Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): 
 
 Play 
 
 "Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris WINNER 
 
 "Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin Baitz 
 
 "Peter and the Starcatcher," Rick Elice 
 
 "Venus in Fur," David Ives 
 
 Musical 
 
 "Leap of Faith" 
 
 "Newsies" 
 
 "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 "Once" WINNER 
 
 Revival of a play 
 
 "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" WINNER 
 
 "Gore Vidal’s The Best Man" 
 
 "Master Class" 
 
 "Wit" 
 
 Revival of a musical 
 
 "Evita" 
 
 "Follies" 
 
 "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" WINNER 
 
 "Jesus Christ Superstar" 
 
 Book of a musical 
 
 "Lysistrata Jones," Douglas Carter Beane 
 
 "Newsies," Harvey Fierstein 
 
 "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Joe DiPietro 
 
 "Once," Enda Walsh WINNER 
 
 Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater 
 
 "Bonnie & Clyde," music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black 
 
 "Newsies," music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman WINNER 
 
 "One Man, Two Guvnors," music & lyrics: Grant Olding 
 
 "Peter and the Starcatcher," music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice 
 
 Performance by an actor in a leading role in a play 
 
 James Corden, "One Man, Two Guvnors" WINNER 
 
 Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 James Earl Jones, "Gore Vidal’s The Best Man" 
 
 Frank Langella, "Man and Boy" 
 
 John Lithgow, "The Columnist" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a leading role in a play 
 
 Nina Arianda, "Venus in Fur" WINNER 
 
 Tracie Bennett, "End of the Rainbow" 
 
 Stockard Channing, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Linda Lavin, "The Lyons" 
 
 Cynthia Nixon, "Wit" 
 
 Performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical 
 
 Danny Burstein, "Follies" 
 
 Jeremy Jordan, "Newsies" 
 
 Steve Kazee, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Norm Lewis, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Ron Raines, "Follies" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical 
 
 Jan Maxwell, "Follies" 
 
 Audra McDonald, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" WINNER 
 
 Cristin Milioti, "Once" 
 
 Kelli O’Hara, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 Laura Osnes, "Bonnie & Clyde" 
 
 Performance by an actor in a featured role in a play 
 
 Christian Borle, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Michael Cumpsty, "End of the Rainbow" 
 
 Tom Edden, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Andrew Garfield, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Jeremy Shamos, "Clybourne Park" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a featured role in a play 
 
 Linda Emond, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Spencer Kayden, "Don’t Dress for Dinner" 
 
 Celia Keenan-Bolger, "Peter and the Starcatcher" 
 
 Judith Light, "Other Desert Cities" WINNER 
 
 Condola Rashad, "Stick Fly" 
 
 
 
 Performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical 
 
 Phillip Boykin, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Michael Cerveris, "Evita" 
 
 David Alan Grier, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Michael McGrath, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" WINNER 
 
 Josh Young, "Jesus Christ Superstar" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical 
 
 Elizabeth A. Davis, "Once" 
 
 Jayne Houdyshell, "Follies" 
 
 Judy Kaye, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" WINNER 
 
 Jessie Mueller, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" 
 
 Da’Vine Joy Randolph, "Ghost the Musical" 
 
 Scenic design of a play 
 
 John Lee Beatty, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Daniel Ostling, "Clybourne Park" 
 
 Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Donyale Werle, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Scenic design of a musical 
 
 Bob Crowley, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, "Ghost the Musical" 
 
 Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, "Newsies" 
 
 George Tsypin, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" 
 
 
 
 Costume design of a play 
 
 William Ivey Long, "Don’t Dress for Dinner" 
 
 Paul Tazewell, "A Streetcar Named Desire" 
 
 Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Paloma Young, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Costume design of a musical 
 
 Gregg Barnes, "Follies" WINNER 
 
 ESosa, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Eiko Ishioka, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" 
 
 Martin Pakledinaz, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 Lighting design of a play 
 
 Jeff Croiter, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Peter Kaczorowski, "The Road to Mecca" 
 
 Brian MacDevitt, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Kenneth Posner, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Lighting design of a musical 
 
 Christopher Akerlind, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Natasha Katz, "Follies" 
 
 Natasha Katz, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Hugh Vanstone, "Ghost the Musical" ||||| NEW YORK (AP) — The lethal romp "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" got a lot of love at Sunday night's Tony Awards, nabbing the best new musical trophy on a night that also saw Audra McDonald make Broadway history, Bryan Cranston win as a rookie and four-time host Neil Patrick Harris get his own award. 
 
 Neil Patrick Harris accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on... (Associated Press) 
 
 Carole King, right, singing with the cast of the show based on her early years — "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8,... (Associated Press) 
 
 James Monroe Iglehart accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for "Aladdin" at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Bryan Cranston accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for “All The Way” on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014,... (Associated Press) 
 
 The cast of "Rocky" performs on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 Sophie Okonedo accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for "A Raisin in the Sun" on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June... (Associated Press) 
 
 Alan Cumming, center top, and the cast of "Cabaret" perform on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 Audra McDonald accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” on stage at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall... (Associated Press) 
 
 "A Gentlemen's Guide," in which a poor man comically eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, opened rather quietly and has had a steady increase in interest, peaking with its huge win over Disney's "Aladdin" and the built-in love of Carole King songs from "Beautiful — The Carole King Musical." 
 
