The 68th Annual Tony Awards were held June 8, 2014, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2013–14 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was televised live on CBS.Gans, Andrew. "68th Annual Tony Awards Will Be Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall" Playbill, October 9, 2013 Hugh Jackman was the host, his fourth time hosting.Gans, Andrew. "Hugh Jackman Will Host 68th Annual Tony Awards" Playbill, February 11, 2014 The 15 musical Tony Awards went to seven different musicals, and six plays shared the 11 play Tony Awards.
The nominations were announced on April 29, 2014 by Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu.Gans, Andrew. "68th Annual Tony Awards Nominations Announced; 'Gentleman's Guide' Leads the Pack" Playbill, April 29, 2014 Audra McDonald won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In just her ninth Broadway engagement, McDonald established two records as the first actor to win six Tony Awards for acting and the first to win in all four categories, lead and featured in both a play and a musical. In its seventh Broadway incarnation, The Glass Menagerie won its first Tony Award (Lighting Design).
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2013–14 season before April 24, 2014, were eligible for consideration.
Original plays Act One All the Way Bronx Bombers Casa Valentina Mothers and Sons Outside Mullingar The Realistic Joneses The Snow Geese A Time to Kill The Velocity of Autumn
Original musicals After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Big Fish The Bridges of Madison County Bullets Over Broadway First Date A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder If/Then A Night with Janis Joplin Rocky the Musical Soul Doctor
Play revivals Betrayal The Cripple of Inishmaan The Glass Menagerie Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Macbeth Machinal No Man's Land Of Mice and Men A Raisin in the Sun Richard III Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night Waiting for Godot The Winslow Boy
Musical revivals Cabaret Hedwig and the Angry Inch Les Misérables Violet
Ceremony During the opening sequence of the ceremony, Jackman hopped along to the song "Take Me to Broadway," in an homage to Bobby Van's hopping in the 1953 film Small Town Girl.
The ceremony included performances from the nominated musicals (both new and revival) as well as other current musicals. The performances include:
Neil Patrick Harris (who hosted the last 3 ceremonies) and the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch performing "Sugar Daddy," Sutton Foster with the cast of Violet performing a medley of "On My Way" and "Raise You Up," Alan Cumming and the cast of Cabaret performing "Wilkommen," and Idina Menzel performing "Always Starting Over" from If/Then.
From the other shows that were nominated either for Best Musical or Best Revival. Those performances include:
James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, and the cast of Aladdin performing "Friend Like Me"; Ramin Karimloo and the cast of Les Misérables performing "One Day More"; Jessie Mueller and the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical performing a medley of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "I Feel The Earth Move" (with Carole King herself); Bryce Pinkham, Lisa O'Hare, and Lauren Worsham from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder performing "I've Decided to Marry You"; the cast of Bullets Over Broadway performing "T'Aint Nobody's Business"; and Andy Karl and the cast of Rocky performing "Eye of the Tiger" and the Final Box Fight scene.
Additionally, Wicked performed to celebrate its 10th anniversary, with Christine Dwyer and Jenni Barber in a performance of "For Good"; Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia performed with the cast of After Midnight; and Sting performed a song from his new musical The Last Ship.Gans, Andrew. "Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel, Sutton Foster, Sting, Fantasia, Wicked, Rocky and More Will Perform on Tony Awards" playbill.com, May 29, 2014 Jennifer Hudson sang from a new musical, Finding Neverland.Gans, Andrew. "Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson Will Perform Song from 'Finding Neverland' on Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 4, 2014
The finale included Jackman in a dance number with all the Tony Award winners on stage.Bowgen, Philippe. "A Commentary on The 68th Annual Tony Awards: Broadway's Brightest, Best and Bunny-hoppers Alike" playbill.com, June 8, 2014
The presenters included:
Kevin Bacon Matt Bomer Wayne Brady Zach Braff Kenneth Branagh Patricia Clarkson Bradley Cooper Alan Cumming Fran Drescher Clint Eastwood Emilio Estefan Gloria Estefan Vera Farmiga Tony Goldwyn Anna Gunn Maggie Gyllenhaal Ethan Hawke Carole King Zachary Levi
Orlando Bloom Tina Fey Jonathan Groff LL Cool J Samuel L. Jackson Judith Light Lucy Liu Kate Mara Leighton Meester Audra McDonald Alessandro Nivola Zachary Quinto Emmy Rossum Rosie O'Donnell T.I. Patrick Wilson
Gans, Andrew."Over 25 Stars Set to Make Appearances on 68th Annual Tony Awards" playbill.com, May 27, 2014Gans, Andrew. "Tony Awards Gets Starrier; Ten Additional Artists Announced for Broadway's Biggest Night" playbill.com, June 5, 2014
New award During this ceremony, a new award was announced by Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer, the "Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre Education", which is to be presented by Carnegie Mellon University and will "honor kindergarten through high school (K-12) theatre educators."Gans, Andrew. "Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer Will Introduce New Educator Honor at 2014 Tony Awards" playbill.com, June 3, 2014
Television ratings According to the preliminary numbers, the televised awards ceremony had 7.02 million viewers. The 2013 telecast had 7.24 million viewers.Gans, Andrew. "Tony Awards Viewership Down Slightly, According to Preliminary Numbers" playbill.com, June 9, 2014
