Tony Awards 2013: Winners and Best Moments
Broadway's biggest stars, creators and enthusiasts gathered at the Radio City Music Hall last June 9 in New York to witness the victors of the 67th annual Tony Awards.
The night's top winner "Kinky Boots" bagged six Tonys including the most coveted Best Musical award. Other winners were Matilda the Musical" and "Pippin" with four awards each, and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "The Nance" winning three awards each.
Kinky Boot's music and lyrics was penned by pop superstar Cyndi Lauper, which also won the Best Original Score. Lauper became emotional when she accepted her first Tony award. "I want to thank Broadway for welcoming me," she said.
Hosted by "How I Met Your Mother" actor, Neil Patrick Harris, this year's Tony Awards was up by 20 percent in viewership, the highest-watched Tonys since 2009, according to CBS. The CBS-produced awards show will continue to air in the network until 2018.
Meanwhile, Harris garnered positive reviews and praises for his hosting performance. LA Times' theater critic, Charles McNulty, jokingly proposed to CBS to make a lifetime contract for Neil Patrick Harris. This was his fourth time to host the Tony Awards.
Former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, appeared with Harris during the opening medley dancing with cheerleaders and making visual jokes about ear biting. Tyson also had his stint doing a one-man Broadway show last spring.
Here are some of the winners of the 67th annual Tony Awards. Visit the Tony Awards official website for the complete list.
Best Play: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical: Kinky Boots
Best Book of a Musical: Matilda the Musical
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Kinky Boots
Best Revival of a Play: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Revival of a Musical: Pippin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role in a Play: Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Patina Miller, Pippin
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
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Bernard Gersten, Paul Libin, Ming Cho Lee