They’re getting away with murder and four Tonys! A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder was the big winner at the 2014 Tony Awards, receiving the trophy for Best Musical and three others, including Best Director of a Musical for Darko Tresnjak. The electric production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch also took home four awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Robert Schenkkan’s All The Way roped in two awards: Best Play and Best Actor for Bryan Cranston. The Tony for Best Revival of a Play was presented to A Raisin in the Sun.
A complete list of winners follows:
Best Musical
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Play
All the Way
Best Revival of a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Revival of a Play
A Raisin in the Sun
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Jessie Mueller, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Leading Actor in a Play
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Best Leading Actress in a Play
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lena Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in the Sun
Best Score
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
Best Director of a Musical
Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Director of a Play
Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
Best Book of a Musical
Robert L. Freedman, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Choreography
Warren Carlyle, After Midnight
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Katz, The Glass Menagerie
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Christopher Barreca, Rocky
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt, Act One
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Linda Cho, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night
Best Orchestrations
Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County
As previously reported, the 2014 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater was presented to costume designer Jane Greenwood. Receiving Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater are photographer Joan Marcus, general manager Charlotte Wilcox and President and CEO of The Actors Fund Joe Benincasa. New York's Signature Theatre received this year's Regional Theater Tony Award, while Rosie O'Donnell received the Isabelle Stevenson Award.
Shows with multiple wins:
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 4
Hedwig & the Angry Inch - 4
A Raisin in the Sun - 3
All The Way - 2
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - 2
The Bridges of Madison County - 2
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - 2
Twelfth Night - 2