Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater won for their score to Spring Awakening, as did Michael Mayer, for directing that production. Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon took the award for Best Touring Play, while Wicked won for both Best Long-Running Touring Musical and the Audience Choice Award.

The Touring Broadway Achievement Award was given to Bill Miller, while Colleen Jennings-Roggensack won for Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management; Michael Kilgore won for Outstanding Achievement in Road Marketing; and Alecia Parker received the 2009 Distinguished Lifetime Service Award.