The 2003-2007 BWW Tony Awards

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The 2003-2007 BWW Tony Awards

Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:47pm

Going to take the winners from the past 5 Tony's, and you decide the best everything from the last five years. I always wanted them to have a Tony's like this (Producers certainly wouldn't have won 12)

The nominees are:

Best Play
Take Me Out
I am My Own Wife
Doubt
The History Boys*
The Coast of Utopia

Best Musical
Hairspray
Avenue Q
Monty Python's Spamalot
Jersey Boys
Spring Awakening*

Best Book of a Musical
Hairspray
Avenue Q
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Drowsy Chaperone*
Spring Awakening

Best Original Score
Hairspray
Avenue Q*
The Light in the Piazza
The Drowsy Chaperone
Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Play
Long Days Journey into Night
Henry IV
Glengarry Glen Ross
Awake and Sing
Journey's End*

Best Revival of a Musical
Nine
Assassins
La Cage Aux Folles
The Pajama Game
Company*

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Brian Denehy - Long Day's Journey into Night
Jefferson Mays - I am My Own Wife
Bill Irwin - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Vanessa Redgrave - Long Day's Journey into Night
Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones - Doubt
Cynthia Nixon - Rabbit Hole
Julie White - Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Harvey Fierstein - Hairspray
Hugh Jackman - The Boy from Oz
Norbert Leo Butz - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*
John Lloyd Young - Jeresey Boys
David Hyde Pierce - Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Melissa Jaret Winokur - Hairspray
Idina Menzel - Wicked*
Victoria Clark - The Light in the Piazza
LaChanze - The Color Purple
Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Denis O'Hare - Take Me Out
Brian O'Byrne - Frozen
Liev Schrieber - Glengarry Glen Ross
Ian McDiarmis - Faith Healer
Billy Crudup - The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Michele Pawk - Hollywood Arms
Audra McDonald - A Raisin in the Sun
Adriane Lenox - Doubt
Frances De la Tour - The History Boys
Jennifer Ehle - The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Dick Latessa - Hairspray
Michael Cerveris - Assassins
Dan Fogler - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Christian Hoff - Jersey Boys
John Gallagher Jr. - Spring Awakening*

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Jane Krakowski - Nine
Anika Noni Rose - Caroline, Or Change
Sara Ramirez - Monty Python's Spamalot* (TIE)
Beath Leavel - The Drowsy Chaperone*
Mary Louise Wilson - Grey Gardens

Best Direction of a Play
Joe Mantello - Take Me Out
Jack O'Brien - Henry IV
Doug Hughes - Doubt
Nicholas Hytner- The History Boys*
Jack O'Brien - The Coast of Utopia

Best Direction of a Musical
Jack O'Brien - Hairspray
Joe Mantello - Assasins
Mike Nichols - Spamalot*
John Doyle - Sweeney Todd
Michael Mayer - Spring Awakening

Best Choreography
Twyla Tharp - Movin' Out*
Kathleen Marshall - Wonderful Town
Jerry Mitchell - La Cage Aux Folles
Kathleen Marshall - The Pajama Game
Bill T. Jones - Spring Awakening

Best Orchestrations
Billy Joel and Stuart Malina - Movin' Out
Michael Starobin - Assassins
Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce Coughlin - The Light in the Piazza*
Sarah Travis - Sweeney Todd
Dunan Sheik - Spring Awakening

Best Scenic Design of a Musical / Play (Pick 2 I guess)
Catherine Martin - La Boheme
Eugene Lee - Wicked
Michael Yeargan - The Light in the Piazza
David Gallo - the Drowsy Chaperone
Bob Crowley - Mary Poppins*
Scott Pask - The Pillowman*
Bob Crowley - The History Boys
Bob Crowley - The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical / Play (Again, Pick 2)
William Ivey Long - Hairspray
Susan Hilferty - Wicked*
Catherine Zuber - The Light in the Piazza
Gregg Barnes - The Drowsy Chaperone
William Ivey Long - Grey Gardens
Jess Goldstein - The Rivals
Catherine Zuber - Awake and Sing!
Catherine Zuber - The Coast of Utopia*

Best Lighting Design of a Musical/Play (Again, pick 2)
The Coast of Utopia
Spring Awakening
The History Boys
Jeresey Boys
The Pillowman*
The Light in the Piazza
Assassins*
La Boheme

Best Special Theatrical Event
Jay Johnson - The Two and Only
Bridge & Tunnel
Billy Crystal 700 Sundays*
Russel Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway

Because of the Last Few Categories only separating plays and musicals over the last few years, pick two to win. Or, you can pick one if one stands out. It doesn't matter. So, what tops Broadway overall?
You tell me.

* marks my winners