64th Tony Awards

{{Short description|2010 theatrical awards ceremony}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox award | name = 64th Tony Awards | image = 64th Tony Awards poster.jpg | caption = 64th Tony Awards poster | date = June 13, 2010<ref name=date/> | location = Radio City Music Hall | host = Sean Hayes<ref name="PlaybillHost" /> | most_wins = ''Red'' (6) | most_nominations = ''La Cage aux Folles'' and ''Fela!'' (11) | network = CBS | ratings = 7.0 million<ref>{{cite news|last1= Andreeva |first1=Nellie|title=RATINGS RAT RACE: NBA Finals Continue To Rule While Tony Awards Slip A Notch|url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/ratings-rat-race-nba-finals-still-rule-while-tony-awards-slip-a-notch-46733/|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=June 14, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> | producer = Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss | director = Glenn Weiss | previous = 63rd | main = Tony Awards | next = 65th | website = {{URL|tonyawards.com}} }}

The '''64th Annual Tony Awards''' took place on Sunday, June 13, 2010,<ref name=date>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/press/kit/2009-09-08/200909081252384898125.html |title=The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Tony Awards to Be Broadcast Sunday, June 13, 2010 |publisher=TonyAwards.com |date=September 8, 2009 |access-date=2015-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120102432/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/press/kit/2009-09-08/200909081252384898125.html |archive-date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> held again at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The host was Sean Hayes.<ref name="PlaybillHost">Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139779-Sean-Hayes-to-Host-Tony-Awards- "Sean Hayes to Host Tony Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527234712/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139779-Sean-Hayes-to-Host-Tony-Awards- |date=2010-05-27 }} playbill.com, May 24, 2010</ref> These awards paid tribute to Broadway productions during the 2009–2010 season. The cut off-date for Tony eligibility was April 29, 2010, and the nominations were announced on May 4.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137302-2010-Tony-Award-Nominations-Will-Be-Announced-May-4 2010 "Tony Award Nominations Will Be Announced May 4"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301154755/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137302-2010-Tony-Award-Nominations-Will-Be-Announced-May-4 |date=2010-03-01 }} playbill.com, February 26, 2010</ref>

The play ''Red'' won 6 awards, including Best Play, most of the night.

The musical ''Memphis'' won four awards, including Best Musical.

''Fences'' won three awards, including Best Revival of a Play.

''La Cage aux Folles'' also won three awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

The CBS television network broadcast the event, which was also simulcast live to the Clear Channel Spectacolor HD Screen in Times Square as well as on the official Tony Awards website.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140113-Paula-Abdul-Will-Be-Tony-Presenter-Awards-Will-Be-Simulcast-in-Times-Square "Paula Abdul Will Be Tony Presenter; Awards Will Be Simulcast in Times Square"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612205807/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140113-Paula-Abdul-Will-Be-Tony-Presenter-Awards-Will-Be-Simulcast-in-Times-Square |date=2010-06-12 }} playbill.com, June 7, 2010</ref>

The director of the telecast, Glenn Weiss, won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety.<ref>Peter, Thomas. [http://www./news/article/147170-Glenn-Weiss-Wins-DGA-Award-for-64th-Annual-Tony-Awards-Broadcast "Glenn Weiss Wins DGA Award for 64th Annual Tony Awards Broadcast"] playbill.com, January 31, 2011</ref>

Among the highlights was presenter Kristin Chenoweth and Hayes poking fun at a recent ''Newsweek'' article questioning the openly gay Hayes' believability at playing heterosexual by passionately kissing.

==Eligibility== Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2009–10 season before April 30, 2010 are eligible.

