Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list
Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted):
Play
“Clybourne Park,†Bruce Norris WINNER
“Other Desert Cities,†Jon Robin Baitz
“Peter and the Starcatcher,†Rick Elice
“Venus in Fur,†David Ives
Musical
“Leap of Faithâ€
“Newsiesâ€
“Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
“Once†WINNER
Revival of a play
“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman†WINNER
“Gore Vidal’s The Best Manâ€
“Master Classâ€
“Witâ€
Revival of a musical
“Evitaâ€
“Folliesâ€
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess†WINNER
“Jesus Christ Superstarâ€
Book of a musical
“Lysistrata Jones,†Douglas Carter Beane
“Newsies,†Harvey Fierstein
“Nice Work If You Can Get It,†Joe DiPietro
“Once,†Enda Walsh WINNER
Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
“Bonnie & Clyde,†music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black
“Newsies,†music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman WINNER
“One Man, Two Guvnors,†music & lyrics: Grant Olding
“Peter and the Starcatcher,†music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice
Performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
James Corden, “One Man, Two Guvnors†WINNER
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanâ€
James Earl Jones, “Gore Vidal’s The Best Manâ€
Frank Langella, “Man and Boyâ€
John Lithgow, “The Columnistâ€
Performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Nina Arianda, “Venus in Fur†WINNER
Tracie Bennett, “End of the Rainbowâ€
Stockard Channing, “Other Desert Citiesâ€
Linda Lavin, “The Lyonsâ€
Cynthia Nixon, “Witâ€
Performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Danny Burstein, “Folliesâ€
Jeremy Jordan, “Newsiesâ€
Steve Kazee, “Once†WINNER
Norm Lewis, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Ron Raines, “Folliesâ€
Performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Jan Maxwell, “Folliesâ€
Audra McDonald, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess†WINNER
Cristin Milioti, “Onceâ€
Kelli O’Hara, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Laura Osnes, “Bonnie & Clydeâ€
Performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Christian Borle, “Peter and the Starcatcher†WINNER
Michael Cumpsty, “End of the Rainbowâ€
Tom Edden, “One Man, Two Guvnorsâ€
Andrew Garfield, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanâ€
Jeremy Shamos, “Clybourne Parkâ€
Performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Linda Emond, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanâ€
Spencer Kayden, “Don’t Dress for Dinnerâ€
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “Peter and the Starcatcherâ€
Judith Light, “Other Desert Cities†WINNER
Condola Rashad, “Stick Flyâ€
Performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Phillip Boykin, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Michael Cerveris, “Evitaâ€
David Alan Grier, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Michael McGrath, “Nice Work If You Can Get It†WINNER
Josh Young, “Jesus Christ Superstarâ€
Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Elizabeth A. Davis, “Onceâ€
Jayne Houdyshell, “Folliesâ€
Judy Kaye, “Nice Work If You Can Get It†WINNER
Jessie Mueller, “On a Clear Day You Can See Foreverâ€
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “Ghost the Musicalâ€
Scenic design of a play
John Lee Beatty, “Other Desert Citiesâ€
Daniel Ostling, “Clybourne Parkâ€
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnorsâ€
Donyale Werle, “Peter and the Starcatcher†WINNER
Scenic design of a musical
Bob Crowley, “Once†WINNER
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, “Ghost the Musicalâ€
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, “Newsiesâ€
George Tsypin, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Darkâ€
Costume design of a play
William Ivey Long, “Don’t Dress for Dinnerâ€
Paul Tazewell, “A Streetcar Named Desireâ€
Mark Thompson, “One Man, Two Guvnorsâ€
Paloma Young, “Peter and the Starcatcher†WINNER
Costume design of a musical
Gregg Barnes, “Follies†WINNER
ESosa, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Eiko Ishioka, “Spider-Man Turn Off The Darkâ€
Martin Pakledinaz, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Lighting design of a play
Jeff Croiter, “Peter and the Starcatcher†WINNER
Peter Kaczorowski, “The Road to Meccaâ€
Brian MacDevitt, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanâ€
Kenneth Posner, “Other Desert Citiesâ€
Lighting design of a musical
Christopher Akerlind, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Natasha Katz, “Folliesâ€
Natasha Katz, “Once†WINNER
Hugh Vanstone, “Ghost the Musicalâ€
Sound design of a play
Paul Arditti, “One Man, Two Guvnorsâ€
Scott Lehrer, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmanâ€
Gareth Owen, “End of the Rainbowâ€
Darron L. West, “Peter and the Starcatcher†WINNER
Sound design of a musical
Acme Sound Partners, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Clive Goodwin, “Once†WINNER
Kai Harada, “Folliesâ€
Brian Ronan, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Choreography
Rob Ashford, “Evitaâ€
Christopher Gattelli, “Newsies†WINNER
Steven Hoggett, “Onceâ€
Kathleen Marshall, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Direction of a play
Nicholas Hytner, “One Man, Two Guvnorsâ€
Pam MacKinnon, “Clybourne Parkâ€
Mike Nichols, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman†WINNER
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, “Peter and the Starcatcherâ€
Direction of a musical
Jeff Calhoun, “Newsiesâ€
Kathleen Marshall, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Diane Paulus, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
John Tiffany, “Once†WINNER
Orchestrations
William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bessâ€
Bill Elliott, “Nice Work If You Can Get Itâ€
Martin Lowe, “Once†WINNER
Danny Troob, “Newsiesâ€
Non-competitive categories
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Emanuel Azenberg
Regional Theatre Award
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters
Special Tony Award
Actors’ Equity Assn.
Hugh Jackman
Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre
Freddie Gershon
Artie Siccardi
TDF Open Doors
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