Kinky Boots, with songs by pop star and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper, was made for walking away with a leading six Tony Awards last night.
Among the honors won by Kinky Boots at the show, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris? Best musical, best original score and best leading man.
Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the best play Tony, while Matilda the Musical and Pippin won four awards each.
Two other shows, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Nance, shared three awards each, while Tom Hanks' Lucky Guy came away empty-handed.
BEST PLAY
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
BEST MUSICAL
Kinky Boots, The Musical
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Matilda, The Musical Dennis Kelly
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Pippin
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Kinky Boots Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Tracy Letts, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Patina Miller, Pippin
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Andrea Martin, Pippin
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Rob Howell, Matilda, The Musical
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Ann Roth, The Nance
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
John Shivers, Kinky Boots
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Diane Paulus, Pippin
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Among the honors won by Kinky Boots at the show, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris? Best musical, best original score and best leading man.
Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the best play Tony, while Matilda the Musical and Pippin won four awards each.
Two other shows, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Nance, shared three awards each, while Tom Hanks' Lucky Guy came away empty-handed.
See the full list of winners from the 2013 Tony Awards below:
BEST PLAY
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
BEST MUSICAL
Kinky Boots, The Musical
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Matilda, The Musical Dennis Kelly
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Pippin
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Kinky Boots Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Tracy Letts, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Patina Miller, Pippin
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Andrea Martin, Pippin
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Rob Howell, Matilda, The Musical
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Ann Roth, The Nance
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
John Shivers, Kinky Boots
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Diane Paulus, Pippin
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots