43rd Tony Awards

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The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989) was broadcast by CBS from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on June 4, 1989. The hostess was Angela Lansbury. (Angela Lansbury has hosted or co-hosted more Tony telecasts than any other individual, with five telecasts: 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, and 1989).

Presenters and Performers: Barry Bostwick, Betty Buckley, Zoe Caldwell, Nell Carter, Carol Channing Colleen Dewhurst, Jerry Herman, James Earl Jones, Larry Kert, Swoosie Kurtz, John Lithgow, Steve Martin, Richard Thomas, Tommy Tune, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, August Wilson, B.D. Wong.

Musicals and Plays represented:

Special Salute: "The Eleven O'clock Number" -- with Angela Lansbury: "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music; Betty Buckley: "Memory" from Cats; Larry Kert: "Being Alive" from Company.

Contents

[edit] Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

[edit] Production

Best Play

  • The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Suntory International Corp., James Walsh, and Playwrights Horizons
  • Largely New York by Bill Irwin. Produced by James Freydberg, Kenneth Feld, Jerry L. Cohen, Max Weitzenhoffer, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Walt Disney Studios.
  • Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. Produced by Martin Stargar and The Really Useful Theatre Co., Inc.
  • Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell. Produced by The Really Useful Theater Co., Inc., and Bob Swash

Best Musical


  • Jerome Robbins' Broadway. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Suntory International Corp., Byron Goldman, and Emanuel Azenberg
  • Black and Blue. Produced by Mel Howard and Donald K. Donald
  • Starmites. Produced by Hinks Shimberg, Mary Keil, and Steven Warnick

Best Revival


  • Our Town. Produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
  • Ah, Wilderness! Produced by Ken Marsolis, Alexander H. Cohen, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Yale Repertory Theater, Richard Norton, Irma Oestreicher, and Elizabeth D. White
  • Ain't Misbehavin'. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg, Dasha Epstein, and Roger Berlind
  • Cafe Crown. Produced by LeFrak Entertainment, James M. Nederlander, Francine LeFrak, James L. Nederlander, and Arthur Rubin

[edit] Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play


Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical


Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play


Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play


Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical


  • Scott Wise (Jerome Robbins' Broadway)
  • Bunny Briggs (Black and Blue)
  • Savion Glover (Black and Blue)
  • Scott Wentworth (Welcome to the Club)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical


[edit] Craft

Best Direction of a Play


Best Direction of a Musical


  • Jerome Robbins (Jerome Robbins' Broadway)
  • Larry Carpenter (Starmites)
  • Peter Mark Schifter (Welcome to the Club)
  • Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)


Best Choreography


  • Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning, and Fayard Nicholas (Black and Blue)
  • Michele Assaf (Starmites)
  • Bill Irwin, Kimi Okada (Largely New York)
  • Alan Johnson (Legs Diamond)

Best Scenic Design


  • Santo Loquasto (Cafe Crown)
  • Thomas Lynch (The Heidi Chronicles)
  • Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)
  • Tony Walton (Lend Me a Tenor)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design


  • Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)
  • Jane Greenwood (Our Town)
  • Willa Kim (Legs Diamond)
  • William Ivey Long (Lend Me a Tenor)

Tony Award for Best Lighting


  • Jennifer Tipton (Jerome Robbins' Broadway)
  • Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman (Black and Blue)
  • Brian Nason (Metamorphosis)
  • Nancy Schertler (Largely New York)

[edit] Special Awards

  • Regional Theater Tony Award
  • Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, Connecticut

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