61st Tony Awards
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| 61st Tony Awards | |||
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 Official poster for the 61st annual Tony Awards |
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| Date | June 10, 2007 | ||
| Venue | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | ||
| Host | Several | ||
| Network | CBS | ||
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The 61st Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards were held on June 10, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS television broadcasting the ceremony live. As at the 2006 Tony awards, there was no host and the show was emceed by the presenters. The cut-off date for eligibility was May 9, meaning that to be qualified for the 2006-2007 season, shows must have opened before or on this date.
Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs announced the nominations on May 15, 2007.[1][2]
This Tony Awards show won an Emmy Award, Outstanding Special Class Program, at the 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards presented on September 8, 2007. Glenn Weiss, the director of the awards show, received a Directors Guild of America Awards nomination, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety (television). [3]
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[edit] Presenters and performances
Presenters:[4]
Performances:
The opening number had the cast of A Chorus Line in rehearsal clothing dancing and singing "I Hope I Get It," outside of Radio City Music Hall accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch on the piano, with the cast then ending on the stage in full gold costumes performing "One".
The following musicals or performers performed:
- 110 in the Shade ("Raunchy") -- Audra McDonald and John Cullum
- Grey Gardens ("The Revolutionary Costume for Today") -- Christine Ebersole
- Spring Awakening (medley of "Mama Who Bore Me," "The Bitch of Living," and "Totally Fucked")-- Company
- Curtains ("Show People") -- Company
- Mary Poppins (medley of "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Step in Time," and "Anything Can Happen") -- Company
- Company ("Being Alive") -- Raul Esparza
- "American Idol" winner and replacement star Fantasia Barrino performed a song from The Color Purple (musical) in honor of Regional Theater Tony Winner Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA, where the show premiered.
[edit] Nominations and wins tally
| Production | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 110 in the Shade | 5 | - |
| A Chorus Line | 2 | - |
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | 1 | - |
| Butley | 1 | - |
| Company | 3 | 1 |
| Coram Boy | 6 | - |
| Curtains | 8 | 1 |
| Deuce | 1 | - |
| Frost/Nixon | 3 | 1 |
| Grey Gardens | 10 | 3 |
| Heartbreak House | 2 | - |
| High Fidelity | 1 | - |
| Inherit the Wind | 4 | - |
| Jay Johnson: The Two and Only | 1 | 1 |
| Journey's End | 6 | 1 |
| Kiki and Herb | 1 | - |
| Legally Blonde | 7 | - |
| LoveMusik | 4 | - |
| Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me | 1 | - |
| Mary Poppins | 7 | 1 |
| Radio Golf | 4 | - |
| Spring Awakening | 11 | 8 |
| Talk Radio | 2 | - |
| The Apple Tree | 1 | - |
| The Coast of Utopia | 10 | 7 |
| The Little Dog Laughed | 2 | 1 |
| The Year of Magical Thinking | 1 | - |
| Translations | 1 | - |
- Winners are in bold.
[edit] Production
- The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett
- Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Act Productions, David Binder, Debra Black, Annette Niemtzow/Harlene Freezer, The Weinstein Company, The Donmar Warehouse
- The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane
Producers: Roy Gabay, Susan Dietz, Morris Berchard, Steve Bozeman, Ted Snowdon, Jerry Frankel/Doug Nevin, Jennifer Manocherian/Ina Meibach, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard
- Radio Golf by August Wilson
Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Margo Lion, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Tamara Tunie/Wendell Pierce, Fran Kirmser, Bunting Management Group, George Frontiere and Open Pictures, Lauren Doll/Steven Greil & The August Wilson Group, Wondercity Inc., Townsend Teague, Jack Viertel, Gordon Davidson
- Curtains
Producers: Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley, Center Theatre Group
- Grey Gardens
Producers: East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden, Edwin W. Schloss, Playwrights Horizons
- Mary Poppins
Producers: Disney, Cameron Mackintosh
- Spring Awakening
Producers: Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Atlantic Theater Company, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
- Inherit the Wind
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Stephanie P. McClelland
- Journey's End
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D’Orta, Philip Geier
- Talk Radio
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe/Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs/Stylefour Productions, Irving Welzer/Herb Blodgett
- Translations
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Emily Mann, Jeffrey Woodward
- The Apple Tree
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
- A Chorus Line
Producer: Vienna Waits Productions
- Company
Producers: Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Darren Bagert, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
