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 | |||
TV in the United States | ||||
Network | CBS | |||
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The 61st Annual 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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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:
Production | Nomination(s) | Win(s) |
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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 | - |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (PLAY)
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (MUSICAL)
Tony Award for Best Costume Design (PLAY)
Tony Award for Best Costume Design (MUSICAL)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (PLAY)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (MUSICAL)
Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre