
Steve Kazee in Once WINNER
Norm Lewis in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines in Follies

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jan Maxwell in Follies
Audra McDonald in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess WINNER
Cristin Milioti in Once
Kelli O'Hara in Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes in Bonnie & Clyde

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Christian Borle in Peter and the Starcatcher WINNER
Michael Cumpsty in End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden in One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield in Arthus Miller's Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos in Clybourne Park

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE BY AN ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Linda Emond for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden for Don't Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger for Peter and the Starcatcher
Judith Light for Other Desert Cities WINNER
Condola Rashad for Stick Fly

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Phillip Boykin for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris for Evita
David Alan Grier for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael McGrath for Nice Work If You Can Get It WINNER
Josh Young for Jesus Christ Superstar

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Elizabeth A. Davis in Once
Jayne Houdyshell in Follies
Judy Kaye in Nice Work If You Can Get It WINNER
Jessie Mueller in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in Ghost the Musical

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Nicholas Hytner for One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon for Clybourne Park
Mike Nichols for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman WINNER
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers for Peter and the Starcatcher

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Jeff Calhoun for Newsies
Kathleen Marshall for Nice Work If You Can Get It
Diane Paulus for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
John Tiffany for Once WINNER

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Rob Ashford for Evita
Christopher Gattelli for Newsies WINNER
Steven Hoggett for Once
Kathleen Marshall for Nice Work If You Can Get It

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott for Nice Work If You Can Get It
Martin Lowe for Once WINNER
Danny Troob for Newsies

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty for Other Desert Cities
Daniel Ostling for Clybourne Park
Mark Thompson for One Man, Two Guvnors
Donyale Werle for Peter and the Starcatcher WINNER

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Bob Crowley for Once WINNER
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll for Ghost the Musical
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel for Newsies
George Tsypin for Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
William Ivey Long for Don't Dress for Dinner
Paul Tazewell for A Streetcar Named Desire
Mark Thompson for One Man, Two Guvnors
Paloma Young for Peter and the Starcatcher WINNER

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Gregg Barnes for Follies WINNER
ESosa for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Eiko Ishioka for Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Martin Pakledinaz for Nice Work If You Can Get It

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jeff Croiter for Peter and the Starcatcher WINNER
Peter Kaczorowski for The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner for Other Desert Cities

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Akerlind for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz for Follies
Natasha Katz for Once WINNER
Hugh Vanstone for Ghost the Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paul Arditti for One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen for End of the Rainbow
Darron L West for Peter and the Starcatcher WINNER

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Acme Sound Partners for The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Clive Goodwin for Once WINNER
Kai Harada for Follies
Brian Ronan for Nice Work If You Can Get It

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Emanuel Azenberg

REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Bernadette Peters

SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Actors' Equity Association
Hugh Jackman

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors

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