- 110 in the Shade
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
[edit] Performance
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Boyd Gaines in Journey's End
- Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
- Brían F. O’Byrne in The Coast of Utopia
- Christopher Plummer in Inherit the Wind
- Liev Schreiber in Talk Radio
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Eve Best in A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Swoosie Kurtz in Heartbreak House
- Angela Lansbury in Deuce
- Vanessa Redgrave in The Year of Magical Thinking
- Julie White in The Little Dog Laughed
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Michael Cerveris in LoveMusik
- Raúl Esparza in Company
- Jonathan Groff in Spring Awakening
- Gavin Lee in Mary Poppins
- David Hyde Pierce in Curtains
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Laura Bell Bundy in Legally Blonde The Musical
- Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
- Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade
- Debra Monk in Curtains
- Donna Murphy in LoveMusik
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Anthony Chisholm in Radio Golf
- Billy Crudup in The Coast of Utopia
- Ethan Hawke in The Coast of Utopia
- John Earl Jelks in Radio Golf
- Stark Sands in Journey’s End
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Jennifer Ehle in The Coast of Utopia
- Xanthe Elbrick in Coram Boy
- Dana Ivey in Butley
- Jan Maxwell in Coram Boy
- Martha Plimpton in The Coast of Utopia
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Brooks Ashmanskas in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
- Christian Borle in Legally Blonde The Musical
- John Cullum in 110 in the Shade
- John Gallagher Junior in Spring Awakening
- David Pittu in LoveMusik
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Charlotte d'Amboise in A Chorus Line
- Rebecca Luker in Mary Poppins
- Orfeh in Legally Blonde The Musical
- Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens
- Karen Ziemba in Curtains
[edit] Craft
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
- Curtains by Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone
- Grey Gardens by Doug Wright
- Legally Blonde The Musical by Heather Hach
- Spring Awakening by Steven Sater
Tony Award for Best Original Score
- Curtains, Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes
- Grey Gardens, Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie
- Legally Blonde The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
- Spring Awakening, Music by Duncan Sheik; Lyrics by Steven Sater
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
- Michael Grandage for Frost/Nixon
- David Grindley for Journey’s End
- Jack O’Brien for The Coast of Utopia
- Melly Still for Coram Boy
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- John Doyle for Company
- Scott Ellis for Curtains
- Michael Greif for Grey Gardens
- Michael Mayer (director) for Spring Awakening
Tony Award for Best Choreography
- Rob Ashford for Curtains
- Matthew Bourne & Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins
- Bill T. Jones for Spring Awakening
- Jerry Mitchell for Legally Blonde The Musical
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
- Duncan Sheik for Spring Awakening
- Bruce Coughlin for Grey Gardens
- Jonathan Tunick for LoveMusik
- Jonathan Tunick for 110 in the Shade
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (PLAY)
- Bob Crowley & Scott Pask for The Coast of Utopia
- Jonathan Fensom for Journey’s End
- David Gallo for Radio Golf
- Ti Green & Melly Still for Coram Boy
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (MUSICAL)
- Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins
- Christine Jones for Spring Awakening
- Anna Louizos for High Fidelity
- Allen Moyer for Grey Gardens
Tony Award for Best Costume Design (PLAY)
- Catherine Zuber for The Coast of Utopia
- Ti Green & Melly Still for Coram Boy
- Jane Greenwood for Heartbreak House
- Santo Loquasto for Inherit the Wind
Tony Award for Best Costume Design (MUSICAL)
- William Ivey Long for Grey Gardens
- Gregg Barnes for Legally Blonde The Musical
- Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins
- Susan Hilferty for Spring Awakening
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (PLAY)
- Brian MacDevitt, [Kenneth Posner]], and Natasha Katz, for The Coast of Utopia
- Paule Constable for Coram Boy
- Brian MacDevitt for Inherit the Wind
- Jason Taylor for Journey’s End
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (MUSICAL)
- Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening
- Christopher Akerlind for 110 in the Shade
- Howard Harrison for Mary Poppins
- Peter Kaczorowski for Grey Gardens
[edit] Special Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event
- Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment
- Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway, Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz
- Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, Georgia
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Not awarded
[edit] References
- ^ Playbill News: 2006-2007 Tony Nominations Announced; Spring Awakening Garners 11 Noms
- ^ The complete list of nominees from the official Tony Awards site
- ^ playbill.com article, January 11, 2008
- ^ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM
