FEATURED ARTICLES ABOUT 2011 Awards Season

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - Chappel & Gardiner, Best Costume Design for PRISCILLA

Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner are the 2011 recipients of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design for a Musical for Prisciall Queen of the Desert. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the pair immediately following their acceptance about what winning the award means to them. Click below to hear from the costumers right after their big moment! (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - John Larroquette: 'It's Nice to Now Be In the Club'

John Larroquette is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. (more...)

Broadway Fans. vs the Tony Awards - How Did They Compare?

On June 3, BroadwayWorld.com announced the recipients of the 9th annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards, voted on by YOU, the hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans who support New York theater on Broadway and off each season. On Sunday, June 12, the 65th annual Tony Awards Ceremony awarded Broadway's best with the famed honor, the winners selected by industry producers and additional movers and shakers. So how did the fan votes measure up to those of the industry professionals? (more...)

BWW TV: Matt Rodrigues Inside The Actor's Fund's West Coast Tony Party Honoring Hal Holbrook!

On Sunday, June 12, BroadwayWorld.com brought you special and exclusive coverage throughout the night of the 65th Annual Tony Awards, airing on CBS live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, including backstage videos, photos, speech transcriptions, winners stories, blogs and all the latest from the after parties. The night's big winner was The Book of Mormon, which took home nine prizes, including Best Musical. War Horse and Anything Goes were also evening standouts. (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle -Sutton Foster: 'This is like fuzzy, delicious ice cream!'

Sutton Foster is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for the revival of ANYTHING GOES. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Broadway's darling right after her big moment! (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - Mark Rylance on Tony #2: 'It feels heavy!'

Mark Rylance is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Jerusalem. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with the quirky star right after his big moment! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Write Neil Patrick Harris' Tony Closing Rap!

If you loved Lin-Manuel Miranda's hilarious Tony-awards closing freestyle rap that was performed by 'host with the most' Neil Patrick Harris, you must check out this video that Miranda has uploaded, chronicling the brilliant number's backstage creation. (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - Norbert Leo Butz on Doing CATCH ME IF YOU CAN for Dad

Norbert Leo Butz is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with the Broadway vet right after his big, emotional moment! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 2011 Tony Awards Arrivals Part 1!

The 2011 Tony Awards were celebrated last night, June 12, at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan! BroadwayWorld was of course on hand for the red carpet bring you photos of all of the stars. Below, we bring you the first part of the complete red carpet coverage! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 2011 Tony Awards Arrivals Part 2

The 2011 Tony Awards were celebrated last night, June 12, at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan! BroadwayWorld was of course on hand for the red carpet bring you photos of all of the stars. Below, we bring you the second part of the complete red carpet coverage! (more...)

Ratings Up for Tony Awards this Year!

Last night's official network ratings are in and the Tony Awards saw an overall increase in viewship of 9% from last year's ceremony. The ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, posted year-to-year gains in adults 18-49. Airing opposite Game 6 of the NBA Finals on ABC, the Tony Awards were second in households (4.5/07), viewers (6.92m) and adults 25-54 (1.6/04) and tied for second in adults 18-49 (1.2/03, with NBC). (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Miss the Tonys Last Night? Watch the Performances Here!

BroadwayWorld.com brought you special and exclusive live coverage throughout the night of the 65th Annual Tony Awards live from the Beacon Theatre. Click here to visit BroadwayWorld.com's main page and Tony sections to follow along! The big winner of the night was THE BOOK OF MORMON with nine awards followed by WAR HORSE with 5 and THE NORMAL HEART and ANYTHING GOES with 3. (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - Nikki M. James 'This is so f**ing COOL!'

Nikki M. James is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for The Book of Mormon. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with Larroquette right after his big moment! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Neil Patrick Harris Raps the Tonys to a Close!

Miss the Tony Awards? No problem, courtesy of Neil Patrick Harris and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who summed the ceremony in the following freestyle... Click below to watch the video! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 2011 Tony Awards Gala!

After last night's awards show, many of the stars headed to the official Tony Gala Ball at the Plaza Hotel and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture them as they celebrated the evening! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 2011 Tony Awards Winners - Part Two!

BroadwayWorld.com brought you special and exclusive live coverage throughout the night of the 65th Annual Tony Awards, airing on CBS on Sunday, June 12th from 8:00 - 11:00 PM (ET/PT time delay) live from the Beacon Theatre with lots more to come including backstage videos, photos and more! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 2011 Tony Awards Winners - Part One!

BroadwayWorld.com brought you special and exclusive live coverage throughout the night of the 65th Annual Tony Awards, airing on CBS on Sunday, June 12th from 8:00 - 11:00 PM (ET/PT time delay) live from the Beacon Theatre with lots more to come including backstage videos, photos and more! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS on the Tony Awards!

If you missed the cast of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS performing on the 2011 Tony Awards, click here to play! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: ANYTHING GOES on the Tony Awards!

If you missed the cast of ANYTHING GOES performing the show's title number, led by Sutton Foster - click here to watch! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: SISTER ACT Performs on the Tony Awards!

Here's the cast of SISTER ACT led by Patina Miller performing 'Raise Your Voice' on the 2011 Tony Awards! (more...)

Stage Tube: COMPANY Cast Performs on the Tony Awards

If you missed the cast of COMPANY performing on the awards, watch here! (more...)

Stage Tube: Neil Patrick Harris & Hugh Jackman 'Dueling Hosts'

If you missed the hilarious video with Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman as 'Dueling Hosts' check it out here! (more...)

Miss The Tony Awards? No Problem - Neil Patrick Harris Recaps the Show in Freestyle!

Miss the Tony Awards? No problem, courtesy of Neil Patrick Harris and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who summed the ceremony in the following freestyle. (more...)

SOUND OFF: 2011 Tony Awards With MORMON(s), SPIDER-MAN & More

A BOOK OF MORMON sweep - Best Musical, Best Direction, Best Score and Best Featured Actress included - with a few unexpected moments along the routine ride was the 2011 Tony Awards in a nutshell - and, if we're putting best things first: it was Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman that took the prize as Best Actor and Best Featured Actor last night - no question about that. Not only was Harris an assured and energizing presence and great all-around host, he proved that he can roll with the punches no matter what happens - flubs, flop sweat or otherwise. Speaking of which: while Brooke Shields may not be taking home the top prize for her performance this time, certainly the ladies delivered in a big way thanks to the performance of Patina Miller and company from SISTER ACT and Sutton Foster's simply sensational 'Anything Goes'. Additionally, Daniel Radcliffe and newly-minted Tony-winner John Larroquette with the cast of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING generated quite a white hot heat, as did Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit leading the medley from CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. While MORMON and THE NORMAL HEART gathered the king's ransom of the big awards - with WAR HORSE winning Best Play, Direction and more - some upsets occurred to spice things up and the specialty material for Neil Patrick Harris brought back memories of the Alexander Cohen broadcasts that mark the finest era of the Tony Awards presentation on television. It could have been better, for sure, but it could - and has been - much, much worse. 6.5/10 - to use the SPIDER-MAN joke scale and match NPH's score. (more...)

2011 Tony Awards: THE BOOK OF MORMON Wins 'Best Musical'

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2011 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com. (more...)