At last the waiting is over, and after all the excitement of the most glamorous night on Broadway, best of the Broadway season were honored at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, 14 June. A host of A-list actors turned out for the stage equivalent of the Oscars. The 2010 Tony Awards have officially been announced.

Red, John Logan's portrait of abstract-expressionist artist Mark Rothko, and Memphis, the story of showbiz aspirations and forbidden love in the Civil Rights era, were named Best Play and Best Musical, respectively.

The Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to the late August Wilson's drama Fences starring Denzel Washington (Tony for Best Actor Tony) and Viola Davis (Tony for Best Actress in a Play).

Best Revival of a Musical went to La Cage aux Folles starring Douglas Hodge (Tony for Best Actor in a Musical) and Kelsey Grammer.

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4 Tony Awards :
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Joe DiPietro
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music: David Bryan, Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan
Best Orchestrations: Daryl Waters & David Bryan

8 nominations :
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Joe DiPietro
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music: David Bryan, Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Chad Kimball
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Montego Glover
Best Direction of a Musical: Christopher Ashley
Best Orchestrations: Daryl Waters & David Bryan
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell

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RED
Master American expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery.

6 Tony Awards :
Best Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Eddie Redmayne
Best Direction of a Play: Michael Grandage
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Christopher Oram
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin
Best Sound Design of a Play: Adam Cork

7 nominations :
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Alfred Molina
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Eddie Redmayne
Best Direction of a Play: Michael Grandage
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Christopher Oram
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin
Best Sound Design of a Play: Adam Cork

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LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
The Menier Chocolate Factory's acclaimed revival hits the Broadway boards, starring Douglas Hodge (Olivier Award) as Albin, a drag performer with a heart of gold.

3 Tony Awards :
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Douglas Hodge
Best Direction of a Musical: Terry Johnson

11 nominations :
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Kelsey Grammer
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Douglas Hodge
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Robin De Jesús
Best Direction of a Musical: Terry Johnson
Best Choreography: Lynne Page
Best Orchestrations: Jason Carr
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Tim Shortall
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Matthew Wright
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Nick Richings
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans

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FENCES
Fences is one of the ten plays in August Wilson's sweeping Pittsburgh Cycle, focusing on the 20th century African-American experience. Fences takes place over eight years from 1957 to 1965.

3 Tony Awards :
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Denzel Washington
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Viola Davis

10 nominations :
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music: Branford Marsalis
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Denzel Washington
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Viola Davis
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Stephen McKinley Henderson
Best Direction of a Play: Kenny Leon
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Santo Loquasto
Best Costume Design of a Play: Constanza Romero
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Brian MacDevitt
Best Sound Design of a Play: Acme Sound Partners.

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FELA!
Fela! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), the musical reveals Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and musician.

3 Tony Awards :
Best Choreography: Bill T. Jones
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Marina Draghici
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Robert Kaplowitz

11 nominations :
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Sahr Ngaujah
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Lillias White
Best Direction of a Musical: Bill T. Jones
Best Choreography: Bill T. Jones
Best Orchestrations: Aaron Johnson
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Marina Draghici
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Marina Draghici
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Robert Wierzel
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Robert Kaplowitz.

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AMERICAN IDIOT
Green Day won two Grammys for its multi-platinum album American Idiot, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. Now those searing songs seize the stage with the director behind Spring Awakening, the groundbreaking musical that earned eight Tony Awards and enthralled audiences around the world.

2 Tony Awards :
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christine Jones
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams

3 nominations :
Best Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christine Jones
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams.

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PROMISES, PROMISES
It's Manhattan. It's the '60s. And the city is back in full swing, in Broadway's first-ever revival of Promises, Promise - starring Emmy® Award winner Sean Hayes as the enterprising associate on the way up, and Kristin Chenoweth as the cafeteria waitress whose romantic troubles have got her down.

1 Tony Award :
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Katie Finneran

4 nominations :
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Sean Hayes
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Katie Finneran
Best Choreography: Rob Ashford
Best Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick

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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
In A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller's most passionate drama, Liev Schreiber plays Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece Catherine, played by Scarlett Johansson.

1 Tony Awards :
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Scarlett Johansson

6 nominations :
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Liev Schreiber
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Jessica Hecht
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Scarlett Johansson
Best Direction of a Play: Gregory Mosher
Best Sound Design of a Play: Scott Lehrer

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THE ROYAL FAMILY
A rollicking portrait of a flamboyant theatrical family and how they cope with the dumbfounding fact that one of them wishes to marry someone NOT actually connected with show business. Though a thinly-veiled parody of the Barrymore family circa 1927, the family is full of timeless showbiz archetypes.

