'Spring Awakening', 'Coast of Utopia' dominate

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published June 11, 2007

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Spring Awakening, a pounding post-rock musical of teenage sexual anxiety, and The Coast of Utopia, a sprawling tale of 19th century Russian intellectuals, dominated the 2007 Tony Awards Sunday night.

Spring Awakening captured eight awards, including best musical, and The Coast of Utopia had seven, including best play, a Tony record for plays.

Among the surprises was leading actor in a musical winner David Hyde Pierce, of TV's Frazier fame. "I can't believe anything, " said Pierce, who plays a musical-theater loving detective in Curtains.

The winners

Musical

BEST MUSICAL: Spring Awakening

DIRECTION: Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

FEATURED ACTRESS: Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

FEATURED ACTOR: John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening

CHOREOGRAPHY: Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening

ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS): Spring Awakening, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater

Play

BEST PLAY: The Coast of Utopia

DIRECTION: Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

FEATURED ACTRESS: Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

FEATURED ACTOR: Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

ORCHESTRATIONS: Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening

REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD: Alliance Theatre in Atlanta