57th Tony Awards
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| 57th Tony Awards | |||
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 Official poster for the 57th annual Tony Awards |
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| Date | June 8, 2003 | ||
| Venue | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | ||
| Host | Hugh Jackman | ||
| Network | CBS | ||
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The 57th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television from Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2003. The event was hosted for the first time by Hugh Jackman.
Presenters included: Benjamin Bratt, Toni Braxton, Matthew Broderick, Alan Cumming, Edie Falco, Joey Fatone, Laurence Fishburne, Sutton Foster, Danny Glover, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, Julianna Margulies, Bebe Neuwirth, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Perez, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Ann Reinking, John Spencer, Marisa Tomei, Mike Wallace, and Barbara Walters. In addition, Jason Alexander and Martin Short, the stars of the national company of The Producers, presented an award from the stage of Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
There were memorial tributes to cartoonist Al Hirschfeld, writer Peter Stone, and lyricist Adolph Green.
Shows that performed were:
New Musicals
- Movin' Out: Billy Joel opened by performing "New York State of Mind" live from Times Square, leading to a medley of "River of Dreams", "Keep the Faith" and "Only the Good Die Young" performed by the company of Movin' Out on stage at Radio City Music Hall.
- Hairspray--Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur led the company with "You Can't Stop the Beat"
- A Year with Frog and Toad--Mark Linn-Baker and Jay Goede performed "Alone"
Revivals
- Nine--Antonio Banderas performed "Guido's Song" with the company
- La bohème--The company (including all 10 members of the principal ensemble) performed a medley from the opera
- Gypsy--Bernadette Peters performed "Rose's Turn"
- Man of La Mancha--Brian Stokes Mitchell performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Contents |
[edit] Awards and nominees
Winners are in bold
[edit] Production
- Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
- Enchanted April by Matthew Barber
- Say Goodnight, Gracie by Rupert Holmes
- Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright
- Long Day's Journey into Night
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- Dinner at Eight
- Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
[edit] Performances
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Vanessa Redgrave (Long Day's Journey into Night)
- Jayne Atkinson
- Victoria Hamilton
- Clare Higgins
- Fiona Shaw
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Harvey Fierstein (Hairspray)
- Antonio Banderas
- Malcom Gets
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- John Selya
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray)
- Melissa Errico
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
- Elizabeth Parkinson
- Bernadette Peters
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Denis O'Hare (Take Me Out)
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Robert Sean Leonard
- Daniel Sunjata
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms)
- Christine Ebersole
- Linda Emond
- Kathryn Meisle
- Marian Seldes
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Dick Latessa (Hairspray)
- Michael Cavanaugh
- John Dossett
- Corey Reynolds
- Keith Roberts
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
[edit] Craft
- Joe Mantello (Take Me Out)
- Laurence Boswell
- Robert Falls
- Deborah Warner
- Jack O'Brien (Hairspray)
- David Leveaux
- Baz Luhrmann
- Twyla Tharp
- Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out)
- Robert Longbottom
- Jerry Mitchell
- Melinda Roy
- Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
- Didier van Cauwelaert & Jeremy Sams
- Willie Reale
- David Henry Hwang
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
- Hairspray (Music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
- A Year With Frog and Toad
- Amour
- Urban Cowboy
- Billy Joel & Stuart Malina
- Nicholas Kitsopoulos
- Jonathan Tunick
- Harold Wheeler
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
Tony Award for Best Lighting
- Nigel Levings
- Donald Holder
- Brian MacDevitt
- Kenneth Posner
[edit] Special awards
- Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
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- The principal ensemble of La Bohème
- Paul Huntley
- Johnson-Liff Casting Associates
- The Acting Company
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Special Theatrical Event
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- Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
- Regional Theatre Award
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- The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
