2006 Tony Awards results (60th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees of the 60th Tony Awards, held on June 11, 2006. The 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Jersey Boys.”

Best musical

Winner:

• Jersey Boys

Nominees:

• The Color Purple
• The Drowsy Chaperone
• The Wedding Singer

Best play

Winner:

• The History Boys

Nominees:

• The Lieutenant of Inishmore
• Rabbit Hole
• Shining City

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Bob Martin and Don McKellar (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Nominees:

• Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy (The Wedding Singer)
• Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice (Jersey Boys)
• Marsha Norman (The Color Purple)

Best original score

Winner:

• Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Nominees:

• Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray (The Color Purple)
• Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel (The Woman in White)

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• Awake and Sing!

Nominees:

• The Constant Wife
• Edward Albee’s Seascape
• Faith Healer

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• The Pajama Game

Nominees:

• Sweeney Todd
• The Threepenny Opera

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Richard Griffiths (The History Boys)

Nominees:

• Ralph Fiennes (Faith Healer)
• Zeljko Ivanek (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial)
• Oliver Platt (Shining City)
• David Wilmot (The Lieutenant of Inishmore)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole)

Nominees:

• Kate Burton (The Constant Wife)
• Judy Kaye (Souvenir)
• Lisa Kron (Well)
• Lynn Redgrave (The Constant Wife)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys)

Nominees:

• Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd)
• Harry Connick, Jr. (The Pajama Game)
• Stephen Lynch (The Wedding Singer)
• Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• LaChanze (The Color Purple)

Nominees:

• Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone)
• Patti LuPone (Sweeney Todd)
• Kelli O’Hara (The Pajama Game)
• Chita Rivera (Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Ian McDiarmid (Faith Healer)

Nominees:

• Samuel Barnett (The History Boys)
• Domhnall Gleeson (The Lieutenant of Inishmore)
• Mark Ruffalo (Awake and Sing!)
• Pablo Schreiber (Awake and Sing!)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Frances de la Tour (The History Boys)

Nominees:

• Tyne Daly (Rabbit Hole)
• Jayne Houdyshell (Well)
• Alison Pill (The Lieutenant of Inishmore)
• Zoe Wanamaker (Awake and Sing!)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Christian Hoff (Jersey Boys)

Nominees:

• Danny Burstein (The Drowsy Chaperone)
• Jim Dale (The Threepenny Opera)
• Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple)
• Manoel Felciano (Sweeney Todd)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Nominees:

• Carolee Carmello (Lestat)
• Felicia P. Fields (The Color Purple)
• Megan Lawrence (The Pajama Game)
• Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (The Color Purple)

Best scenic design in a play

Winner:

• Bob Crowley (The History Boys)

Nominees:

• John Lee Beatty (Rabbit Hole)
• Santo Loquasto (Three Days of Rain)
• Michael Yeargan (Awake and Sing!)

Best scenic design in a musical

Winner:

• David Gallo (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Nominees:

• John Lee Beatty (The Color Purple)
• Derek McLane (The Pajama Game)
• Klara Zieglerova (Jersey Boys)

Best costume design in a play

Winner:

• Catherine Zuber (Awake and Sing!)

Nominees:

• Michael Krass (The Constant Wife)
• Santo Loquasto (A Touch of the Poet)
• Catherine Zuber (Edward Albee’s Seascape)

Best costume design in a musical

Winner:

• Gregg Barnes (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Nominees:

• Susan Hilferty (Lestat)
• Martin Pakledinaz (The Pajama Game)
• Paul Tazewell (The Color Purple)

Best lighting design in a play

Winner:

• Mark Henderson (The History Boys)

Nominees:

• Christopher Akerlind (Awake and Sing!)
• Paul Gallo (Three Days of Rain)
• Mark Henderson (Faith Healer)

Best lighting design in a musical

Winner:

• Howell Binkley (Jersey Boys)

Nominees:

• Ken Billington and Brian Monahan (The Drowsy Chaperone)
• Natasha Katz (Tarzan)
• Brian MacDevitt (The Color Purple)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys)

Nominees:

• Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore)
• Bartlett Sher (Awake and Sing!)
• Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• John Doyle (Sweeney Todd)

Nominees:

• Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game)
• Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys)
• Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Best choreography

Winner:

• Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game)

Nominees:

• Rob Ashford (The Wedding Singer)
• Donald Byrd (The Color Purple)
• Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Sarah Travis (Sweeney Todd)

Nominees:

• Larry Blank (The Drowsy Chaperone)
• Dick Lieb and Danny Troob (The Pajama Game)
• Steve Orich (Jersey Boys)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Intiman Theatre

Isabelle Stevenson award

• BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
• Forbidden Broadway and its creator
• Gerard Alessandrini
• Samuel (Biff) Liff
• Ellen Stewart

Special Tony Award

• Sarah Jones

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