Jerusalem & the Tony awards

Went to see Jerusalem, starring Mark Rylance who won the Tony for Best Actor in a play.  It was written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Ian Rickson.  It also starred Geraldine Hughes who was Molly Sweeney in the show of that name at the Irish Rep. What must be very difficult to do and is done exceptionally well is to make the main character, Rooster Byron, not just believable but tolerable.  Rooster is not an easy man to accept.  He is a drug and alcohol dealer to 15 year old boys and girls who party and crash at his ramshackle trailer.  He has a son, maybe 7 years old, that he neglects and who suffers bullying and abuse at school because of Rooster's life style.  He has an ex-wife that he tries to manipulate into bed with cocaine.  Rooster is also the protector of 15 year old girls from abusive stepfathers, a protector of the environment, and possibly a shaman.  All of which is well written and portrayed.  Rooster is a very interesting character as is Mark Rylance whose acceptance speech was about walking through walls.  Perhaps referencing the fourth wall.
The Tony's:
Best Play ... Warhorse   [5 nominations 5 wins]
Best Musical ... Book of Mormon  [14 nominations 9 wins]
Best Play Revival  ... The Normal Heart
Best Musical Revival ... Anything Goes
Best Actors: Mark Rylance, Frances McDormand, Sutton Forster, Norbert Leo Butz, John Benjamin Hickey [we rode together on the E train to Times Square, I was going to wish him luck but I wasn't sure if he was nominated {well, strictly speaking we weren't together-together ... but we were on the same train}],  Ellen Barkin, John Larroquette, Nikki M. James.
The highlight of the Tony Awards were The Tony Awards.  I thought they were perfect.
Best of the night
Neil Patrick Harris, host and performer 
Best Scenes from shows:
Anything Goes & How to Succeed
Best Speeches;
Sutton Forster ... her dresser is leaving 
Frances McDormand ... gave a list of her performances; she's played all 3 sisters in Chekhov's The Three Sisters and her character in Good People will be performed on a stage just as long as Chekhov's 3 sisters.
Mark Rylance ...  Lessons in walking through walls
Best Performances during the show, not directly from a Broadway show;
Neil Patrick Harris' "It's not just for Gays, anymore" the opening number
Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman's "Anything You Can Do"
Neil Patrick Harris' closing Rap.
P.S.  Discovered IBDB,  "internet Broadway data base" as a resource.
P.P.S. Athol Fugard won an award for Lifetime Achievement