1st MBTA Awards

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Background and Timeline

Nominations Ballots Due	April 28, 2012
Nominations Announced	May 1, 2012
Final Ballots Due	June 7, 2012
Winners Cermony	June 10, 2012

Awards

Best Musical	Best Play
Once Nice Work If You Can Get It Newsies Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities The Mountaintop Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Steve Kazee, Once Jeremy Jordan, Newsies Matthew Broderick, Nice Work If You Can Get It Danny Burstein, Follies Paul Nolan, Jesus Christ Superstar	Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman Alan Rickman, Seminar Jame Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors Samuel L. Jackson, The Mountaintop James Earl Jones, The Best Man
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Best Performance by Leading Actress in a Play
'' Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess Elena Roger, Evita Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It Jan Maxwell, Follies Bernadette Peters, Follies	Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities Angela Bassett, The Mountaintop Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow Cynthia Nixon, Wit Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play
''Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess Patrick Page, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar	Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play
'' Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It Jayne Houdyshell, Follies Elizabeth A. Davis, Once Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Da'Vine Randolph, Ghost the Musical	'' Judith Light, Other Desert Cities Spencer Kayden, Don't Dress for Dinner Celina Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman Condola Rashad, Stick Fly
Best Revival of a Musical	Best Revival of a Play
'' Porgy and Bess Follies Evita	Death of a Salesman The Best Man Wit
Best Direction of a Musical	Best Direction of a Play
'' John Tiffany, Once Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Diane Paulus, Porgy and Bess Jeff Calhoun, Newsies	Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park 'Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher'
Best Scenic Design of a Musical	Best Scenic Design of a Play
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Once Ghost the Musical	Peter and the Starcatcher Other Desert Cities Clybourne Park
Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Best Lighting Design of a Play
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Once Ghost the Musical	Peter and the Starcatcher The Road of Mecca Other Desert Cities
Best Costume Design of a Musical	Best Costume Design of a Play
Nice Work If You Can Get It Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Follies	Peter and the Starcatcher A Streetcar Named Desire One Man, Two Guvnors
Best Original Score of a Musical
Newsies Bonnie and Clyde Leap of Faith Nice Work If You Can Get It Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Nominees and Winners

Musicals with the most nominees	Musicals with the most wins
8: Nice Work If You Can Get It 6: Once, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Follies 5: Porgy and Bess 4: Newsies 3: Ghost the Musical 2: Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar 1: Bonnie and Clyde, Leap of Faith, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Plays with the most nominees	Plays with the most wins
7: Peter and the Starcatcher 5: Death of a Salesman, Other Desert Cities 4: Clybourne Park, One Man, Two Guvnors 3: The Mountaintop 2: The Best Man, End of the Rainbow, Wit 1: The Road to Mecca, The Stick Fly, Don't Dress for Dinner, Seminar, Venus Fur, A Streetcar Named Desire

Ceremony

Order of Awards being presenting

• Best Scenic Design of a Musical
• Best Lighting Design of a Play
• Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play
• Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical
• Best Costume Design of a Play
• Best Lighting Design of a Musical
• Best Revival of a Play
• Best Original Score of a Musical
• Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play
• Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical
• Best Costume Design of a Musical
• Best Scenic Design of a Play
• Best Direction of a Play
• Best Direction of a Musical
• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
• Best Play
• Best Revival of Musical
• Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
• Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
• Best Musical

Shortlist

Best Musical

out of these 6, 4 will be nominated

• Newsies
• Once
• Leap of Faith
• Ghost the Musical
• Nice Work If You Can Get It
• Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Best Play

out of these 6, 4 will be nominated

• Clybourne Park
• Other Desert Cities
• Seminar
• The Mountaintop
• One Man Two Guvnors
• Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Revival of the Musical

out of these 5, 3 will be nominated

• Follies
• Evita
• The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Godspell

Best Revival of the Play

out of these 5, 3 will be nominated

• Death of a Salesman
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Wit
• Gore Vidals The Best Man
• Master Class