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 By Aaron Drake Editor
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In case you were wrapped up in L.A. Pride festivities (or completely inebriated) and missed the Tony Awards last night, we've got the full list of this year's winners.
The lovable and funny host for the evening was Neil Patrick Harris, whose opening number provided a number of reasons why, "if life were more like theater, life wouldn't suck so much."
2012 Tony Award Winners
Best Musical
Once
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Steve Kazee, Once
Best Revival of a Musical
Porgy and Bess
Best Play
Clybourne Park
Best Revival of a Play
Death of a Salesman
Best Original Score
Newsies, Music by Alan Menken and Lyrics by Jack Feldman)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Direction of a Play
Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
Best Direction of a Musical
John Tiffany, Once
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It)
Best Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Best Orchestration
Martin Lowe, Once
Best Book of a Musical
Once, Edna Walsh
Best Costume Design of a Play
Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley, Once
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Follies
Best Sound Design of a Play
Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Clive Goodwin, Once
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher)
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, Once
Actor’s Equity Association Award
Hugh Jackman
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Bernadette Peters
Regional Theater Award
Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Special Tony Award For Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Emanuel Azenberg
Towleroad.com posted video of all the musical performances of the night.