{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} ;Original plays *''After Miss Julie'' *''A Behanding in Spokane'' *''Collected Stories'' *''Enron'' *''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'' *''Looped'' *''Next Fall'' *''Oleanna'' *''Race'' *''Red'' *''A Steady Rain'' *''Superior Donuts'' *''Time Stands Still'' *''Wishful Drinking'' {{col-break}} ;Original musicals *''The Addams Family'' *''All About Me'' *''American Idiot'' *''Burn the Floor'' *''Come Fly Away'' *''Everyday Rapture'' *''Fela!'' *''Memphis'' *''Million Dollar Quartet'' *''Sondheim on Sondheim'' {{col-break}} ;Play revivals *''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' *''Fences'' *''Hamlet'' *''Lend Me a Tenor'' *''The Miracle Worker'' *''Present Laughter'' *''The Royal Family'' *''A View from the Bridge'' {{col-break}} ;Musical revivals *''Bye Bye Birdie'' *''Finian's Rainbow'' *''La Cage aux Folles'' *''A Little Night Music'' *''Promises, Promises'' *''Ragtime'' *''White Christmas'' {{col-end}}

==Ceremony==

===Presenters=== Presenters included:<ref name="presenters">{{cite web|url = http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/tonynight/presenters/index.html|title = Meet the Presenters and Performers|date = May 25, 2010|publisher = The Tony Awards|access-date = May 25, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120819134846/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/tonynight/presenters/index.html|archive-date = August 19, 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="TMpresenters">{{cite web|url = http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2010/cate-blanchett-michael-douglas-lea-michele-denzel_27646.html|title = Cate Blanchett, Michael Douglas, Lea Michele, Denzel Washington, Raquel Welch, et al. to Be Tony Award Presenters|date = May 25, 2010|work = TheaterMania.com|last=Propst|first=Andy}}</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140187-Holmes-Lansbury-Radcliffe-and-More-Will-Be-Tony-Presenters "Holmes, Lansbury, Radcliffe and More Will Be Tony Presenters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613025149/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140187-Holmes-Lansbury-Radcliffe-and-More-Will-Be-Tony-Presenters |date=2010-06-13 }} playbill.com, June 9, 2010</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=15em}} *Paula Abdul *Billie Joe Armstrong *Antonio Banderas *Justin Bartha *Laura Benanti *Cate Blanchett *Patrick Breen *Laura Bell Bundy *Michael Cerveris *Kristin Chenoweth *Barbara Cook *Michael Douglas *Kelsey Grammer† *Rosemary Harris† *Patrick Heusinger *Katie Holmes *Brian d'Arcy James *Scarlett Johansson† *Nathan Lane *Angela Lansbury† *Anthony LaPaglia *Laura Linney† *Lucy Liu *Jan Maxwell† *Idina Menzel *Lea Michele *Alfred Molina† *Helen Mirren *Matthew Morrison *Chris Noth *Bebe Neuwirth *Bernadette Peters *David Hyde Pierce‡ *Daniel Radcliffe *Eddie Redmayne† *Mark Sanchez *Tony Shalhoub *Liev Schreiber† *Jada Pinkett Smith *Will Smith *Stanley Tucci *Denzel Washington† *Raquel Welch {{colend}}

{{refbegin}}† = 2010 nominee ‡ = 2010 Isabelle Stevenson Award winner{{refend}}

===Performances=== The show opened with a medley from most of the musicals that opened during the season, and included, as described by ''The New York Times'', punk music, Frank Sinatra songs, Afrobeat rhythms, and early rock ’n’ roll.<ref name=Healy>Healy, Patrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/theater/theaterspecial/14tony.html?hp "''Red'' and ''Memphis'' Win Top Tony Awards"]. ''The New York Times'', June 13, 2010</ref>

There were performances by the casts of the musicals nominated for both Best Musical and Revival: ''American Idiot'', ''Fela!'', ''Memphis'', ''Million Dollar Quartet'', ''La Cage aux Folles'', ''A Little Night Music'', ''Everyday Rapture'' and ''Ragtime''. Other performers were Lea Michele, who sang "Don't Rain On My Parade" and Matthew Morrison, who sang "All I Need Is the Girl", and punk rock band Green Day who performed "Know Your Enemy/Holiday". The casts of ''Come Fly Away'' and ''Promises, Promises'' were included in a presentation of choreography. Additionally, the nominees for Best Play and Best Play Revival were presented by the performers from their respective plays.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139986-Green-Day-Lea-Michele-Matthew-Morrison-and-More-to-Perform-on-Tony-Telecast "Green Day, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and More to Perform on Tony Telecast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605000631/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139986-Green-Day-Lea-Michele-Matthew-Morrison-and-More-to-Perform-on-Tony-Telecast |date=2010-06-05 }}. Playbill.com, June 2, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/press_releases/2010-06-02/201006011275423691901.html "Press Release:The 2010 Tony Awards Promises Unforgettable Evening of Performances"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606233605/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/press_releases/2010-06-02/201006011275423691901.html |date=2010-06-06 }}. Tonyawards.com, June 2, 2010</ref>

