2009 Tony Awards results (63rd) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees of the 63rd Tony Awards, held on June 7, 2009. The 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Billy Elliot, The Musical.”

Best musical

Winner:

• Billy Elliot, The Musical

Nominees:

• Next to Normal
• Rock of Ages
• Shrek The Musical

Best play

Winner:

• God of Carnage

Nominees:

• Dividing the Estate
• reasons to be pretty
• 33 Variations

Best book of a musical

Winner:

• Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal)
• David Lindsay-Abaire (Shrek The Musical)
• Hunter Bell ([title of show])

Best original score

Winner:

• Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal)

Nominees:

• Elton John and Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, The Musical)
• Dolly Parton (9 to 5: The Musical)
• Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire (Shrek The Musical)

Best revival of a play

Winner:

• The Norman Conquests

Nominees:

• Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
• Mary Stuart
• Waiting for Godot

Best revival of a musical

Winner:

• Hair

Nominees:

• Guys and Dolls
• Pal Joey
• West Side Story

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:

• Geoffrey Rush (Exit the King)

Nominees:

• Jeff Daniels (God of Carnage)
• Raúl Esparza (Speed-the-Plow)
• James Gandolfini (God of Carnage)
• Thomas Sadoski (reasons to be pretty)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:

• Marcia Gay Harden (God of Carnage)

Nominees:

• Hope Davis (God of Carnage)
• Jane Fonda (33 Variations)
• Janet McTeer (Mary Stuart)
• Harriet Walter (Mary Stuart)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:

• David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Gavin Creel (Hair)
• Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek The Musical)
• Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages)
• J. Robert Spencer (Next to Normal)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:

• Alice Ripley (Next to Normal)

Nominees:

• Stockard Channing (Pal Joey)
• Sutton Foster (Shrek The Musical)
• Allison Janney (9 to 5: The Musical)
• Josefina Scaglione (West Side Story)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:

• Roger Robinson (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)

Nominees:

• John Glover (Waiting for Godot)
• Zach Grenier (33 Variations)
• Stephen Mangan (The Norman Conquests)
• Paul Ritter (The Norman Conquests)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:

• Angela Lansbury (Blithe Spirit)

Nominees:

• Hallie Foote (Dividing the Estate)
• Jessica Hynes (The Norman Conquests)
• Marin Ireland (reasons to be pretty)
• Amanda Root (The Norman Conquests)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:

• Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• David Bologna (Billy Elliot, The Musical)
• Marc Kudisch (9 to 5: The Musical)
• Christopher Sieber (Shrek The Musical)
• Will Swenson (Hair)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:

• Karen Olivo (West Side Story)

Nominees:

• Jennifer Damiano (Next to Normal)
• Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot, The Musical)
• Martha Plimpton (Pal Joey)
• Carole Shelley (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Best scenic design in a play

Winner:

• Derek McLane (33 Variations)

Nominees:

• Dale Ferguson (Exit the King)
• Rob Howell (The Norman Conquests)
• Michael Yeargan (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)

Best scenic design in a musical

Winner:

• Ian MacNeil (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Robert Brill (Guys and Dolls)
• Scott Pask (Pal Joey)
• Mark Wendland (Next to Normal)

Best costume design in a play

Winner:

• Anthony Ward (Mary Stuart)

Nominees:

• Dale Ferguson (Exit the King)
• Jane Greenwood (Waiting for Godot)
• Martin Pakledinaz (Blithe Spirit)

Best costume design in a musical

Winner:

• Tim Hatley (Shrek The Musical)

Nominees:

• Gregory Gale (Rock of Ages)
• Nicky Gillibrand (Billy Elliot, The Musical)
• Michael McDonald (Hair)

Best lighting design in a play

Winner:

• Brian MacDevitt (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)

Nominees:

• David Hersey (Equus)
• David Lander (33 Variations)
• Hugh Vanstone (Mary Stuart)

Best lighting design in a musical

Winner:

• Rick Fisher (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Kevin Adams (Hair)
• Kevin Adams (Next to Normal)
• Howell Binkley (West Side Story)

Best direction of a play

Winner:

• Matthew Warchus (God of Carnage)

Nominees:

• Phyllida Lloyd (Mary Stuart)
• Bartlett Sher (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone)
• Matthew Warchus (The Norman Conquests)

Best direction of a musical

Winner:

• Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Michael Greif (Next to Normal)
• Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages)
• Diane Paulus (Hair)

Best choreography

Winner:

• Peter Darling (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Karole Armitage (Hair)
• Andy Blankenbuehler (9 to 5: The Musical)
• Randy Skinner (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas)

Best orchestrations

Winner:

• Martin Koch (Billy Elliot, The Musical)

Nominees:

• Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt (Next to Normal)
• Larry Blank (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas)
• Danny Troob and John Clancy (Shrek The Musical)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA

Isabelle Stevenson award

• Phyllis Newman

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Jerry Herman

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• Shirley Herz

Special Tony Award

• Liza’s at The Palace…! (Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event)

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