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Spring Awakening took home eight awards including Best Musical, Best Director (Musical) for Michael Mayer and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for John Gallagher.
The play also scooped Best Choreography and Best Score for composers Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.
The Coast of Utopia won a total of seven awards, including Best Director (Play) for Jack O'Brien, Best Featured Actor in a Play for Billy Crudup and Best Play--Stoppard's fourth such Tony award. The play also swept the board for a host of technical awards such as costumes and lighting.
Accepting his award, the 69-year-old said, "I feel a bit nostalgic actually because this year it's 40 years since I first came here with a play.
"I would be more than happy to have equaled the playwright of Death of a Salesman and a contemporary of mine, Alan Bennett."
Frank Langella was also honored with the Actor-Play Award for his portrayal of disgraced President Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon, while Julie White received the Actress-Play Award for her role in The Little Dog Laughed.
The previous record for the most number of awards for a single production was held by 1949's Death of a Salesman and was equaled in 2001 by Bennett's play, The History Boys--both received six prizes.
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