Including Best Musical and Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak for Best Director of a Musical
From Hartford Stage to Broadway – Winner of 4 Tony Awards
Were you here in 2012? Are you one of the lucky ones that squeezed into one of the final performances of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at Hartford Stage? This is the first Tony Award-winning musical since Annie to start at a Connecticut theatre! And it all started more than 2 years ago right here in your own back yard.
JANUARY 2012
Darko, authors Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman, Jefferson Mays, and a small group of actors developed the musical in a week-long workshop here in Hartford.
OCTOBER 2012
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder premieres at Hartford Stage in a four-week run. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times said the production “ranks among the most inspired and entertaining new musical comedies I’ve seen in years.”
MARCH 2013
The cast and creative team ride the wave of success out to California for a sold out run at The Old Globe Theatre.
OCTOBER 2013
A year after its World Premiere at Hartford Stage. After 5,647 miles on the road. With a cast of 11, up from the original eight, and an orchestra of 16, up from the original six. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder opens on Broadway! The toast of the season, Gentleman’s Guide ran away with nominations and multiple awards, including 4 Tony Awards for Best Director of a Musical — our own Darko Tresnjak — Best Book of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, and the American Theatre Wing’s top prize, Best Musical!
Tony Award Nominations – 10 nominations
Best Direction of a Musical – Darko Tresnjak WINNER
Best Musical WINNER
Best Book of a Musical – Robert L. Freedman WINNER
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Lauren Worsham
Best Scenic Design of a Musical – Alexander Dodge
Best Costume Design of a Musical – Linda Cho WINNER
Best Orchestrations – Jonathan Tunick
Outer Critics Circle Awards – 11 nominations
Outstanding New Broadway Musical WINNER
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) WINNER
Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Dark Tresnjak WINNER
Outstanding Choreographer – Peggy Hickey
Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) – Alexander Dodge
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) – Linda Cho
Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) – Philip S. Rosenberg
Outstanding Actor in a Musical – Jefferson Mays (WINNER) and Bryce Pinkham
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Lisa O’Hare
Drama Desk Awards – 12 nominations
Outstanding Musical WINNER
Outstanding Actor in a Musical – Jefferson Mays (WINNER) and Bryce Pinkham
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Lauren Worsham WINNER
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Darko Tresnjak WINNER
Outstanding Music – Steven Lutvak
Outstanding Lyrics – Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak WINNER
Outstanding Book of a Musical – Robert L. Freedman WINNER
Outstanding Orchestrations – Jonathan Tunick
Outstanding Set Design – Alexander Dodge
Outstanding Projection Design – Aaron Rhyne WINNER
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Dan Moses Schreier
Drama League Awards – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical WINNER
Distinguished Performance Award – Jefferson Mays
TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards – WINNER
Linda Cho, who designed costumes for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award May 2 at the Hudson Theatre
Playbill 2013-14 Breakout Actor Selections
Lisa O’Hare and Lauren Worsham
