{{Short description|2006 theatrical awards ceremony}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox award | name = 60th Tony Awards | image = 60th Tony Awards poster.jpg | caption = Official poster for the 60th annual Tony Awards | date = June 11, 2006 | location = Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | host = none | most_wins = ''The History Boys'' (6) | most_nominations = ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (13) | network = CBS | ratings = 7.7 million<ref name="Tony ratings">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/tony-awards-ratings-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416044230/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/tony-awards-ratings-history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2017|title=Tony Awards Ratings History|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|date=June 13, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> | producer = Ricky Kirshner<br>Glenn Weiss | director = Glenn Weiss | previous = 59th | main = Tony Awards | next = 61st | website = {{URL|tonyawards.com}} }}
The '''60th Annual Tony Awards''' were held at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the CBS television network in the United States. The 2006 Tony Awards did not feature a host, but instead over 60 stars presented awards at the ceremony.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [https://archive.today/20130620062930/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99870-Tony-Awards-Will-Go-Hostless-60-Stars-to-Present-at-2006-Ceremony "Tony Awards Will Go Hostless; 60 Stars to Present at 2006 Ceremony"] Playbill, May 23, 2006</ref>
The biggest winner of the night was the Royal National Theatre production ''The History Boys'' by British playwright Alan Bennett winning six Tonys out of seven nominations, including Best Play, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor and Best Featured Actress.
Natasha Richardson, Phylicia Rashad and Liev Schreiber announced the nominations on May 16, 2006.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120917135653/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8269 Nominations] TheatreMania.com, May 2006</ref>
The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers (now called The Broadway League) at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and performances plus several non-competitive Special Awards (such as the Regional Theatre Award).
==Eligibility== Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2005–06 season before May 11, 2006 are eligible.
{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} ;Original plays *''After the Night and the Music'' *''Bridge and Tunnel'' *''Festen'' *''The History Boys'' *''Latinologues'' *''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' *''A Naked Girl on the Appian Way'' *''Primo'' *''Rabbit Hole'' *''Shining City'' *''Souvenir'' *''Well'' {{col-break}} ;Original musicals *''Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life'' *''The Color Purple'' *''The Drowsy Chaperone'' *''Hot Feet'' *''In My Life'' *''Jersey Boys'' *''Lennon'' *''Lestat'' *''Ring of Fire'' *''Tarzan'' *''The Wedding Singer'' *''The Woman in White'' {{col-break}} ;Play revivals *''Absurd Person Singular'' *''Awake and Sing!'' *''Barefoot in the Park'' *''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'' *''The Constant Wife'' *''Faith Healer'' *''Mark Twain Tonight!'' *''The Odd Couple'' *''Seascape'' *''Three Days of Rain'' *''A Touch of the Poet'' {{col-break}} ;Musical revivals *''The Pajama Game'' *''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' *''The Threepenny Opera'' {{col-end}}
==The ceremony== Harry Connick Jr. opened the show singing three popular songs from three Broadway musicals. Connick, (who was heavily medicated to be able to perform, because of a ruptured disc in his spine,<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060613/ai_n16474916 From FindArticles.com]</ref>), was also a nominee and a performer with the cast of ''The Pajama Game''. All of the sixty presenters and co-hosts joined the stage during the third song. Connick performed "Tonight" (from ''West Side Story''), "Give My Regards to Broadway" (from ''Little Johnny Jones''), and "There's No Business Like Show Business" (from ''Annie Get Your Gun'').<ref name=TA>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/ceremonies/index.html "Ceremonies"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070215065524/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/ceremonies/index.html |date=2007-02-15 }} tonyawards.com</ref>
===Performances===
====New Musicals====
*''The Color Purple'': Felicia P. Fields, La Chanze and the company performed "Hell No!" and the reprise of the title song. *''The Drowsy Chaperone'': Sutton Foster and Bob Martin performed "Show Off" with the ensemble. *''Jersey Boys'': John Lloyd Young performed "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and was joined by Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer to perform "Who Loves You?". *''The Wedding Singer'': Stephen Lynch and the company performed "It's Your Wedding Day".
====Revivals====
*''The Pajama Game'': Harry Connick Jr. and Kelli O'Hara performed "There Once Was a Man". Harry Connick, Jr. and Megan Lawrence with ensemble performed "Hernando's Hideaway". *''Sweeney Todd'': The company, including Manoel Felciano, Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone performed a medley of "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", "The Worst Pies in London", "My Friends" and "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (reprise)" *''The Threepenny Opera'': Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper with the ensemble performed "The Ballad of the Pimp."
===Presenters=== Source: tonyawards.com<ref name=TA/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Lauren Ambrose *Julie Andrews *Hank Azaria *Harry Belafonte *Kristen Bell *Norbert Leo Butz *Victoria Clark *Glenn Close *Harry Connick, Jr. *Barbara Cook *Jim Dale *Christine Ebersole *Ralph Fiennes<ref name=PB>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100019.html "Tony Presenters to Receive Gift Basket and Entrance to Gift Lounge"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420201722/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100019.html |date=2007-04-20 }} playbill.com, June 1, 2006</ref> *Harvey Fierstein *Ana Gasteyer *Joanna Gleason *Marcia Gay Harden *Neil Patrick Harris *Hal Holbrook *Bill Irwin *James Earl Jones *T. R. Knight *Frank Langella *Josh Lucas *Julianna Margulies *Eric McCormack<ref name=PB/> *Audra McDonald *Michael McKean *S. Epatha Merkerson *Brian Stokes Mitchell *James Naughton *Patricia Neal *Bebe Neuwirth *Cynthia Nixon *Janis Paige *Anna Paquin *Rosie Perez *Joe Pesci *Bernadette Peters *David Hyde Pierce *Oliver Platt *Jonathan Pryce *Sara Ramirez *Molly Ringwald *Chita Rivera *Paul Rudd *Mark Ruffalo *Julia Roberts *Liev Schreiber<ref name=PB/> *Kyra Sedgwick *Paul Shaffer *Martin Short<ref name=PB/> *Tom Skerritt *Jamie-Lynn Sigler *John Tartaglia *Richard Thomas *Stanley Tucci *Rita Wilson *Oprah Winfrey *Alfre Woodard {{div col end}}
==New category== Beginning with the 2006 awards, an additional category was added on a trial basis for the 2005–2006, 2006–2007 and 2007–2008 seasons: Best Recreation of a Leading Role by an Actor/Actress. This category was intended to honor actors and actresses who were cast as replacements and joined a long-running show after its official opening, and would not have otherwise had the chance to be recognized for a potentially Tony-worthy performance. This award may or may not have been given in any particular year.<ref>Pesner, Ben. [https://archive.today/20120912100227/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2005-09-22/200509221127428144208.html?dates=/en_US/news/articles/20050316.html "A New Tony Award Category"], tonyawards.com, retrieved June 7, 2010</ref> Shows were to submit replacements they deemed worthy of consideration and a twenty-four-member committee, The Tony Awards Administration Committee, were to attend the shows and evaluate the performances.
No award was given in 2006, because neither of the two performers nominated, Jonathan Pryce and Harvey Fierstein, received the necessary sixteen votes for a win.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100487-Tony-Committee-Abolishes-Recreated-Role-Tony-Award "Tony Committee Abolishes Recreated Role Tony Award"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015230847/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100487-Tony-Committee-Abolishes-Recreated-Role-Tony-Award |date=2012-10-15 }}, playbill.com, June 23, 2006</ref>
Following the 2006 Tony Awards, the Administration Committee voted unanimously to abandon the category.<ref>Lipton, Brian Scott. [http://www.unzipped.theatermania.com/new-york/news/06-2006/best-recreation-of-a-role-tony-award-is-officially_8538.html "Best Recreation of a Role Tony Award Is Officially Eliminated"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221425/http://www.unzipped.theatermania.com/new-york/news/06-2006/best-recreation-of-a-role-tony-award-is-officially_8538.html |date=2011-07-16 }}, theatermania.com, June 27, 2006</ref>
<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99697.html Playbill News: 2005-2006 "Tony Nominations Announced; 'Drowsy' Leads Pack With 13 Noms"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116042259/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99697.html |date=January 16, 2009 }} playbill.com, May 16, 2006</ref><ref name=kenneth>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100207-History-Boys-Is-Best-Play-Jersey-Boys-Best-Musical-in-2006-Tony-Awards " 'History Boys' Is Best Play, 'Jersey Boys' Best Musical in 2006 Tony Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009152839/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100207-History-Boys-Is-Best-Play-Jersey-Boys-Best-Musical-in-2006-Tony-Awards |date=2012-10-09 }} playbill.com, June 11, 2006</ref>
==Winners and nominees== Sources:Playbill<ref name=kenneth/>''New York Times''<ref>Robertson, Campbell. [http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/theater/theaterspecial/12tony.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "It's 'Jersey Boys' and 'History Boys' at the Tony Awards"] ''The New York Times'', June 12, 2006</ref>