===Creative Arts Tony Awards=== Some of the Tony Awards, dubbed "The Creative Arts Tony Awards" were awarded prior to the CBS telecast. The presentation was shown on a live webcast.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139978-Creative-Arts-Tony-Awards-Will-Be-Presented-Prior-to-CBS-Broadcast "Creative Arts Tony Awards Will Be Presented Prior to CBS Broadcast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605000611/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139978-Creative-Arts-Tony-Awards-Will-Be-Presented-Prior-to-CBS-Broadcast |date=2010-06-05 }}. Playbill.com, June 1, 2010</ref> Hosts for this portion of the ceremony were Karen Olivo and Gregory Jbara. Awards presented at this special ceremony included Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestrations, Special Tony Awards and the eight design prizes.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140234-Olivo-and-Jbara-to-Host-Creative-Arts-Tony-Awards "Olivo and Jbara to Host Creative Arts Tony Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612090330/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140234-Olivo-and-Jbara-to-Host-Creative-Arts-Tony-Awards |date=2010-06-12 }}. Playbill.com, June 10, 2010</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140284-Playbillcom-Tony-Blog-The-Tony-Awards-Press-Room Playbill.com Tony Blog: The Tony Awards Press Room"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615084742/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140284-Playbillcom-Tony-Blog-The-Tony-Awards-Press-Room |date=2010-06-15 }} playbill.com, June 13, 2010</ref>

==Ineligibility rulings== The Tony Administration Committee decided on April 30, 2010 that the scores of ''American Idiot'' and ''Fela!'' were ineligible for Tony Award nominations because fewer than 50% of their scores were written for the stage productions.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139184-Tony-Rulings-Enron-Fences-Royal-Family-Eligible-for-Best-Score-American-Idiot-Fela-Are-Not "Tony Rulings: Enron, Fences, Royal Family Eligible for Best Score; American Idiot, Fela! Are Not"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503214256/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139184-Tony-Rulings-Enron-Fences-Royal-Family-Eligible-for-Best-Score-American-Idiot-Fela-Are-Not |date=2010-05-03 }} playbill.com, April 30, 2010</ref>

On May 14, 2010, the Tony Award committee announced a disqualification of a nomination in the "Best Costume Design in a Musical" category for ''Ragtime'', stating that "...Santo Loquasto's designs for the revival of Ragtime are predominantly those from the original 1998 production, and therefore do not meet the Tony rule which states, work that 'substantially duplicate(s)' work from a prior production is ineligible."<ref>Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139570-Drama-Desk-Withdraws-Nominations-of-Ragtimes-Orchestration-and-Costume-Design "Drama Desk Withdraws Nominations of Ragtime's Orchestration and Costume Design"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517084358/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139570-Drama-Desk-Withdraws-Nominations-of-Ragtimes-Orchestration-and-Costume-Design |date=2010-05-17 }} playbill.com, May 14, 2010</ref>

==Competitive awards== Source: Tony Awards<ref name=tony1>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html |title=Tony Award nominees, 2009–2010 |access-date=2010-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080412/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html |archive-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface.'''