 "The little engine that could, did," said an ecstatic lead producer Joey Parnes. The show nabbed a total of four wins, including best book of a musical. It was tied for the most decorated show of the night with "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," an unlikely Broadway hit about obsession, glam rock and a botched sex-change operation. 
 
 McDonald, at 43, won her sixth Tony for portraying Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," putting her ahead of five-time winners Angela Lansbury and the late Julie Harris for the most competitive wins by an actress. (Harris has six if her special lifetime achievement award is included.) McDonald got a prolonged standing ovation and among those she thanked were her parents for not medicating their hyperactive child. 
 
 The latest win — for best lead actress in a play — also makes McDonald the only woman to win a Tony in all four acting categories. She previously won as best featured actress in a play ("A Raisin in the Sun" and "Master Class"), best lead actress in a musical ("The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess") and best featured actress in a musical ("Ragtime" and "Carousel"). 
 
 "Hedwig" was led by Neil Patrick Harris, and the former Tony host got his first award — best actor in a musical — after performing a song from the show, looking unrecognizable in a miniskirt and blond feathered wig. He gave audience member Sting a lap dance and took Samuel L. Jackson's glasses away and licked them. 
 
 "A year ago I was hosting the Tonys. This is crazy pants," he said after donning pants. His co-star Lena Hall won best featured actress in a musical and the show also won for best musical revival and lighting. 
 
 Cranston — in a role far from TV's chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White in "Breaking Bad" — won the best lead actor in a play Tony for playing former President Lyndon B. Johnson in Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way," which also was crowned best play. It was Cranston's first time on Broadway. 
 
 Jessie Mueller beat some strong Broadway veterans in Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel and Kelli O'Hara to take home the best actress in a musical Tony for playing the title character in "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical." She thanked the iconic singer-songwriter and all her competitors. One of the show's highlights was King singing with the cast of the show. 
 
 Host Hugh Jackman kicked off the Tonys with a bounce, hopping up and down like a kangaroo during his opening number Sunday. Big, high-kicking musical numbers from "After Midnight," ''Aladdin" and "Rocky" kept the energy up. 
 
 The bearded Australian, back as host after a nine-year absence, greeted many of the night's featured performers as he cheerfully bounded past them backstage. He then joined the cast of the musical "After Midnight" for a rousing rendition of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing)." He later rapped with LL Cool J and T.I. to a reworked song from "The Music Man" and danced with all the leading ladies nominated for a musical. 
 
 Mark Rylance won his third Tony for playing the countess Olivia in "Twelfth Night." Rylance, who previously won for "Jerusalem" and "Boeing-Boeing," kept the drag theme going this season by winning for playing a woman. 
 
 Darko Tresnjak won for directing the musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" and thanked his mother, who was too frail to be there. The musical also won for best book of a musical and costumes for a musical. 
 
 Kenny Leon won his first Tony for directing the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun." He thanked, among other, his star Denzel Washington, who was not nominated, and the women in his life. He even managed to plug his next work, "Holler If Ya Hear Me." 
 
 One of his "Raisin" stars, Sophie Okonedo, won for best featured actress in a play. "I am loving it on Broadway," she said. She thanked producer Scott Rudin for believing that a "Jewish, Nigerian Brit" could play the iconic role of Ruth Younger. The show also won best play revival. 
 
 The evening's disappointments included just one win — best featured actor in a musical to James Monroe Iglehart — for Disney's "Aladdin," which had gone in with five nominations, and only one each for "After Midnight" (choreography) and "Rocky" (scenic design). "Bullets Over Broadway" won nothing, nor did "If/Then" or the "Les Miz" revival. 
 
 Sunday night's show ran more than 15 minutes over its allotted three-hour time slot, forcing the producers to make a painful cut — the memorial segment where notable theater deaths of the past year were to be acknowledged. 
 
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 Online: http://www.tonyawards.com ||||| The bittersweet romantic musical "Once" has won the best musical prize at the Tony Awards. 
 
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 The musical is based on the documentary-style 2006 film about an unlikely love affair between a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin. 
 
 Both the film and musical use songs by Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, including the sublime, 2007 Oscar-winning song, "Falling Slowly." It stars Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. 
 
 It beat out "Newsies," `'Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Leap of Faith."
– The come-from-behind Broadway hit Once won a Tony Award—but it didn't just do it once. The sweet reverie based on the 2006 movie about the unlikely love affair between a Czech flower seller and Dublin street musician took home eight Tonys, including wins for Best New Musical, Best Musical Performance for actor Steve Kazee, and one for Enda Walsh, for Best Book of a Musical. Both the film and musical featured the Oscar-winning song, "Falling Slowly." Audra McDonald grabbed top honors for an actress in a musical for Porgy and Bess, which won Best Musical Revival. Best Dramatic Play was Clybourne Park, and Best Dramatic Performances went to James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors, and Nina Arianda for Venus in Fur. The awards presentation, in Manhattan's Beacon Theater, was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and featured more performances than ever, reports the Los Angeles Times. Check here for a complete list of nominees and winners.