''Winners are in bold''
{| class=wikitable width="95%" |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''The History Boys'' – Alan Bennett''' ** ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' – Martin McDonagh ** ''Rabbit Hole'' – David Lindsay-Abaire ** ''Shining City'' – Conor McPherson | valign="top" | * '''''Jersey Boys''''' ** ''The Color Purple'' ** ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' ** ''The Wedding Singer'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Awake and Sing!''''' ** ''The Constant Wife'' ** ''Faith Healer'' ** ''Seascape'' | valign="top" | * '''''The Pajama Game''''' ** ''Sweeney Todd'' ** ''The Threepenny Opera'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |- | valign="top" | * '''Richard Griffiths – ''The History Boys'' as Hector''' ** Ralph Fiennes – ''Faith Healer'' as Francis Hardy ** Željko Ivanek – ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'' as Lt. Com. Phillip Francis Queeg ** Oliver Platt – ''Shining City'' as John ** David Wilmot – ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' as Padraic | valign="top" | * '''Cynthia Nixon – ''Rabbit Hole'' as Becca Corbett''' ** Kate Burton – ''The Constant Wife'' as Constance Culver Middleton ** Judy Kaye – ''Souvenir'' as Florence Foster Jenkins ** Lisa Kron – ''Well'' as Lisa Kron ** Lynn Redgrave – ''The Constant Wife'' as Mrs. Culver |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''John Lloyd Young – ''Jersey Boys'' as Frankie Valli''' ** Michael Cerveris – ''Sweeney Todd'' as Sweeney Todd ** Harry Connick Jr. – ''The Pajama Game'' as Sid Sorokin ** Stephen Lynch – ''The Wedding Singer'' as Robbie Hart ** Bob Martin – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' as Man in Chair | valign="top" | * '''LaChanze – ''The Color Purple'' as Celie Harris Johnson''' ** Sutton Foster – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' as Janet Van De Graaff ** Patti LuPone – ''Sweeney Todd'' as Mrs. Lovett ** Kelli O'Hara – ''The Pajama Game'' as Catherine 'Babe' Williams ** Chita Rivera – ''Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life'' as Herself |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |- | valign="top" | * '''Ian McDiarmid – ''Faith Healer'' as Teddy''' ** Samuel Barnett – ''The History Boys'' as Posner ** Domhnall Gleeson – ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' as Davey ** Mark Ruffalo – ''Awake and Sing!'' as Moe Axelrod ** Pablo Schreiber – ''Awake and Sing!'' as Ralph Berger | valign="top" | * '''Frances de la Tour – ''The History Boys'' as Mrs. Lintott''' ** Tyne Daly – ''Rabbit Hole'' as Nat ** Jayne Houdyshell – ''Well'' as Ann ** Alison Pill – ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' as Mairead ** Zoë Wanamaker – ''Awake and Sing!'' as Bessie Berger |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Christian Hoff – ''Jersey Boys'' as Tommy DeVito''' ** Danny Burstein – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' as Aldolpho ** Jim Dale – ''The Threepenny Opera'' as Mr. Peachum ** Brandon Victor Dixon – ''The Color Purple'' as Harpo ** Manoel Felciano – ''Sweeney Todd'' as Tobias | valign="top" | * '''Beth Leavel – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' as The Drowsy Chaperone''' ** Carolee Carmello – ''Lestat'' as Gabrielle de Lioncourt ** Felicia P. Fields – ''The Color Purple'' as Sofia Johnson ** Megan Lawrence – ''The Pajama Game'' as Gladys Hotchkiss ** Elisabeth Withers – ''The Color Purple'' as Shug Avery |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Book of a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |- | valign="top" | * '''Bob Martin and Don McKellar – ''The Drowsy Chaperone''''' ** Marsha Norman – ''The Color Purple'' ** Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice – ''Jersey Boys'' ** Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy – ''The Wedding Singer'' | valign="top" | * '''''The Drowsy Chaperone'' – Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (music and lyrics)''' ** ''The Color Purple'' – Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray (music and lyrics) ** ''The Wedding Singer'' – Matthew Sklar (music) and Chad Beguelin (lyrics) ** ''The Woman in White'' – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and David Zippel (lyrics) |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Scenic Design of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Scenic Design of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Bob