{| class=wikitable width="95%" |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Red'' – John Logan''' ** ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'' – Sarah Ruhl ** ''Next Fall'' – Geoffrey Nauffts ** ''Time Stands Still'' – Donald Margulies | valign="top" | * '''''Memphis''''' ** ''American Idiot'' ** ''Fela!'' ** ''Million Dollar Quartet'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Fences''''' ** ''Lend Me a Tenor'' ** ''The Royal Family'' ** ''A View from the Bridge'' | valign="top" | * '''''La Cage aux Folles''''' ** ''Finian's Rainbow'' ** ''A Little Night Music'' ** ''Ragtime'' |- ! 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" | * '''Denzel Washington – ''Fences'' as Troy Maxson''' ** Jude Law – ''Hamlet'' as Hamlet ** Alfred Molina – ''Red'' as Mark Rothko ** Liev Schreiber – ''A View from the Bridge'' as Eddie Carbone ** Christopher Walken – ''A Behanding in Spokane'' as Carmichael | valign="top" | * '''Viola Davis – ''Fences'' as Rose Maxson''' ** Valerie Harper – ''Looped'' as Tallulah Bankhead ** Linda Lavin – ''Collected Stories'' as Ruth Steiner ** Laura Linney – ''Time Stands Still'' as Sarah Goodwin ** Jan Maxwell – ''The Royal Family'' as Julie Cavendish |- ! 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" | * '''Douglas Hodge – ''La Cage aux Folles'' as Albin''' ** Kelsey Grammer – ''La Cage aux Folles'' as Georges ** Sean Hayes – ''Promises, Promises'' as Chuck Baxter ** Chad Kimball – ''Memphis'' as Huey Calhoun ** Sahr Ngaujah – ''Fela!'' as Fela Kuti | valign="top" | * '''Catherine Zeta-Jones – ''A Little Night Music'' as Desiree Armfeldt''' ** Kate Baldwin – ''Finian's Rainbow'' as Sharon McLonergan ** Montego Glover – ''Memphis'' as Felicia Farrell ** Christiane Noll – ''Ragtime'' as Mother ** Sherie Rene Scott – ''Everyday Rapture'' 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" | * '''Eddie Redmayne – ''Red'' as Ken''' ** David Alan Grier – ''Race'' as Henry Brown ** Stephen McKinley Henderson – ''Fences'' as Jim Bono ** Jon Michael Hill – ''Superior Donuts'' as Franco ** Stephen Kunken – ''Enron'' as Andy Fastow | valign="top" | * '''Scarlett Johansson – ''A View from the Bridge'' as Catherine''' ** Maria Dizzia – ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'' as Mrs. Daldry ** Rosemary Harris – ''The Royal Family'' as Fanny Cavendish ** Jessica Hecht – ''A View from the Bridge'' as Beatrice ** Jan Maxwell – ''Lend Me a Tenor'' as Maria |- ! 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" | * '''Levi Kreis – ''Million Dollar Quartet'' as Jerry Lee Lewis''' ** Kevin Chamberlin – ''The Addams Family'' as Uncle Fester ** Robin de Jesús – ''La Cage aux Folles'' as Jacob ** Christopher Fitzgerald – ''Finian's Rainbow'' as Og ** Bobby Steggert – ''Ragtime'' as Younger Brother | valign="top" | * '''Katie Finneran – ''Promises, Promises'' as Marge MacDougall''' ** Barbara Cook – ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' as Various Characters ** Angela Lansbury – ''A Little Night Music'' as Madame Armfeldt ** Karine Plantadit – ''Come Fly Away'' as Kate ** Lillias White – ''Fela!'' as Funmilayo Kuti |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Michael Grandage – ''Red''''' ** Sheryl Kaller – ''Next Fall'' ** Kenny Leon – ''Fences'' ** Gregory Mosher – ''A View from the Bridge'' | valign="top" | * '''Terry Johnson – ''La Cage aux Folles''''' ** Christopher Ashley – ''Memphis'' ** Marcia Milgrom Dodge – ''Ragtime'' ** Bill T. Jones – ''Fela!'' |- ! 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" | * '''Joe DiPietro – ''Memphis''''' ** Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott – ''Everyday Rapture'' ** Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones – ''Fela!'' ** Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux – ''Million Dollar Quartet'' | valign="top" | * '''''Memphis'' – David Bryan (music and lyrics) and Joe DiPietro (lyrics)''' ** ''The Addams Family'' – Andrew Lippa (music and lyrics) ** ''Enron'' – Adam Cork (music) and Lucy Prebble (lyrics) ** ''Fences'' – Branford Marsalis (music) |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreography ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Orchestrations |- | valign="top" | * '''Bill T. Jones – ''Fela!''''' ** Rob Ashford – ''Promises, Promises'' ** Lynne Page – ''La Cage aux Folles'' ** Twyla Tharp – ''Come Fly Away'' | valign="top" | * '''Daryl Waters and David Bryan – ''Memphis''''' ** Jason Carr – ''La Cage aux Folles'' ** Aaron Johnson – ''Fela!'' ** Jonathan Tunick – ''Promises, Promises'' |- ! 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" | * '''Christopher Oram – ''Red''''' ** John Lee Beatty – ''The Royal Family'' ** Alexander Dodge – ''Present Laughter'' ** Santo Loquasto – ''Fences'' | valign="top" | * '''Christine Jones – ''American Idiot''''' ** Marina Draghici – ''Fela!'' ** Derek McLane – ''Ragtime'' ** Tim Shortall – ''La Cage aux Folles'' |- ! 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 – ''The Royal Family''''' ** Martin Pakledinaz – ''Lend Me a Tenor'' ** Constanza Romero – ''Fences'' ** David Zinn – ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'' | valign="top" | * '''Marina Draghici – ''Fela!''''' ** Paul Tazewell – ''Memphis'' ** Matthew Wright – ''La Cage aux Folles'' |- ! 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" | * '''Neil Austin – ''Red''''' ** Neil Austin – ''Hamlet'' ** Mark Henderson – ''Enron'' ** Brian MacDevitt – ''Fences'' | valign="top" | * '''Kevin Adams – ''American Idiot''''' ** Donald Holder – ''Ragtime'' ** Nick Richings – ''La Cage aux Folles'' ** Robert Wierzel – ''Fela!'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Sound Design of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Sound Design of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Adam Cork – ''Red''''' ** Acme Sound Partners – ''Fences'' ** Adam Cork – ''Enron'' ** Scott Lehrer – ''A View from the Bridge'' | valign="top" | * '''Robert Kaplowitz – ''Fela!''''' ** Jonathan Deans – ''La Cage aux Folles'' ** Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen – ''A Little Night Music'' ** Dan Moses Schreier – ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' |}

