68th Tony Awards
The 68th Annual Tony Awards were held June 8, 2014, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2013–14 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was televised live on CBS. Hugh Jackman was the host, his fourth time hosting. The 15 musical Tony Awards went to seven different musicals, and six plays shared the 11 play Tony Awards.
The nominations were announced on April 29, 2014 by Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu. Audra McDonald won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In just her ninth Broadway engagement, McDonald established two records as the first actor to win six Tony Awards for acting and the first to win in all four categories, lead and featured in both a play and a musical. In its seventh Broadway incarnation, The Glass Menagerie won its first Tony Award.
Aladdin's win made it the fourth franchise to complete EGOT status.
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2013–14 season before April 24, 2014, were eligible for consideration.;Original plays
- Act One
- All the Way
- Bronx Bombers
- Casa Valentina
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
- Mothers and Sons
- Outside Mullingar
- The Realistic Joneses
- The Snow Geese
- A Time to Kill
- The Velocity of Autumn
- After Midnight
- Aladdin
- Big Fish
- The Bridges of Madison County
- Bullets Over Broadway
- First Date
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- If/Then
- A Night with Janis Joplin
- Rocky the Musical
- Soul Doctor
- Betrayal
- The Cripple of Inishmaan
- The Glass Menagerie
- Macbeth
- Machinal
- No Man's Land
- Of Mice and Men
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Twelfth Night
- Waiting for Godot
- The Winslow Boy
- Cabaret
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Les Misérables
- Violet
Ceremony
The ceremony included performances from the nominated musicals as well as other current musicals. The performances include:
Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch performing "Sugar Daddy," Sutton Foster with the cast of Violet performing a medley of "On My Way" and "Raise You Up," Alan Cumming and the cast of Cabaret performing "Wilkommen," and Idina Menzel performing "Always Starting Over: from If/Then.
From the other shows that were nominated either for Best Musical or Best Revival. Those performances include:
James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, and the cast of Aladdin performing "Friend Like Me"; Ramin Karimloo and the cast of Les Misérables performing "One Day More"; Jessie Mueller and the cast of performing a medley of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "I Feel The Earth Move" ; Bryce Pinkham, Lisa O'Hare, and Lauren Worsham from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder performing "I've Decided to Marry You"; the cast of Bullets Over Broadway performing "T'Aint Nobody's Business"; and Andy Karl and the cast of Rocky performing "Eye of the Tiger" and the Final Box Fight scene.
Additionally, Wicked performed to celebrate its 10th anniversary; Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia performed with the cast of After Midnight; and Sting performed a song from his new musical The Last Ship. Jennifer Hudson sang from a new musical, Finding Neverland.
The finale included Jackman in a dance number with all the Tony Award winners on stage.
The presenters included:
- Kevin Bacon
- Matt Bomer
- Wayne Brady
- Zach Braff
- Kenneth Branagh
- Patricia Clarkson
- Bradley Cooper
- Alan Cumming
- Fran Drescher
- Clint Eastwood
- Emilio Estefan
- Gloria Estefan
- Vera Farmiga
- Tony Goldwyn
- Anna Gunn
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Ethan Hawke
- Carole King
- Zachary Levi
- Orlando Bloom
- Tina Fey
- Jonathan Groff
- LL Cool J
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Judith Light
- Lucy Liu
- Kate Mara
- Leighton Meester
- Audra McDonald
- Alessandro Nivola
- Zachary Quinto
- Emmy Rossum
- Rosie O'Donnell
- T.I.
- Patrick Wilson
New award
Television ratings
According to the preliminary numbers, the televised awards ceremony had 7.02 million viewers. The 2013 telecast had 7.24 million viewers.Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on April 29, 2014. The winners are shown below.| Best Play | Best Musical |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Best Revival of a Musical |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score Written for the Theatre |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Best Scenic Design of a Musical |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Best Costume Design of a Musical |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Best Lighting Design of a Musical |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
| Best Choreography | Best Orchestrations |
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
Non-competitive awards
The award for Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre was awarded to Actors Fund president Joe Benincasa, photographer Joan Marcus and general manager Charlotte Wilcox.
The Regional Theatre Award was awarded to the Signature Theatre Company, New York City. This is the first time a New York-based theatre company has received this award, whose eligibility had been expanded to include New York City for the 2013–14 season.
''In Memoriam''
- Mitch Leigh
- Sarah Marshall
- Sid Caesar
- Sheila MacRae
- Martin Gottfried
- Miller Wright
- James Gandolfini
- Phyllis Frelich
- William Dodds
- Chuck Patterson
- Julie Harris
- Kelly Garrett
- Faith Geer
- Ashton Springer
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Jane Connell
- Frank Gero
- Mickey Rooney
- David Rogers
- Shirley Herz
- Clayton Corzatte
- Mitchell Erickson
- Seth Popper
- Regina Resnik
- Leslie Lee
- Eydie Gorme
- Kathleen Raitt
- Michael Filerman
- Martin Gold
- Jacques LeSourd
- Anna Crouse
- Stephen Porter
- Nicholas Martin
- Paul Rogers
- Gene Feist
- Maya Angelou