Neil Patrick Harris kicked off the 2013 Tony Awards show with a musical number that even included a bit of dancing by Mike Tyson. And while the number was a great way to launch the June 9, 2013 broadcast, the evening was actually all about the battle between Kinky Boots and Matilda.
Kinky Boots came into the awards show with 13, with Matilda The Musical hot on its heels with 12, and when the awards were handed out Kinky Boots did in fact continue to lead the pack with the most wins. Kinky Boots collected six Tonys, including Best Musical, as well as a historic win for Cyndi Lauper’s music and lyrics. Lauper became the first woman ever to win a Tony for music and lyrics solo (other women have won as part of a collaborative effort).
Best Play
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical
Kinky Boots
Best Revival of a Musical
Pippin
Best Revival of a Play
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Book of a Musical
Matilda the Musical
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
Kinky Boots, Music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Patina Miller, Pippin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tracy Letts, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Courtney B Vance, Lucky Guy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda the Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Andrea Martin, Pippin
Best Direction of a Play
Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Direction of a Musical
Diane Paulus, Pippin
Best Choreography
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Best Orchestrations
Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rob Howell, Matilda the Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play
Ann Roth, The Nance
Best Costume Design of a Musical
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda the Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
John Shivers, Kinky Boots