==''In Memoriam''== {{div col}} *Shirley Rich *David Powers *Douglas Watt *Shelly Gross *Lynn Redgrave *Corin Redgrave *Budd Schulberg *Quentin Easter *Rue McClanahan *Max Eisen *Larry Gelbart *Dixie Carter *George Martin *Conard Fowkes *Michael Frazier *Torrie Zito *Joseph Wiseman *Michael Kuchwara *Doris Eaton *Morton Gottlieb *Donal Donnelly *John Kenley *Zakes Mokae *June Havoc *Everett King *Ron Konecky *Gene Barry *Pierre Cossette *M. Edgar Rosenblum *Claude Purdy *Lena Horne {{div col end}}

==Non-competitive awards== Most of the non-competitive awards were announced on April 21, 2010. They are:

*Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre to Sir Alan Ayckbourn and Marian Seldes.<ref name="specialtonys">Pesner, Ben.[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2010-04-21/201004211271866966515.html "Tonys Announce Special Awards and Honors"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426163956/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2010-04-21/201004211271866966515.html |date=2010-04-26 }} tonyawards.com, April 21, 2010</ref> *Isabelle Stevenson Award to David Hyde Pierce. Pierce is receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Award "for his work in the fight against Alzheimer's disease."<ref name="specialtonys" /> *Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre to: **The Alliance of Resident Theatres New York.<ref name="specialtonys" /> **B.H. Barry, who "pioneered the teaching of stage combat as part of the curriculum in US Drama Programs at the University and Graduate level."<ref name="specialtonys" /> **Tom Viola, executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA).<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138905-David-Hyde-Pierce-Marian-Seldes-Tom-Viola-Alan-Ayckbourn-Win-Special-Tony-Awards David Hyde Pierce, Marian Seldes, Tom Viola, Alan Ayckbourn Win Special Tony Awards"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428113931/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138905-David-Hyde-Pierce-Marian-Seldes-Tom-Viola-Alan-Ayckbourn-Win-Special-Tony-Awards |date=April 28, 2010 }} playbill.com, April 21, 2010</ref> **The Midtown North and South New York City Police Precincts.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[https://archive.today/20120912032914/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139585-Midtown-North-and-South-New-York-City-Police-Precincts-To-Receive-Special-Tony-Award "Midtown North and South New York City Police Precincts To Receive Special Tony Award"] playbill.com, May 17, 2010</ref> *The Regional Theatre Tony Award to The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut.<ref name=tony1/>

