Entertainment News: Results of the 66th Annual Tony Awards

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NEW YORK – The set-in-Chicago staging of “Clybourne Park” won Best Play, and the stageplay-based-on-the-movie “Once,” won Best Musical at the 66th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday night. “Once” took home eight Tony Awards, while its rival “Newsies the Musical’ won Best Score and Best Choreography.

The Tony Awards, hosted with aplomb again by Neil Patrick Harris on CBS, is notable also today for having the lowest ratings for any Tony telecast in history. With few recognizable or splashy musicals or plays to anchor the show, viewer interest declined. Only six million tuned in this year, down from 6.9 million last year.

Neil Patrick Harris (center) in the Opening Number of the 66th Annual Tony Awards Photo credit: CBS-TV

But the highlights of the show were many. Six-time Tony Award winner Mike Nichols, legendary theater and film director, won his seventh Tony for directing “Death of a Salesman,” which also won Best Revival of a Play. “Newsies the Musical” composer Alan Menken noted the journey of a film version “that earned nothing at the box office” to a current Broadway adaptation that is earning a million dollars a week. Neil Patrick Harris did a funny homage to the technical difficulties of the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” by hanging like Spider-Man through a presentation by Angela Lansbury and theater executive Ted Chapin, with many references to hanging in there.

The complete list of winners are below:

Musical: “Once.”

Play: “Clybourne Park.”

Revival of a Play: “Death of a Salesman.”

Revival of a Musical: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: James Corden, “One Man, Two Guvnors.”

Performance by an Actress in Leading Role in a Play: Nina Arianda, “Venus in Fur.”

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Steve Kazee, “Once.”

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Audra McDonald, “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”

Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Christian Borle, “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Judith Light, “Other Desert Cities.”

Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Michael McGrath, “Nice Work If You Can Get It.”

Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Judy Kaye, “Nice Work If You Can Get It.”

Book of a Musical: Enda Walsh, “Once”

Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: “Newsies.”

Direction of Play: Mike Nichols, “Death of a Salesman.”

Direction of a Musical: John Tiffany, “Once.”

Choreography: Christopher Gattelli, “Newsies.”

Orchestration: Martin Lowe, “Once.”

Sound Design of a Play: Darron L. West, “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Sound Design of a Musical: Clive Goodwin, “Once.”

Costume Design of a Play: Paloma Young, “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Costume Design of a Musical: Gregg Barnes, “Follies.”

Scenic Design Play: Donyale Werle, “Peter and the Starcatcher”

Scenic Design of a Musical: Bob Crowley, “Once.”

Lighting Design of a Play: Jeff Croiter, “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

Lighting Design of a Musical: Natasha Katz, “Once”

By PATRICK McDONALD Senior Staff Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com