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The Tony Awards 2012, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York

• Recap: The year Broadway sounded the death knell for Hollywood
• Live blog of the ceremony

Tony Award predictions:

• Winner predictions
• Nomination predictions
• Nomination recap

Reviews of Tony-nominated shows:

• "Bonnie & Clyde" Nominated for Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Laura Osnes).

• "Clybourne Park" Review of production at Mark Taper Forum, where it was immediately before transferring to Broadway. Nominated for Best Play, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Jeremy Shamos), Best Direction of a Play, Best Scenic Design of a Play.

• "Death of a Salesman" Nominated for Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Andrew Garfield), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Linda Emond), Best Direction of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play, Best Sound Design of a Play.

• "Follies" Review of the production at the Ahmanson, which was identical to the Broadway show, except for featuring Victoria Clark as Sally Plummer (succeeding Bernadette Peters). Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Danny Burstein), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Ron Raines), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Jan Maxwell), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Jayne Houdyshell), Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical.

• "Ghost" Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical.
• "Jesus Christ Superstar" Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Josh Young). 

• "Leap of Faith" Review of the pre-Broadway engagement at the Ahmason in fall 2010, which apparently changed significantly before opening on Broadway this spring. Unfortunately, we were not able to review it in the two and a half weeks it was open on Broadway. Nominated for Best Musical.

• "Lysistrata Jones" Nominated for Best Book of a Musical.

• "Newsies" Nominated for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Jeremy Jordan), Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical. 

• "Once" Nominated for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Steve Kazee), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Cristin Milioti), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Elizabeth A. Davis), Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical.

• "Peter & the Starcatcher" Nominated for Best Play, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Christian Borle), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Celia Keenan-Bolger), Best Direction of a Play, Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Costume Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play, Best Sound Design of a Play.

• "Porgy & Bess" Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Norm Lewis), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Audra McDonald), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Phillip Boykin), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (David Alan Grier), Best Direction of a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical.

• "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" Nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical.

Note: for temporal, geographical and budgetary reasons, our theater editor was not able to see every show this season.

Broadway commentary:

• Broadway Gets Biblical 
• Women On Broadway
• A Rash of Mediocrity
• Yes, New Shows Are Struggling On Broadway, But That's Not Exactly News

Reach Theater Editor Katie Buenneke here, or follow her on Twitter @kelisabethb.