==Summary of awards== The musical ''Fela!'' and the revival of ''La Cage aux Folles'', each received eleven nominations, the most of any production, with each winning three awards. The musical ''Memphis'' won four awards, including Best Musical. The revival of ''Fences'' earned ten nominations, the most nominations ever received by a play revival, and won three awards.<ref name=play1>Gans, Andrew and Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139245-2010-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Fela-and-La-Cage-Top-List "2010 Tony Nominations Announced; Fela! and La Cage Top List"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506062107/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139245-2010-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Fela-and-La-Cage-Top-List |date=2010-05-06 }} playbill.com, May 4, 2010</ref> The new play ''Red'' received seven nominations and won six awards, the most of any play or musical this season.

Film actors won an unusual number of awards this season, with Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Viola Davis, Eddie Redmayne and Catherine Zeta-Jones among the winners.<ref name=Healy/> So many film actors appeared on Broadway last year that theatre actor Hunter Foster created a Facebook page called [http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=102274489824156&ref=search "Give the Tonys Back to Broadway"]. ''The New York Times'' critic Charles Isherwood wrote, "I share to a certain extent Mr. Foster’s dismay at this year’s star-glutted Tony awards. ... It’s possible that if the Tony administrators had not kicked the journalists out of the voting pool, there might have been a few more worthy winners."<ref name=Talkback>Isherwood, Charles.[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/theater-talkback-when-stars-take-over-the-tonys/?8dpc "Theater Talkback: When Stars Take Over the Tonys"]. ''The New York Times'', June 24, 2010</ref> Isherwood called the proliferation of Hollywood stars on Broadway "ominous", claiming that projects from last season featuring film actors such as Jude Law's ''Hamlet'' and ''A Steady Rain'' monopolized the box office, causing "superior" plays to fail. On the other hand, Isherwood felt, it is possible that "welcoming [film] stars on Broadway – the talented ones, anyway – [could help] New York theater to reassert its importance to the culture, and maybe even to tilt the balance of the entertainment business at least a little back toward the East Coast".<ref name=Talkback/>

==Multiple nominations and awards== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} These productions had multiple nominations:

*''11 nominations:'' ''Fela!'' & ''La Cage aux Folles'' *''10 nominations:'' ''Fences'' *''8 nominations:'' ''Memphis'' *''7 nominations:'' ''Red'' *''6 nominations:'' ''Ragtime'' & ''A View from the Bridge'' *''5 nominations:'' ''The Royal Family'' *''4 nominations:'' ''Enron'', ''A Little Night Music'' & ''Promises, Promises'' *''3 nominations:'' ''American Idiot'', ''Finian's Rainbow'', ''In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)'', ''Lend Me a Tenor'' & ''Million Dollar Quartet'' *''2 nominations:'' ''The Addams Family'', ''Come Fly Away'', ''Everyday Rapture'', ''Hamlet'', ''Next Fall'', ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' & ''Time Stands Still'' {{Col-2-of-2}} The following productions received multiple awards. *''6 wins:'' ''Red'' *''4 wins:'' ''Memphis'' *''3 wins:'' ''Fela!'', ''Fences'' & ''La Cage aux Folles'' *''2 wins:'' ''American Idiot'' {{Col-end}}

==See also== {{Portal|Theatre|Music}} * Drama Desk Awards * 2010 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/20080703180051/http://www.tonyawards.org/ Tony Awards official site]

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