1 Tony Award :
Best Costume Design of a Play: Catherine Zuber

5 nominations :
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Jan Maxwell
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Rosemary Harris
Best Scenic Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty
Best Costume Design of a Play: Catherine Zuber


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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. The place was Sun Records’ storefront studio in Memphis.

1 Tony Award :
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Levi Kreis

3 nominations :
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical: Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Levi Kreis

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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love’s endless possibilities.

1 Tony Award :
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones

4 nominations :
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Angela Lansbury
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen.

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ENRON
ENRON is a stunning spectacle, a powerhouse of theatrics and an electric drama about one of the greatest disasters of the modern era: the blazing rise and explosive fall of the American energy giant.

4 nominations :
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music: Adam Cork, Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Mark Henderson
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Stephen Kunken
Best Sound Design of a Play: Adam Cork.

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RAGTIME
This much-loved musical explores themes ranging from immigration to racism and social unrest in the early 20th century. The recent (and acclaimed) Kennedy Center revival arrives on Broadway.

7 nominations :
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Christiane Noll
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Bobby Steggert
Best Direction of a Musical: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Derek McLane
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Santo Loquasto
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Donald Holder

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FINIAN'S RAINBOW
A blend of romantic fantasy and social commentary, the classic musical Finian's Rainbow follows the adventures of an Irishman and his daughter who hope to strike it rich in America, using a pot of gold stolen from a leprechaun.

3 nominations :
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Kate Baldwin
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Christopher Fitzgerald.

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IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
Lincoln Center Theater presents Sarah Ruhl's new play about marraige, intimacy and electricity. In the dawning era of electricity, six lonely people seek help from a local doctor with a strange new technology. Despite this scientific advance, what they really need is intimacy.

3 nominations :
Best Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Maria Dizzia
Best Costume Design of a Play: David Zinn

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LEND ME A TENOR
On the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, world-famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role.

3 nominations :
Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Jan Maxwell
Best Costume Design of a Play: Martin Pakledinaz

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HAMLET
Consumed with grief, Prince Hamlet determines to avenge his father’s apparent murder, with devastating consequences for his family and the kingdom. Michael Grandage directs Jude Law as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s iconic revenge tragedy.

2 nominations :
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Jude Law
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Neil Austin

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COME FLY AWAY
Twyla Tharp matches her choreography to the mood and emotion of a host of Sinatra songs - sung by the Chairman of the Board backed by an onstage band.

2 nominations :
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Karine Plantadit
Best Choreography: Twyla Tharp.

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SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
Sondheim on Sondheim presents an intimate portrait of one of musical theatre's greatest exponents. Starring Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Michael Arden and Leslie Kritzer.

2 nominations :
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Barbara Cook
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Dan Moses Schreier

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TIME STANDS STILL
This timely and intelligent play marks the fourth collaboration for Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sulliva.

2 nominations :
Best Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Laura Linney

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EVERYDAY RAPTURE
Everyday Rapture is the story of a young woman's psycho-sexual-spiritual journey on the rocky path that separates her mostly Mennonite past from her mostly Manhattan future.

2 nominations :
Best Book of a Musical: Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Sherie Rene Scott.

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky - and they're coming to Broadway. A dream cast takes on the quirky characters in a new and original Addams Family tale.

2 nominations :
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Kevin Chamberlin

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NEXT FALL
Next Fall takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. While the play’s central story focuses on the 5-year relationship between Adam and Luke, Next Fall goes beyond a typical love story.

2 nominations :
Best Play
Best Direction of a Play: Sheryl Kaller

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A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE
Take a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks, and an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs. This is Martin McDonagh's first American-set play - the outrageously funny A Behanding In Spokane.

1 nomination :
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Christopher Walken

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COLLECTED STORIES
Linda Lavin is Ruth Steiner, a celebrated author who becomes a mentor (and rival) to a young writer. The drama limns the relationship between an aging writer and her up-and-coming student.

1 nomination :
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Linda Lavin.

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LOOPED
Looped tells the story of Tallulah Bankhead, the original celebrity bad girl, being called into a sound studio to re-record (or "loop") one line of dialogue for what would be her last film.

1 nomination :
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Valerie Harper

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PRESENT LAUGHTER
Vain matinee idol Garry Essedine becomes entangled in the amusing personal crises of the people around him, which are largely of his own making.

1 nomination :
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Alexander Dodge

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RACE
From Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, comes his most explosive four-letter word yet. RACE. Complete with an intriguing title comes provocateur David Mamet's latest play.

1 nomination :
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: David Alan Grier

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SUPERIOR DONUTS
Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) follows up with an affectionate paean to Chicago and the redemptive power of friendship.

1 nomination :
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Jon Michael Hill

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