The Notion

"England in 1849. Sweeney Todd, a barber unjustly convicted and sent to an Australian prison, escapes and returns to London, determined to avenge himself on Judge Turpin, the man who convicted him. He allies himself with his former landlady, Nellie Lovett, but his plans to kill the Judge go awry and in his frustration he sets out to avenge himself on the world."

- Stephen Sondheim in Finishing the Hat - 

The Crucifer of Blood won the following:

• Roger Morgan: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Lighting Design

• John Wulp: Drama Desk Award for Set Design

Other winners:

• Bob Avian & Michael Bennett: Drama Desk Award for Choreography (Ballroom)

• Patricia Zipprodt: Drama Desk Award for Costume Design (King of Hearts)

• John Lee Beatty: Drama Desk Award for Set Design (Tally's Folly)

Gemma Craven won the Olivier Award for Leading Actress (They're Playing Our Song)

Edward J. Greene, Robert Liftin, Carroll Pratt, & Russ Terrana won the Emmy Award for Editing (Motown Returns to the Apollo)

Gypsy won the following:

• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

• Tyne Daly: Tony & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Leading Actress

Grand Hotel won the following:

• Tommy Tune: Tony Award for Direction

• Michael Jeter: Outer Critics Circle Award for Leading Actor

Other winners:

• Our Town: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

• Toni diBuono: Drama Desk Award for Leading Actress (Forbidden Broadway)

• Jason Alexander: Drama Desk Award for Leading Actor (Jerome Robbins' Broadway)

• James Naughton: Tony Award for Leading Actor (City of Angels)

• Jennifer Tipton: Drama Desk Award for Lighting Design (Waiting for Godot, Long Day's Journey into Night, & Jerome Robbins' Broadwday)

• Santo Loquasto: Drama Desk Award for Set Design (Italian American Reconciliation & Café Crown)

Sara Kestelman won the Olivier Award for Supporting Performance (Cabaret)

Mel Brooks, Hugh Fordin, & Cynthia Daniels won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album (The Producers)

The Producers won the following:

• Evening Standard Award for Best Musical

• Nathan Lane: Olivier Award for Leading Actor

Other winners:

• Grand Hotel: Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production

Jersey Boys won the following:

• John Lloyd Young: Tony, Drama Desk, & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Leading Actor

• Christian Off: Tony Award for Featured Actor

• Howard Binkley: Outer Critics Circle Award for Lighting Design

• Steve Canyon: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design

• Robert Gaudio & Pete Karam: Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album

Other winners:

• The Pajama Game: Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

• LaChanze: Tony Award for Leading Actress (The Color Purple)

• Christine Ebersole: Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Leading Actress (Grey Gardens)

• Jim Dale: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor (Threepenny Opera)

• David Gallo: Drama Desk Award for Set Design (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Other winners:

• Julian Schnabel: Golden Globe Award for Direction (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

• Marion Cotillard: Golden Globe Award for Leading Actress (La Vie en Rose)

• Daniel Day-Lewis: Academy Award for Leading Actor (There Will Be Blood)

• Alexandra Byrne: Academy Award for Costume Design (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

• Peter Afterman, Jason Reitman, & Margaret Yen: Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack (Juno)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the following:

• Paule Constable: Olivier Award for Lighting Design

• Ian Dickinson & Adrian Sutton: Olivier Award for Sound Design

Other winners:

• Jon Morrell: Olivier Award for Costume Design (Top Hat)

Other winners:

• Frances McDormand: Emmy Award for Leading Actress (Olive Kitteridge)

• Greg Phillinganes: Emmy Award for Musical Direction (Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute)

Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 won the following:

• Rachel Chavkin: Drama Desk Award for Direction

• Bradley King: Drama Desk Award for Lighting Design

• Mimi Lien: Drama Desk Award for Set Design

• Nicholas Pope: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design

The Band's Visit won the following:

• David Cromer: Drama Desk Award for Direction

• Katrina Lenk: Lortel Award for Leading Actress

Dear Evan Hansen won the following:

• Ben Platt: Lortel Award for Leading Actor

• Rachel Bay Jones: Lortel Award for Featured Actress

Other winners:

• Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Revival of a Musical (Hello, Dolly!)

•  Bill Elliott & Greg Anthony Rassen: Drama Desk Award for Orchestration (Bandstand)

• Andy Karl: Drama Desk Award for Leading Actor (Groundhog Day)

• David Dorfman: Lortel Award for Choreography (Indecent)

• Mark Barton: Lortel Award for Lighting Design (Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro)

• Mikhail Fiksel: Lortel Award for Sound Design (A Life)

• Gareth Fry & Pete Malkin: Outer Critics Circle Award for Sound Design (The Encounter)

Into the Woods won the following:

• Drama League Award for Revival of a Musical

• Lear deBessonet: Drama League Award for Direction

Kimberly Akimbo won the following:

• Victoria Clark: Tony Award for Leading Actress

• Bonnie Milligan: Tony Award for Featured Actress

Some Like It Hot won the following:

• J. Harrison Ghee: Tony Award for Leading Actor

• Casey Nicholaw: Tony Award for Choreography

• Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bryan Carter, Scott M. Riesett, Charlie Rosen, Marc Shaiman, & Scott Wittman: Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Other winners:

• Parade: Tony, Drama Desk, & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Revival of a Musical

• Tim Lutkin: Outer Critics Circle Award for Lighting Design (Life of Pi)

• Beowulf Boritt: Tony & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Scenic Design (New York, New York)