67th Tony Awards
The 67th Annual Tony Awards were held June 9, 2013, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2012–13 season. The ceremony returned to Radio City Music Hall in New York City, after two years at Beacon Theatre, and was broadcast live on CBS television. Neil Patrick Harris hosted for the third consecutive year, his fourth time as host. Awards in four of the eight acting categories, were given to African-American performers. Furthermore, it is the second time in Tony history that both directing prizes went to women. Garry Hynes and Julie Taymor had previously won in 1998. Kinky Boots had a season best 13 nominations and 6 awards. Cyndi Lauper, composer of the score for Kinky Boots, is the first solo female winner for Best Original Score.
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2012–13 season before April 25, 2013 were eligible for consideration.;Original plays
- The Anarchist
- Ann
- The Assembled Parties
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Dead Accounts
- Grace
- I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers
- Lucky Guy
- The Nance
- The Other Place
- The Testament of Mary
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
- Bring It On: The Musical
- Chaplin
- A Christmas Story: The Musical
- Hands on a Hardbody
- Kinky Boots
- Matilda the Musical
- Motown: The Musical
- Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson
- The Big Knife
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- An Enemy of the People
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Golden Boy
- Harvey
- The Heiress
- Macbeth
- Orphans
- Picnic
- The Trip to Bountiful
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Annie
- Jekyll & Hyde
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Pippin
- ''Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella''
The ceremony
- Matilda the Musical – medley; "Naughty," "Revolting Children," and "When I Grow Up"
- Bring It On: The Musical – "It's All Happening"
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella – "In My Own Little Corner," "Impossible," and "Ten Minutes Ago"
- Motown: The Musical – medley
- Annie – "It's the Hard Knock Life" and "Little Girls"
- A Christmas Story: The Musical – "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out"
- Pippin – medley; "Corner of the Sky" and "Magic to Do"
- Kinky Boots – "Everybody Say Yeah"
The Emmy-winning opening number "Bigger!", written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt, starred Neil Patrick Harris and "featured neophyte cheerleaders, contortionists, chirpy newsies, a scene-hogging Mike Tyson and, in a Broadway season notable for the number of children in its shows, enough pint-size performers to fill, as Harris aptly quipped, a Chuck-E-Cheese." During the ceremony, three Broadway performers, Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty, and Laura Benanti, whose television shows have been cancelled, sang a comic "failed TV career" medley with Harris. The song was based on several familiar Broadway melodies, including "America", "What I Did For Love", and "The Ladies Who Lunch", with lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa.
During the "In Memoriam" tribute, Cyndi Lauper performed her 1986 hit "True Colors".
The closing number featured Harris and Audra McDonald singing special lyrics to Empire State of Mind, mentioning the winners.
Nominees and winners
The nominees were announced on April 30, 2013. Source for winners: Playbill| 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 |