Crowley – ''The History Boys''''' ** John Lee Beatty – ''Rabbit Hole'' ** Santo Loquasto – ''Three Days of Rain'' ** Michael Yeargan – ''Awake and Sing!'' | valign="top" | * '''David Gallo – ''The Drowsy Chaperone''''' ** John Lee Beatty – ''The Color Purple'' ** Derek McLane – ''The Pajama Game'' ** Klara Zieglerova – ''Jersey Boys'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Catherine Zuber – ''Awake and Sing!''''' ** Michael Krass – ''The Constant Wife'' ** Santo Loquasto – ''A Touch of the Poet'' ** Catherine Zuber – ''Seascape'' | valign="top" | * '''Gregg Barnes – ''The Drowsy Chaperone''''' ** Susan Hilferty – ''Lestat'' ** Martin Pakledinaz – ''The Pajama Game'' ** Paul Tazewell – ''The Color Purple'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Design of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Design of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Mark Henderson – ''The History Boys''''' ** Christopher Akerlind – ''Awake and Sing!'' ** Paul Gallo – ''Three Days of Rain'' ** Mark Henderson – ''Faith Healer'' | valign="top" | * '''Howell Binkley – ''Jersey Boys''''' ** Ken Billington and Brian Monahan – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' ** Natasha Katz – ''Tarzan'' ** Brian MacDevitt – ''The Color Purple'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Nicholas Hytner – ''The History Boys''''' ** Wilson Milam – ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' ** Bartlett Sher – ''Awake and Sing!'' ** Daniel Sullivan – ''Rabbit Hole'' | valign="top" | * '''John Doyle – ''Sweeney Todd''''' ** Kathleen Marshall – ''The Pajama Game'' ** Des McAnuff – ''Jersey Boys'' ** Casey Nicholaw – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreography ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Orchestrations |- | valign="top" | * '''Kathleen Marshall – ''The Pajama Game''''' ** Rob Ashford – ''The Wedding Singer'' ** Donald Byrd – ''The Color Purple'' ** Casey Nicholaw – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' | valign="top" | * '''Sarah Travis – ''Sweeney Todd''''' ** Larry Blank – ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' ** Dick Lieb and Danny Troob – ''The Pajama Game'' ** Steve Orich – ''Jersey Boys'' |}
===Special awards=== * Special Tony Award ** '''Sarah Jones''' for '''''Bridge & Tunnel''''' * Regional Theater Tony Award ** '''Intiman Theatre, Seattle, Washington''' * Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre ** '''Harold Prince'''
==Multiple nominations and awards== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} These productions had multiple nominations:
*''13 nominations:'' ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' *''11 nominations:'' ''The Color Purple'' *''9 nominations:'' ''The Pajama Game'' *''8 nominations:'' ''Awake and Sing!'' & ''Jersey Boys'' *''7 nominations:'' ''The History Boys'' *''6 nominations:'' ''Sweeney Todd'' *''5 nominations:'' ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'', ''Rabbit Hole'' & ''The Wedding Singer'' *''4 nominations:'' ''The Constant Wife'' & ''Faith Healer'' *''2 nominations:'' ''Lestat'', ''Seascape'', ''Shining City'', ''Three Days of Rain'', ''The Threepenny Opera'' & ''Well''
{{Col-2-of-2}} The following productions received multiple awards.
*''6 wins:'' ''The History Boys'' *''5 wins:'' ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' *''4 wins:'' ''Jersey Boys'' *''2 wins:'' ''Awake and Sing!'', ''The Pajama Game'' & ''Sweeney Todd''
{{Col-end}} ==''In Memoriam''== *Wendy Wasserstein *Cy Feuer *Jay Presson Allen *Anne Bancroft *Barbara Bel Geddes *Donald Brooks *Oleg Cassini *Constance Cummings *Katherine Dunham *Stephen Elliott *Geraldine Fitzgerald *Henderson Forsythe *Anthony Franciosa *Michael Gibson *T. Edward Hambleton *Betty Lee Hunt *Don Knotts *Sid Luft *Darren McGavin *Fayard Nicholas *Brock Peters *John Spencer *Maureen Stapleton *Frederic B. Vogel *Shelley Winters *Robert Wright
==See also== {{Portal|Theatre|Music}} * Drama Desk Awards * 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions * Obie Award * New York Drama Critics' Circle * Theatre World Award * Lucille Lortel Awards
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615150121/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards official site] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312220703/http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/local_story_150140143.html 60th Annual Tony Awards: Meet The Nominees]
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