Broadway Fans. vs the Tony Awards - How Did They Compare?

On June 3, BroadwayWorld.com announced the recipients of the 9th annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards, voted on by YOU, the hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans who support New York theater on Broadway and off each season.  On Sunday, June 12, the 65th annual Tony Awards Ceremony awarded Broadway's best with the famed Tony statues, with the winners selected by industry producers and other movers and shakers.  So how did the fan votes measure up to those of the industry professionals?  Take a look below!

Best Book of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Robert Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon
Tony Award: Robert Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon

Best Choreography:

BWW.com Award: Rob Ashford - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Award: Kathleen Marshall - Anything Goes 

Best Costume Design of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner - Priscilla Queen of the Desert 
Tony Award: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner - Priscilla Queen of the Desert 

Best Direction of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw - The Book of Mormon 
Tony Award: Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw - The Book of Mormon 

Best Direction of a Play:

BWW.com Award: Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe - The Normal Heart
Tony Award: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris - War Horse 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Rory O'Malley - The Book of Mormon
Tony Award: John Larroquette - How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 

Best Featured Actor in a Play:

BWW.com Award: Jim Parsons - The Normal Heart 
Tony Award: John Benjamin Hickey - The Normal Heart 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Laura Benanti - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tony Award: Nikki M. James - The Book of Mormon 

Best Featured Actress in a Play:

BWW.com Award: Judith Light - Lombardi 
Tony Award: Ellen Barkin - The Normal Heart

Best Leading Actor in a Musical:

BWW.com Award: ***Daniel Radcliffe - How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Award: Norbert Leo Butz - Catch Me If You Can

Best Leading Actor in a Play:

BWW.com Award: Mark Rylance - Jerusalem 
Tony Award: Mark Rylance - Jerusalem 

Best Leading Actress in a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Sutton Foster - Anything Goes
Tony Award: Sutton Foster - Anything Goes

Best Leading Actress in a Play:

BWW.com Award: Vanessa Redgrave - Driving Miss Daisy
Tony Award: Frances McDormand - Good People 

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Howell Binkley - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 
Tony Award: Brian MacDevitt - The Book of Mormon

Best Musical:

BWW.com Award - The Book of Mormon 
Tony Award - The Book of Mormon

Best Orchestrations:

BWW.com Award: Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus - The Book of Mormon 
Tony Award: Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus - The Book of Mormon

 

Best Original Score:

BWW.com Award: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone - The Book of Mormon
Tony Award: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone - The Book of Mormon

Best Play:

BWW.com Award: The Normal Heart 
Tony Award: War Horse 

Best Revival of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Award: Anything Goes 

Best Revival of a Play:

BWW.com Award: The Importance of Being Earnest
Tony Award: The Normal Heart

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

BWW.com Award: Derek McLane - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Award: Scott Pask - The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design:

BWW.com Award: Brian Ronan - The Book of Mormon 
Tony Award: Brian Ronan - The Book of Mormon

 

***Notes talent not nominated for a 2011 Tony Award