68th Tony Awards

68th Tony Awards
DateJune 8, 2014
LocationRadio City Music Hall, New York, New York
Hosted byHugh Jackman
Most awardsA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (4)
Most nominationsA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (10)
Websitetonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership7.0 million[1]
Produced byRicky Kirshner
Glenn Weiss
Directed byGlenn Weiss
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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.[2] Hugh Jackman was the host, his fourth time hosting.[3][4][5] The 15 musical Tony Awards went to seven different musicals, and six plays shared the 11 play Tony Awards.[6]

The nominations were announced on April 29, 2014 by Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu.[7] 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.[8] In its seventh Broadway incarnation, The Glass Menagerie won its first Tony Award (Lighting Design).[6]

  1. ^ Kennedy, Mark (June 9, 2014). "Tony Awards take a dip in the ratings for CBS". USA Today. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew. "68th Annual Tony Awards Will Be Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall" Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Playbill, October 9, 2013
  3. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Hugh Jackman Will Host 68th Annual Tony Awards" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, February 11, 2014
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference tony was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Tony awards 2014: Cranston scoops best actor in Broadway debut". Guardian. June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Healy, Patrick (June 9, 2014). "2014 Tony Awards: 'Gentleman's Guide' and 'All the Way' Are Named Top Shows". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew. "68th Annual Tony Awards Nominations Announced; 'Gentleman's Guide' Leads the Pack" Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Playbill, April 29, 2014
  8. ^ McDermon, Daniel (June 9, 2014). "How Audra McDonald Won Six Tony Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2014.