# 68th Tony Awards

The 68th Annual Tony Awards were held June 8, 2014, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2013–14 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was televised live on CBS. Hugh Jackman was the host, his fourth time hosting. The 15 musical Tony Awards went to seven different musicals, and six plays shared the 11 play Tony Awards.
The nominations were announced on April 29, 2014 by Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu. Audra McDonald won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In just her ninth Broadway engagement, McDonald established two records as the first actor to win six Tony Awards for acting and the first to win in all four categories, lead and featured in both a play and a musical. In its seventh Broadway incarnation, The Glass Menagerie won its first Tony Award (Lighting Design).

## Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2013–14 season before April 24, 2014, were eligible for consideration.

## Ceremony

During the opening sequence of the ceremony, Jackman hopped along to the song "Take Me to Broadway," in an homage to Bobby Van's hopping in the 1953 film Small Town Girl.
The ceremony included performances from the nominated musicals (both new and revival) as well as other current musicals. The performances include:
Neil Patrick Harris (who hosted the last 3 ceremonies) and the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch performing "Sugar Daddy," Sutton Foster with the cast of Violet performing a medley of "On My Way" and "Raise You Up," Alan Cumming and the cast of Cabaret performing "Wilkommen," and Idina Menzel performing "Always Starting Over" from If/Then.
From the other shows that were nominated either for Best Musical or Best Revival. Those performances include:
James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, and the cast of Aladdin performing "Friend Like Me"; Ramin Karimloo and the cast of Les Misérables performing "One Day More"; Jessie Mueller and the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical performing a medley of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "I Feel The Earth Move" (with Carole King herself); Bryce Pinkham, Lisa O'Hare, and Lauren Worsham from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder performing "I've Decided to Marry You"; the cast of Bullets Over Broadway performing "T'Aint Nobody's Business"; and Andy Karl and the cast of Rocky performing "Eye of the Tiger" and the Final Box Fight scene.
Additionally, Wicked performed to celebrate its 10th anniversary, with Christine Dwyer and Jenni Barber in a performance of "For Good"; Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia performed with the cast of After Midnight; and Sting performed a song from his new musical The Last Ship. Jennifer Hudson sang from a new musical, Finding Neverland.
The finale included Jackman in a dance number with all the Tony Award winners on stage.
The presenters included:

### New award

During this ceremony, a new award was announced by Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer, the "Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre Education", which is to be presented by Carnegie Mellon University and will "honor kindergarten through high school (K-12) theatre educators."

### Television ratings

According to the preliminary numbers, the televised awards ceremony had 7.02 million viewers. The 2013 telecast had 7.24 million viewers.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on April 29, 2014. The winners are shown below.
| Best Play | Best Musical |
| All the Way – Robert Schenkkan Act One – James Lapine Casa Valentina – Harvey Fierstein Mothers and Sons – Terrence McNally Outside Mullingar – John Patrick Shanley | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical |
| Best Revival of a Play | Best Revival of a Musical |
| A Raisin in the Sun The Cripple of Inishmaan The Glass Menagerie Twelfth Night | Hedwig and the Angry Inch Les Misérables Violet |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
| Bryan Cranston – All the Way as President Lyndon B. Johnson Samuel Barnett – Twelfth Night as Viola Chris O'Dowd – Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small Mark Rylance – Richard III as Richard III Tony Shalhoub – Act One as Older Moss Hart / Barnett Hart / George S. Kaufman | Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill as Billie Holiday Tyne Daly – Mothers and Sons as Katherine Gerard LaTanya Richardson Jackson – A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger Cherry Jones – The Glass Menagerie as Amanda Wingfield Estelle Parsons – The Velocity of Autumn as Alexandra |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Neil Patrick Harris – Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig Ramin Karimloo – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean Andy Karl – Rocky the Musical as Rocky Balboa Jefferson Mays – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as the D'Ysquith family Bryce Pinkham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as Monty Navarro | Jessie Mueller – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Carole King Mary Bridget Davies – A Night with Janis Joplin as Janis Joplin Sutton Foster – Violet as Violet Karl Idina Menzel – If/Then as Elizabeth Vaughn Kelli O'Hara – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
| Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night as Olivia Reed Birney – Casa Valentina as Charlotte Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night as Maria Stephen Fry – Twelfth Night as Malvolio Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor | Sophie Okonedo – A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger Sarah Greene – The Cripple of Inishmaan as Helen McCormick Celia Keenan-Bolger – The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield Anika Noni Rose – A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger Mare Winningham – Casa Valentina as Rita |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
| James Monroe Iglehart – Aladdin as the Genie Danny Burstein – Cabaret as Herr Schultz Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway as Cheech Joshua Henry – Violet as Flick Jarrod Spector – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Barry Mann | Lena Hall – Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Yitzhak Linda Emond – Cabaret as Fräulein Schneider Anika Larsen – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Cynthia Weil Adriane Lenox – After Midnight as Various Characters Lauren Worsham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as Phoebe D'Ysquith |
| Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman Aladdin – Chad Beguelin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen | The Bridges of Madison County – Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) Aladdin – Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics), Tim Rice (lyrics) and Chad Beguelin (lyrics) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Steven Lutvak (music and lyrics) and Robert L. Freedman (lyrics) If/Then – Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics) |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Best Scenic Design of a Musical |
| Beowulf Boritt – Act One Bob Crowley – The Glass Menagerie Es Devlin – Machinal Christopher Oram – The Cripple of Inishmaan | Christopher Barreca – Rocky the Musical Julian Crouch – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Alexander Dodge – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Santo Loquasto – Bullets Over Broadway |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Best Costume Design of a Musical |
| Jenny Tiramani – Twelfth Night Jane Greenwood – Act One Michael Krass – Machinal Rita Ryack – Casa Valentina | Linda Cho – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder William Ivey Long – Bullets Over Broadway Arianne Phillips – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Isabel Toledo – After Midnight |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Best Lighting Design of a Musical |
| Natasha Katz – The Glass Menagerie Paule Constable – The Cripple of Inishmaan Jane Cox – Machinal Japhy Weideman – Of Mice and Men | Kevin Adams – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Christopher Akerlind – Rocky the Musical Howell Binkley – After Midnight Donald Holder – The Bridges of Madison County |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Steve Canyon Kennedy – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Alex Baranowski – The Cripple of Inishmaan Dan Moses Schreier – Act One Matt Tierney – Machinal | Brian Ronan – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Peter Hylenski – After Midnight Tim O'Heir – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Mick Potter – Les Misérables |
| Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
| Kenny Leon – A Raisin in the Sun Tim Carroll – Twelfth Night Michael Grandage – The Cripple of Inishmaan John Tiffany – The Glass Menagerie | Darko Tresnjak – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Michael Mayer – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Leigh Silverman – Violet |
| Best Choreography | Best Orchestrations |
| Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine – Rocky the Musical Casey Nicholaw – Aladdin Susan Stroman – Bullets Over Broadway | Jason Robert Brown – The Bridges of Madison County Doug Besterman – Bullets Over Broadway Steve Sidwell – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Jonathan Tunick – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder |

### Awards and Nominations per Production

| Production | Nominations | Awards |
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | 10 | 4 |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | 8 | 4 |
| A Raisin in the Sun | 5 | 3 |
| All the Way | 2 | 2 |
| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | 7 | 2 |
| Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | 2 | 2 |
| The Bridges of Madison County | 4 | 2 |
| Twelfth Night | 7 | 2 |
| After Midnight | 7 | 1 |
| The Glass Menagerie | 7 | 1 |
| Bullets Over Broadway | 6 | 0 |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | 6 | 0 |
| Act One | 5 | 1 |
| Aladdin | 5 | 1 |
| Casa Valentina | 4 | 0 |
| Machinal | 4 | 0 |
| Rocky the Musical | 4 | 1 |
| Violet | 4 | 0 |
| Les Misérables | 3 | 0 |
| Cabaret | 2 | 0 |
| If/Then | 2 | 0 |
| Mothers and Sons | 2 | 0 |
| Of Mice and Men | 2 | 0 |
| Outside Mullingar | 1 | 0 |
| Richard III | 1 | 0 |
| A Night with Janis Joplin | 1 | 0 |

### Multiple wins

* 4: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
* 3: A Raisin in the Sun
* 2: All the Way, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, The Bridges of Madison County, Twelfth Night

### Multiple nominations

* 10: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
* 8: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
* 7: After Midnight, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Glass Menagerie, Twelfth Night
* 6: Bullets Over Broadway, The Cripple of Inishmaan
* 5: Act One, Aladdin, A Raisin in the Sun
* 4: The Bridges of Madison County, Casa Valentina, Machinal, Rocky the Musical, Violet
* 3: Les Misérables
* 2: All the Way, Cabaret, If/Then, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Mothers and Sons, Of Mice and Men

## Non-competitive awards

The Isabelle Stevenson Award was given to Rosie O’Donnell "for her commitment to arts education for New York City’s public school children." The Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Jane Greenwood "for her outstanding work in costume design and for her dedication to the theatre".
The award for Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre was awarded to Actors Fund president Joe Benincasa, photographer Joan Marcus and general manager Charlotte Wilcox.
The Regional Theatre Award was awarded to the Signature Theatre Company, New York City. This is the first time a New York-based theatre company has received this award, whose eligibility had been expanded to include New York City for the 2013–14 season.

## In Memoriam

* Mitch Leigh
* Sarah Marshall
* Sid Caesar
* Sheila MacRae
* Martin Gottfried
* Miller Wright
* James Gandolfini
* Phyllis Frelich
* William Dodds
* Chuck Patterson
* Julie Harris
* Kelly Garrett
* Faith Geer
* Ashton Springer
* Philip Seymour Hoffman
* Jane Connell
* Frank Gero
* Mickey Rooney
* David Rogers
* Shirley Herz
* Clayton Corzatte
* Mitchell Erickson
* Seth Popper
* Regina Resnik
* Leslie Lee
* Eydie Gorme
* Kathleen Raitt
* Michael Filerman
* Martin Gold
* Jacques LeSourd
* Anna Crouse
* Stephen Porter
* Nicholas Martin
* Paul Rogers
* Gene Feist
* Maya Angelou