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