Jun 11, 2006
The 60th annual Tony Awards were held June 11, 2006 in New York City. "The Drowsy Chaperone" had the most nominations with 13, but it was "Jersey Boys" which ended up winning best musical. "The History Boys" won six awards including best play.
Who Won Tony Awards in 2006?
| Tony Award: Best Musical | |
| Jersey Boys |    |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Wedding Singer | |
| Tony Award: Best Play | |
| The History Boys | |
| Other Nominees: The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Rabbit Hole; Shining City | |
| Tony Award: Best Book of a Musical | |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Bob Martin; Don McKellar | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; Jersey Boys; The Wedding Singer | |
| Tony Award: Best Original Score | |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; The Woman In White; The Wedding Singer | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Musical | |
| The Pajama Game | |
| Other Nominees: Sweeney Todd; The Threepenny Opera | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Play | |
| Awake and Sing! | |
| Other Nominees: The Constant Wife; Edward Albee's Seascape; Faith Healer | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Musical | |
| John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd); Harry Connick Jr (The Pajama Game); Stephen Lynch (The Wedding Singer); Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Play | |
| Richard Griffiths (The History Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Ralph Fiennes (Faith Healer); Zeljko Ivanek (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial); Oliver Platt (Shining City); David Wilmot (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Musical | |
| LaChanze (The Color Purple) | |
| Other Nominees: Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone); Patti LuPone (Sweeney Todd); Kelli O'Hara (The Pajama Game); Chita Rivera (Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Play | |
| Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole) | |
| Other Nominees: Kate Burton (The Constant Wife); Judy Kaye (Souvenir); Lisa Kron (Well); Lynn Redgrave (The Constant Wife) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical | |
| Christian Hoff (Jersey Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Danny Burstein (The Drowsy Chaperone); Jim Dale (The Threepenny Opera); Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple); Manoel Felciano (Sweeney Todd) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
| Ian McDiarmid (Faith Healer) | |
| Other Nominees: Samuel Barnett (The History Boys); Domhnall Gleeson (The Lieutenant of Inishmore); Mark Ruffalo (Awake and Sing!); Pablo Schreiber (Awake and Sing!) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical | |
| Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| Other Nominees: Carolee Carmello (Lestat); Felicia P Fields (The Color Purple); Megan Lawrence (The Pajama Game); Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (The Color Purple) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
| Frances de la Tour (The History Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Tyne Daly (Rabbit Hole); Jayne Houdyshell (Well); Alison Pill (The Lieutenant of Inishmore); Zoe Wanamaker (Awake and Sing!) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Musical | |
| John Doyle (Sweeney Todd) | |
| Other Nominees: Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game); Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys); Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Play | |
| Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore); Bartlett Sher (Awake and Sing!); Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole) | |
| Tony Award: Best Choreography | |
| Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game) | |
| Other Nominees: The Wedding Singer; The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Tony Award: Best Orchestrations | |
| Sarah Travis (Sweeney Todd) | |
| Other Nominees: The Drowsy Chaperone; The Pajama Game; Jersey Boys | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Musical | |
| David Gallo (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; The Pajama Game; Jersey Boys | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Play | |
| Bob Crowley (The History Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Rabbit Hole; Three Days of Rain; Awake and Sing! | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Musical | |
| Gregg Barnes (The Drowsy Chaperone) | |
| Other Nominees: Lestat; The Pajama Game; The Color Purple | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Play | |
| Catherine Zuber (Awake and Sing!) | |
| Other Nominees: The Constant Wife; A Touch of the Poet; Edward Albee's Seascape | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Musical | |
| Howell Binkley (Jersey Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: The Drowsy Chaperone; Tarzan; The Color Purple | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Play | |
| Mark Henderson (The History Boys) | |
| Other Nominees: Awake and Sing!; Three Days of Rain; Faith Healer | |
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