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced on April 29, 2014. The winners are shown below.Purcell, Carey. playbill.com, June 8, 2014
Best Play Best Musical All the Way – Robert Schenkkan Act One – James Lapine Casa Valentina – Harvey Fierstein Mothers and Sons – Terrence McNally Outside Mullingar – John Patrick Shanley A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Best Revival of a Play Best Revival of a Musical A Raisin in the Sun The Cripple of Inishmaan The Glass Menagerie Twelfth Night Hedwig and the Angry Inch Les Misérables Violet Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Bryan Cranston – All the Way as President Lyndon B. Johnson Samuel Barnett – Twelfth Night as Viola Chris O'Dowd – Of Mice and Men as Lennie Small Mark Rylance – Richard III as Richard III Tony Shalhoub – Act One as Older Moss Hart / Barnett Hart / George S. Kaufman Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill as Billie Holiday Tyne Daly – Mothers and Sons as Katherine Gerard LaTanya Richardson Jackson – A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger Cherry Jones – The Glass Menagerie as Amanda Wingfield Estelle Parsons – The Velocity of Autumn as Alexandra Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Neil Patrick Harris – Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Hedwig Ramin Karimloo – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean Andy Karl – Rocky the Musical as Rocky Balboa Jefferson Mays – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as the D'Ysquith family Bryce Pinkham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as Monty Navarro Jessie Mueller – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Carole King Mary Bridget Davies – A Night with Janis Joplin as Janis Joplin Sutton Foster – Violet as Violet Karl Idina Menzel – If/Then as Elizabeth Vaughn Kelli O'Hara – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night as Olivia Reed Birney – Casa Valentina as Charlotte Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night as Maria Stephen Fry – Twelfth Night as Malvolio Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie as Jim O'Connor Sophie Okonedo – A Raisin in the Sun as Ruth Younger Sarah Greene – The Cripple of Inishmaan as Helen McCormick Celia Keenan-Bolger – The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield Anika Noni Rose – A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger Mare Winningham – Casa Valentina as Rita Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical James Monroe Iglehart – Aladdin as the Genie Danny Burstein – Cabaret as Herr Schultz Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway as Cheech Joshua Henry – Violet as Flick Jarrod Spector – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Barry Mann Lena Hall – Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Yitzhak Linda Emond – Cabaret as Fräulein Schneider Anika Larsen – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical as Cynthia Weil Adriane Lenox – After Midnight as Various Characters Lauren Worsham – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder as Phoebe D'Ysquith Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman Aladdin – Chad Beguelin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen | valign="top" | The Bridges of Madison County – Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) Aladdin – Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics), Tim Rice (lyrics) and Chad Beguelin (lyrics) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Steven Lutvak (music and lyrics) and Robert L. Freedman (lyrics) If/Then – Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (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" | Beowulf Boritt – Act One Bob Crowley – The Glass Menagerie Es Devlin – Machinal Christopher Oram – The Cripple of Inishmaan Christopher Barreca – Rocky the Musical Julian Crouch – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Alexander Dodge – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Santo Loquasto – Bullets Over Broadway Best Costume Design of a Play Best Costume Design of a Musical Jenny Tiramani – Twelfth Night Jane Greenwood – Act One Michael Krass – Machinal Rita Ryack – Casa Valentina Linda Cho – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder William Ivey Long – Bullets Over Broadway Arianne Phillips – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Isabel Toledo – After Midnight Best Lighting Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Musical Natasha Katz – The Glass Menagerie Paule Constable – The Cripple of Inishmaan Jane Cox – Machinal Japhy Weideman – Of Mice and Men Kevin Adams – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Christopher Akerlind – Rocky the Musical Howell Binkley – After Midnight Donald Holder – The Bridges of Madison County Best Sound Design of a Play Best Sound Design of a Musical Steve Canyon Kennedy – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Alex Baranowski – The Cripple of Inishmaan Dan Moses Schreier – Act One Matt Tierney – Machinal Brian Ronan – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Peter Hylenski – After Midnight Tim O'Heir – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Mick Potter – Les Misérables Best Direction of a Play Best Direction of a Musical Kenny Leon – A Raisin in the Sun Tim Carroll – Twelfth Night Michael Grandage – The Cripple of Inishmaan John Tiffany – The Glass Menagerie Darko Tresnjak – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Michael Mayer – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Leigh Silverman – Violet Best Choreography Best Orchestrations Warren Carlyle – After Midnight Steven Hoggett and Kelly Devine – Rocky the Musical Casey Nicholaw – Aladdin Susan Stroman – Bullets Over Broadway Jason Robert Brown – The Bridges of Madison County Doug Besterman – Bullets Over Broadway Steve Sidwell – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Jonathan Tunick – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Awards and Nominations per Production