Tony Awards 2010: Scarlett Johansson wins Best Performance by a Featured Actress
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The 2010 Tony Awards has just been presented Sunday night, June 13, at theRadio City Music Hall in New York.
And among the surprise victories (just a minor surprise) in the Tony Awards 2010 was Scarlett
Johansson winning Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for "A View From The Bridge". She was actually not predicted to win by many but she did win her first ever Tony Award.
It was a tough fight for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play as 5 bigtime Hollywood celebs battled for the award, the likes of Jude Law, Alfred Molina, Liev Schreiber, Christopher Walken and the winner, Denzel Washington.
Catherine Zeta-Jones easily edged out competition in the Lead Actress for a Musical category.
The play "Red" scored the most awards with 5, followed by the musical "Memphis" with 4 while "Fences", "La Cage aux Folles" and "Fela!" each had 3 awards.
Here's a complete list of winners in the Tony Awards 2010:
Best Play - Red
Best Musical - Memphis
Best Book of a Musical - Memphis (Joe DiPietro)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) - Memphis (David Bryan / Joe DiPietro)
Best Revival (Play) - Fences
Best Revival (Musical) - La Cage aux Folles
Best Lead Actor (Play) - Denzel Washington (Fences)
Best Lead Actress (Play) - Viola Davis (Fences)
Best Lead Actor (Musical) - Douglas Hodge (La Cage aux Folles)
Best Lead Actress (Musical) - Catherine Zeta-Jones (A Little Night Music)
Best Featured Actor (Play) - Eddie Redmayne (Red)
Best Featured Actress (Play) - Scarlett Johansson (A View from the Bridge)
Best Featured Actor (Musical) - Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet)
Best Featured Actress (Musical) - Katie Finneran (Promises, Promises)
Director (Play) - Michael Grandage (Red)
Director (Musical) - Terry Johnson (La Cage aux Folles)
Choreography - Fela! (Bill T. Jones)
Orchestrations - Memphis (Daryl Waters / David Bryan)
Scenic Design (Play) - Red (Christopher Oram)
Scenic Design (Musical) - American Idiot (Christine Jones)
Costume Design (Play) - Royal Family (Catherine Zuber)
Costume Design (Musical) - Fela! (Marina Draghici)
Lighting Design (Play) - Red (Neil Austin)
Lighting Design (Musical) - American Idiot (Kevin Adams)
Sound Design (Play) - Enron (Adam Cork)
Sound Design (Musical) - Fela! (Robert Kaplowitz)
Lifetime Achievement - Alan Ayckbourn & Marian Seldes
Isabelle Stevenson Award - David Hyde Pierce
Regional Theatre Tony Award - The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre - Alliance of Resident Theatres, N.Y.C. / B.H. Barry / Midtown North & South NYC Police District / Tom Viola
The Tony Awards was where our dear Lea Salonga won Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical for "Miss Saigon" almost 20 years ago.
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