Memphis Musical – Memphis Broadway Dominates Tony Awards 2010

The Memphis musical took the best musical, best book, best score, and best orchestration trophies in last night’s Tony Awards. Hollywood stars alos took home awards – Denzel Washington, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Scarlett Johansson.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best musical: “Memphis”

Best lead actress in a musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones, “A Little Night Music”

Best lead actor in a musical: Douglas Hodge, “La Cage aux Folles”

Best revival of a musical: “La Cage aux Folles”

Best play: “Red” (author: John Logan)

Best revival of a play: “Fences”

Best choreography: Bill T. Jones, “Fela!”

Best leading actress in a play: Viola Davis, “Fences”

Best leading actor in a play: Denzel Washington, “Fences”

Best featured actress in a play: Scarlett Johansson, “A View from the Bridge”

Best featured actor in a play: Eddie Redmayne, “Red”

Best featured actress in a musical: Katie Finneran, “Promises, Promises”

Best featured actor in a musical: Levi Kreis, “Million Dollar Quartet”

Best direction of a play: Michael Grandage, “Red”

Best direction of a musical: Terry Johnson, “La Cage aux Folles”

Best book of a musical: Joe DiPietro, “Memphis”

Best original score written for the theatre: David Bryan (music), Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (lyrics), “Memphis”

Best orchestration: Daryl Waters and David Bryan, “Memphis”

Best scenic design of a play: Christopher Oram, “Red”

Best scenic design of a musical: Christine Jones, “American Idiot”

Best costume design of a play: Catherine Zuber, “The Royal Family”

Best costume design of a musical: Marina Draghici, “Fela!”

Best lighting design of a play: Neil Austin, “Red”

Best lighting design of a musical: Kevin Adams, “American Idiot”

Best sound design of a play: Adam Cork, “Red”

Best sound design of a musical: Robert Kaplowitz, “Fela!”

Lifetime achievement: Alan Ayckbourn, Marian Seldes

Regional Theatre Award: Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Waterford, Conn.

Isabelle Stevenson Award: David Hyde Pierce