Tony Award winners

The Tony Awards celebrate the best of Broadway shows. At an annual event in New York City, the top Broadway shows are awarded a Tony Award to recognize their excellence by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. For a Broadway show to be nominated is a great honor, but to win is a privilege.

2009 Tony Award Winners

BEST MUSICAL
Billy Elliott

 

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage

     

BEST PLAY
God of Carnage

 

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot

     

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hair

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot

     

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Norman Conquests

 

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS (TIE)
Martin Koch, Billy Elliot
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal

     

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Lee Hall, Billy Elliot

 

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Derek McLane, 33 Variations

     

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER
Next to Normal - Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Brian Yorkey

 

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Tim Hatley, Shrek the Musical

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

 

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Gregory Clarke, Equus

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit

 

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot

 

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER
Jerry Herman

     

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Karen Olivo, West Side Story

 

REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD
Signature Theater (Arlington, Va.)

     

SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Shirley Herz

 

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Phyllis Newman

     

SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
Liza's at the Palace . . .

   
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