65th Tony Awards Stevenson Award is awarded to Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day. The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre is given to animal trainer William Berloni, The Drama Book Shop (West 40th Street in Manhattan), and Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts. The Special Tony Award is given to Handspring Puppet Company, "for creating lifelike horses (manipulated by three actor-puppeteers)". The Regional Theatre Tony Award is presented to Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, Illinois). Source: Tony Awards "The Book of Mormon" received 14 nominations, the most of any production, and won nine, including Best Musical; "The Scottsboro Boys" received 12
67th Tony Awards second time in Tony history that both directing prizes went to women. Garry Hynes and Julie Taymor had previously won in 1998. "Kinky Boots" had a season best 13 nominations and 6 awards. Cyndi Lauper, who wrote the score for "Kinky Boots", is the first solo female winner for Best Original Score. Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2012–13 season before April 25, 2013 were eligible for consideration. The ceremony featured performances from Tony-nominated musicals in this season: The casts of musicals currently running on Broadway introduced the musical nominees, including "Chicago"; "Jersey Boys"; "Newsies"; "Once"; "Mamma Mia!"; "Rock