Tony Awards: The 2011 winners list updated live!

The Tony Awards, always guaranteed to be quite tony themselves, are tonight and the elite of the Great White Way are naming the best and brightest plays, musicals, actors, and actresses of 2011. We?ll be updating the lucky winners as they are announced, so check back early and often. And then check out our list of predictions to see how psychic we were.

Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman,�The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus,�The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank,�Catch Me If You Can

WINNER:�Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus,�The Book of Mormon

Best Original Score Written for the Theater
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone,�The Book of Mormon
John Kander and Fred Ebb,�The Scottsboro Boys
Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics),�Sister Act
David Yazbek,�Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

WINNER:�Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone,�The Book of Mormon

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall,�Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw,�The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman,�The Scottsboro Boys

WINNER: Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski,�The Scottsboro Boys
Steve Canyon Kennedy,�Catch Me If You Can
Brian Ronan,�Anything Goes?
Brian Ronan,�The Book of Mormon

WINNER:�Brian Ronan,�The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin,�The Normal Heart
Edie Falco,�The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light,�Lombardi
Joanna Lumley,�La B�te
Elizabeth Rodriguez,�The Motherf?er With the Hat

WINNER: Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Mackenzie Crook,�Jerusalem
Billy Crudup,�Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey,�The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed,�Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul V�zquez,�The Motherf?er With the Hat

WINNER:�John Benjamin Hickey,�The Normal Heart

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers,�Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker,�Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph,�Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt,�War Horse

WINNER:�Christopher Shutt,�War Horse

Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris,�War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe,�The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro,�The Motherf?er With the Hat
Daniel Sullivan,�The Merchant of Venice

WINNER:�Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris,�War Horse

Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall,�Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker,�The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman,�The Scottsboro Boys

WINNER:�Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker,�The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti,�Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark,�Sister Act
Nikki M. James,�The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone,�Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

WINNER:�Nikki M. James,�The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Colman Domingo,�The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley,�Anything Goes
John Larroquette,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon,�The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O?Malley,�The Book of Mormon�

WINNER:�John Larroquette,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Costume Design of a Play?
Jess Goldstein,�The Merchant of Venice?
Desmond Heeley,�The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Thompson,�La B�te?
Catherine Zuber,�Born Yesterday

WINNER:�Desmond Heeley,�The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Costume Design of a Musical?
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner,�Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz,�Anything Goes?
Ann Roth,�The Book of Mormon
Catherine Zuber,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

WINNER:�Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner,�Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal,�The Motherf?er With the Hat
Rae Smith,�War Horse
Ultz,�Jerusalem
Mark Wendland,�The Merchant of Venice

Best Book of a Musical
Alex Timbers,�Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone,�The Book of Mormon
David Thompson,�The Scottsboro Boys
Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane,�Sister Act

Best Revival of a Play
Arcadia
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
The Normal Heart

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt,�The Scottsboro Boys
Derek McLane,�Anything Goes
Scott Pask,�The Book of Mormon
Donyale Werle,�Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson�

Best Play
Good People
Jerusalem
The Motherf?er With the Hat
War Horse

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington,�The Scottsboro Boys
Howell Binkley,�How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?
Peter Kaczorowski,�Anything Goes?
Brian MacDevitt,�The Book of Mormon

Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners & Cricket S. Myers,�Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker,�Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph,�Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt,�War Horse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda,�Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand,�Good People
Lily Rabe,�The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave,�Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland,�Brief Encounter

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster,�Anything Goes
Beth Leavel,�Baby It?s You!
Patina Miller,�Sister Act
Donna Murphy,�The People in the Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Brian Bedford,�The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale,�The Motherf?er With the Hat
Joe Mantello,�The Normal Heart
Al Pacino,�The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance,�Jerusalem�

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz,�Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad,�The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry,�The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells,�The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon,�Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me if You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act

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