45th Tony Awards

Official poster for the 45th annual Tony Awards

Date

June 2, 1991

Location

Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York

Host

Julie Andrews
Jeremy Irons

Television/Radio coverage

Network

CBS

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The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991. The hosts were Julie Andrews and Jeremy Irons.

The ceremony

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:

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("The Year of the Musical Actor"/"I Believe in You" - Robert Morse)
Fiddler on the Roof ("If I Were a Rich Man" - Topol)
Bye Bye Birdie ("Rosie" - Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking (a live remote from Seattle))
My Fair Lady
Camelot (Julie Andrews)
The Phantom of the Opera ("Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford)

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Lost in Yonkers – Neil Simon Our Country's Good – Timberlake Wertenbaker Shadowlands – William Nicholson Six Degrees of Separation – John Guare	The Will Rogers Follies Miss Saigon Once on This Island The Secret Garden
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Fiddler on the Roof The Miser Peter Pan	Marsha Norman – The Secret Garden Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg – Miss Saigon Lynn Ahrens – Once on This Island Peter Stone – The Will Rogers Follies
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Nigel Hawthorne – Shadowlands* as C.S. Lewis** Peter Frechette – Our Country's Good as 2nd Lieut. Ralph Clark Tom McGowan – La Bête as Valere Courtney B. Vance – Six Degrees of Separation as Paul	*Mercedes Ruehl – Lost in Yonkers* as Bella Kurnitz** Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa Kittredge Julie Harris – Lucifer's Child as Karen Blixen Cherry Jones – Our Country's Good as Liz Morden/Reverend Johnson
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Jonathan Pryce – Miss Saigon* as The Engineer** Keith Carradine – The Will Rogers Follies as Will Rogers Paul Hipp – Buddy as Buddy Holly Topol – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye	*Lea Salonga – Miss Saigon* as Kim** June Angela – Shogun: The Musical as Lady Mariko Dee Hoty – The Will Rogers Follies as Betty Blake Cathy Rigby – Peter Pan as Peter Pan
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Kevin Spacey – Lost in Yonkers* as "Uncle" Louie** Adam Arkin – I Hate Hamlet as Gary Peter Lefkowitz Dylan Baker – La Bête as Prince County Stephen Lang – The Speed of Darkness as Lou	*Irene Worth – Lost in Yonkers* as Grandma Kurnitz** Amelia Campbell – Our Country's Good as Various Characters Kathryn Erbe – The Speed of Darkness as Mary J. Smith-Cameron – Our Country's Good as 2nd Lieut. William Faddy
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Hinton Battle – Miss Saigon* as John** Bruce Adler – Those Were the Days as Various Characters Gregg Burge – Oh, Kay! as Billy Lyes Willy Falk – Miss Saigon as Chris	*Daisy Eagan – The Secret Garden* as Mary Lennox** Alison Fraser – The Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby Cady Huffman – The Will Rogers Follies as Ziegfeld's Favorite LaChanze – Once on This Island as Ti Moune
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Choreography
The Will Rogers Follies – Cy Coleman (music) and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics) Miss Saigon – Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil (lyrics) Once on This Island – Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) The Secret Garden – Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (lyrics)	Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Bob Avian – Miss Saigon Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Dan Siretta – Oh, Kay!
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Direction of a Play	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical
Jerry Zaks – Six Degrees of Separation Richard Jones – La Bête Mark Lamos – Our Country's Good Gene Saks – Lost in Yonkers	Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Nicholas Hytner – Miss Saigon Eleanor Reissa – Those Were the Days
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Scenic Design	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Costume Design
Heidi Landesman – The Secret Garden Richard Hudson – La Bête John Napier – Miss Saigon Tony Walton – The Will Rogers Follies	Willa Kim – The Will Rogers Follies Theoni V. Aldredge – The Secret Garden Judy Dearing – Once on This Island Patricia Zipprodt – Shogun: The Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Lighting Design
Jules Fisher – The Will Rogers Follies David Hersey – Miss Saigon Allen Lee Hughes – Once on This Island Jennifer Tipton – La Bête

Special Tony Awards

Regional Theatre Award -- Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
Tony Honor—Father George Moore (Given Posthumously)

External links

Official Site Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Sound Design of a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Director Best Revival Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

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