Tony Awards 2010 Winners

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre (Tony Awards) held last night with “Memphis” and “Red” steals the show. Catherine Zeta-Jones earned the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and she really deserved it as she performed brilliantly in “A Little Night Music.” Denzel Washington was the winner of the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his effort in “Fences.” Michael Grandage gets the award for Best Direction of a Play for “Red” while Eddie Redmayne earned the award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for “Red.” Bill T. Jones won the award in the category of Best Choreography for “Fela!” while the award for Best Play also goes to “Red.” Terry Johnson was the winner of Best Direction of Musical award for “La Cage aux Folles” while Best Revival of a Play went to “Fences.” Scarlett Johansson earned the award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for “A View from the Bridge” while Katie Finneran won the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical award for “Promises, Promises.”

Here is the list of 64th Tony Awards 2010 held on June 13, 2010, at Radio City Music Hall.

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet)
Best Musical: “Memphis”

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Douglas Hodge (La Cage aux Folles)
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Marina Draghici (Fela!)

Best Sound Design of a Play: Adam Cork (Red)
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Christopher Oram (Red)
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin (Red)
Best Orchestrations: Daryl Waters and David Bryan (Memphis)

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: “Memphis” (Music given by David Bryan while Lyrics by Joe DiPietro & David Bryan)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Viola Davis (Fences)
Best Book of a Musical: “Memphis”

Best Sound Design of a Musical: Robert Kaplowitz (Fela!)
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christine Jones (American Idiot)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams (American Idiot)

Best Revival of a Musical: “La Cage aux Folles”
Best Costume Design of a Play: Catherine Zuber (The Royal Family)
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater: Tim Viola and B.H. Barry

Regional Theater Tony Award: The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Conn.
Isabelle Stevenson Award: David Hyde Pierce
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater: Alan Ayckbourn and Marian Seldes