Period Pieces Coast Through Tony Awards Spring Awakening, Coast of Utopia make history at theater honors By Greg Atwan Posted Jun 11, 2007 8:38 AM CDT Copied Michael Mayer, director of "Spring Awakening," poses backstage with his Tony for Best Director of a Musical at the 61st Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen) (Associated Press) The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s marathon glance back at 19th-century Russia, became czar of the Tonys at last night's 61st annual ceremony in New York. The $7-million, 8-hour epic claimed more statuettes than any drama in history—including honors for best play and director—in a year when Broadway attendance smashed records. Spring Awakening, a musical about sex-crazed teens in the same epoch in Germany, won big in its category, taking home eight awards including musical and book; the voters snubbed the more profitable revival of A Chorus Line. The best actress in a play trophy made for the most drama, with Julie White of The Dog that Laughed beating out legends Vanessa Redgrave and Angela Lansbury. Read These Next Jimmy Kimmel isn't happy to see Stephen Colbert go. A "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. Trump says Rupert Murdoch will pay for ignoring his demand. In the early morning hours in East Hollywood, chaos. Report an error