Tony Awards 2014 Winners & Recap: Bryan Cranston, Neil Patrick Harris Notch Leading Actor Awards
Hugh Jackman started off the show with a hopping performance.
The actor's opening number featured him outside of Radio City Music Hall, where he posed on the red carpet before taking off his jacket. He then proceeded to bounce everywhere, taking the audience from the front of the stage to what goes on in the background. There we
Although maybe not everyone loved this bit, he bounced for minutes without taking a break or sounding winded when he did sing.
He was hardly the best performance of the night, obviously.
Neil Patrick, who is in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," really went for it.
He gave Orlando Bloom a lap dance, he licked the side of Samuel L. Jackson's glasses (to the actors' dismay) and he gave his husband a big kiss toward the end of the performance. And he managed to do it all in sky-high heels.
Jonathan Groff may not have been performing on Sunday night, but he did draw attention to himself by poking some fun at John Travolta. When the Broadway star had to introduce Idina Menzel, he described her as the "wickedly talented" Idina Menzel, mimicking the inflection and the words spoken by John Travolta at the Oscars. Except, of course, Groff was able to say her name correctly.
Other notable performances came from James Monroe Iglehart and Carly Simon, who joined the actress who portrays her on Broadway.
What was probably Jackman's best moment of the night was when he talked about first being cast in "The Music Man" when he was younger. He said that he memorized all the parts of the singers for the opening train scene. He showed off his skills by singing all the parts until he said that Meredith Wilson inadvertently created the first rap with "Rock Island." So he brought out T.I. and LL Cool J, and the three rapped the opening song of "The Music Man."
Audra McDonald won her sixth Tony and she gave a tearful speech, where she told her young daughter that she was nothing without her.
On the red carpet front, Leighton Meester looked super elegant Antonio Berardi Dress. The "Gossip Girl" actress has been known to wear some avant garde pieces on the red carpet, but this sleek white gown was absolutely beautiful. Anna Gunn was another celebrity who impressed on the red carpet. She wore a gold column gown, and she sported darker hair than on her "Breaking Bad" days.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Musical: "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Jessie Mueller, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical"
Best Leading Actor in a Play: Bryan Cranston, "All the Way"
Best Leading Actress in a Play: Audra McDonald, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Best Featured Actor in a Play: Mark Rylance, "Twelfth Night"
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Lena Hall, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Neil Patrick Harris, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Best Play: "All the Way"
Best Revival of a Play: "A Raisin in the Sun"
Best Revival of a Musical: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, "The Glass Menagerie"
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Best Costume Design of a Play: Jenny Tiramani, "Twelfth Night"
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Linda Cho, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder"
Best Featured Actress in a Play: Sophie Okonedo, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Best Choreography: Warren Carlyle, "After Midnight"
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: James Monroe Iglehart, "Aladdin"
Best Score: Jason Robert Brown, "The Bridges of Madison County"
Best Director of a Play: Kenny Leon, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Best Director of a Musical: Darko Tresnjak, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder"
Best Book of a Musical: Robert L. Freedman, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder"
Best Orchestrations: Jason Robert Brown, "The Bridges of Madison County"
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Beowulf Boritt, "Act One"
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Christopher Barreca, "Rocky"
Best Sound Design of a Play: Steve Canyon Kennedy, "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater: Costume designer Jane Greenwood
Isabelle Stevenson Award: Rosie O'Donnell
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