The Tonys: The Winners Are...

NEW YORK CITY, NY -- There were few big shockers among the winners of the 2007 Tony Awards Sunday. One minor surprise was recently out of the closet actor David Hyde Pierce besting favorite Raul Esparza for the leading actor in a musical category.

Pierce thanked his longtime partner, Brian Hargrove, during his acceptance speech, "[Thanks to] my partner Brian, cause it's 24 years of listening to your damn notes. That's why I'm up here tonight."

"Spring Awakening," a musical about teenage sexual anxiety, with a score by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, was named best musical, taking home eight awards, and the trilogy "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's examination of 19th century Russian intellectuals, took best play honors, winning seven prizes.

Together, "Spring Awakening" and "The Coast of Utopia" received 15 of the 25 Tonys handed out during the ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.

The full list of winners from the 2007 Tony Awards:

Best Play
The Coast of Utopia

Best Musical
Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Play
Journey's End

Best Revival of a Musical
Company

Best Book of a Musical
Steven Sater (Spring Awakening)

Best Original Score
Spring Awakening

Music
Duncan Sheik

Lyrics
Steven Sater

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Best Direction of a Play
Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Best Choreography
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins

Best Costume Design of a Play
Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical
William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening

Best Orchestrations
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening

Best Special Theatrical Event
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA