45th Tony Awards
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| 45th Tony Awards | |||
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 Official poster for the 45th annual Tony Awards |
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| Date | June 2, 1991 | ||
| Venue | Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York | ||
| Host | Julie Andrews Jeremy Irons |
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| Network | CBS | ||
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The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991) was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991. The hosts were Julie Andrews and Jeremy Irons.
Presenters: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Tyne Daly, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Steve Guttenberg, Audrey Hepburn, Raul Julia, Jackie Mason, Shirley MacLaine, James Naughton, Penn & Teller, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin, Denzel Washington.
Musicals represented:
- Miss Saigon ("The American Dream" - Jonathan Pryce and Company);
- Once On This Island ("The Human Heart"/"Mama Will Provide" - La Chanze, Lillias White and Company);
- The Secret Garden (Medley - Company);
- The Will Rogers Follies ("Will-A-Mania"/"Favorite Son" - Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman and Company).
Special Salute: "The Year of the Musical Actor": "I Believe in You" from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Robert Morse; "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof with Topol; "Rosie" from Bye, Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking (a live remote from Seattle); My Fair Lady and Camelot with Julie Andrews; "Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera with Michael Crawford).
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[edit] Award winners and nominees
Winners are in bold
[edit] Production
- Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg
- Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Produced by Frank and Woji Gero, Karl Sydow, Raymond L:. Gaspard, Frederick Zollo, Diana Bliss, and Hartford Stage Company
- Shadowlands by William Nicholson. Produced by Elliot Martin, James M. Nederlander, Brian Eastman, Terry Allen Kramer, and Roger L. Stevens
- Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare. Produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
- The Will Rogers Follies. Produced by Pierre Cossette, Martin Richards, Sam Crothers, James M. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane, Max Weitzenhoffer, and Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc.
- Miss Saigon. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
- Once On This Island. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC Inc., Suntory International, James Walsh, and Playwrights Horizons
- The Secret Garden. Produced by Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, Frederic H. Mayerson, Elizabeth Williams, Jujamcyn Theaters, TV Asahi, and Dodger Productions
- Fiddler on the Roof. Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and Pace Theatrical Group
- The Miser. Produced by Circle in the Square Theatre, Theodore Mann, and Paul Libin
- Peter Pan. Produced by James M. Nederlander, Arthur Rubin, Thomas P. McCoy, Keith Stava, PP Investments, Inc., and John. B. Platt
[edit] Performance
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Nigel Hawthorne (Shadowlands)
- Peter Frechette (Our Country's Good)
- Tom McGowan (La Bête)
- Courtney B. Vance (Six Degrees of Separation)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Mercedes Ruehl (Lost in Yonkers)
- Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Julie Harris (Lucifer's Child)
- Cherry Jones (Our Country's Good)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon)
- Keith Carradine (The Will Rogers Follies)
- Paul Hipp (Buddy)
- Topol (Fiddler on the Roof)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon)
- June Angela (Shogun: The Musical)
- Dee Hoty (The Will Rogers Follies)
- Cathy Rigby (Peter Pan)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Kevin Spacey (Lost in Yonkers)
- Adam Arkin (I Hate Hamlet)
- Dylan Baker (La Bête)
- Stephen Lang (The Speed of Darkness)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Irene Worth (Lost in Yonkers)
- Amelia Campbell (Our Country's Good)
- Kathryn Erbe (The Speed of Darkness)
- J. Smith-Cameron (Our Country's Good)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Hinton Battle (Miss Saigon)
- Bruce Adler (Those Were the Days)
- Gregg Burge (Oh, Kay!)
- Willy Falk (Miss Saigon)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden)
- Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden)
- Cady Huffman (The Will Rogers Follies)
- LaChanze (Once on this Island)
[edit] Craft
- Jerry Zaks (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Richard Jones (La Bête)
- Mark Lamos (Our Country's Good)
- Gene Saks (Lost in Yonkers)
- Jerry Zaks (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Tommy Tune (The Will Rogers Follies)
- Graciela Daniele (Once on this Island)
- Nicholas Hytner (Miss Saigon)
- Eleanor Reissa (Those Were the Days)
- Tommy Tune (The Will Rogers Follies)
- Bob Avian (Miss Saigon)
- Graciela Daniele (Once on this Island)
- Dan Siretta (Oh, Kay!)
- The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman
- Miss Saigon by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens
- The Will Rogers Follies by Peter Stone
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
- The Will Rogers Follies. Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Miss Saigon. Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil
- Once on this Island. Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- The Secret Garden. Music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Marsha Norman
- Heidi Landesman (The Secret Garden)
- Richard Hudson (La Bête)
- John Napier (Miss Saigon)
- Tony Walton (The Will Rogers Follies)
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
- Willa Kim (The Will Rogers Follies)
- Theoni V. Aldredge (The Secret Garden)
- Judy Dearing (Once on this Island)
- Patricia Zipprodt (Shogun: The Musical)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Jules Fisher (The Will Rogers Follies)
- David Hersey (Miss Saigon)
- Allen Lee Hughes (Once on this Island)
- Jennifer Tipton (La Bête)
[edit] Special Tony Awards
- Regional Theatre Award -- Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
- Tony Honor -- Father George Moore (Given Posthumously)
