53rd Tony Awards

Date

June 6, 1999

Location

Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York

Television/Radio coverage

Network

CBS

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The 53rd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 6, 1999; "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television.^[1] The show did not have a formal host.

The ceremony

The opening number was "There's No Business Like Show Business", sung by Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat.^[1]

Host/Presenters:

The musicals represented were:

The Civil War ("Freedom's Child" - Lawrence Clayton and Company)
Peter Pan ("I'm Flying" - Cathy Rigby and children)
Parade ("This Is Not Over Yet"/"The Old Red Hills of Home" - Carolee Carmello, Brent Carver and Company)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ("My New Philosophy"/"Happiness" - Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp and Company)
Fosse ("Sing Sing Sing" - Company)
Little Me ("Boom Boom" - Martin Short and Company)
Annie Get Your Gun ("I Got the Sun in the Morning"/"Hoedown"/"Old-Fashioned Wedding" - Tom Wopat, Bernadette Peters and Company)^[2]

The telecast included a special presentation (a "collage of moments") featuring performers from several of the productions nominated as Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Source: Playbill^[1]

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Side Man – Warren Leight Closer – Patrick Marber The Lonesome West – Martin McDonagh Not About Nightingales – Tennessee Williams	Fosse The Civil War It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Parade
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Revival of a Play	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Revival of a Musical
Death of a Salesman Electra The Iceman Cometh Twelfth Night	Annie Get Your Gun Little Me Peter Pan You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
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
*Brian Dennehy – Death of a Salesman* as Willy Loman** Brian F. O'Byrne – The Lonesome West as Valene Connor Corin Redgrave – Not About Nightingales as Bert "Boss" Whalen Kevin Spacey – The Iceman Cometh as Theodore Hickman	*Judi Dench – Amy's View* as Esme Allen** Stockard Channing – The Lion in Winter as Eleanor of Aquitaine Marian Seldes – Ring Round the Moon as Madame Desmermortes Zoë Wanamaker – Electra as Electra
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
*Martin Short – Little Me* as Noble Eggleston and Various Characters** Brent Carver – Parade as Leo Frank Adam Cooper – Swan Lake as The Swan Tom Wopat – Annie Get Your Gun as Frank Butler	*Bernadette Peters – Annie Get Your Gun* as Annie Oakley** Carolee Carmello – Parade as Lucille Frank Dee Hoty – Footloose as Vi Moore Siân Phillips – Marlene as Marlene Dietrich
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
*Frank Wood – Side Man* as Gene** Kevin Anderson – Death of a Salesman as Biff Finbar Lynch – Not About Nightingales as Jim Allison Howard Witt – Death of a Salesman as Charley	*Elizabeth Franz – Death of a Salesman* as Linda** Claire Bloom – Electra as Clytemnestra Samantha Bond – Amy's View as Amy Thomas Dawn Bradfield – The Lonesome West as Girleen Kelleher
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
*Roger Bart – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* as Snoopy** Desmond Richardson – Fosse as Various Characters Ron Taylor – It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues as Various Characters Scott Wise – Fosse as Various Characters	*Kristin Chenoweth – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* as Sally Brown** Gretha Boston – It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues as Various Characters Valarie Pettiford – Fosse as Various Characters Mary Testa – On the Town as Madame Maude P. Dilly
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Book of a Musical	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Alfred Uhry – Parade Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman – It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Pam Gems – Marlene Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie – Footloose	Parade – Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) Footloose – Tom Snow (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics), Kenny Loggins, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar and Jim Steinman (music and lyrics) The Civil War – Frank Wildhorn (music) and Jack Murphy (lyrics) Twelfth Night – Jeanine Tesori (music)
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Scenic Design	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Costume Design
Richard Hoover – Not About Nightingales Bob Crowley – The Iceman Cometh Bob Crowley – Twelfth Night Ricardo Hernandez – Parade	Lez Brotherston – Swan Lake Santo Loquasto – Fosse John David Ridge – Ring Round the Moon Catherine Zuber – Twelfth Night
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Lighting Design	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Orchestrations
Andrew Bridge – Fosse Mark Henderson – The Iceman Cometh Natasha Katz – Twelfth Night Chris Parry – Not About Nightingales	Ralph Burns and Douglas Besterman – Fosse David Cullen – Swan Lake Don Sebesky – Parade Harold Wheeler – Little Me
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Direction of a Play	style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical
Robert Falls – Death of a Salesman Howard Davies – The Iceman Cometh Garry Hynes – The Lonesome West Trevor Nunn – Not About Nightingales	Matthew Bourne – Swan Lake Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking – Fosse Michael Mayer – You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Harold Prince – Parade
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Choreography
Matthew Bourne – Swan Lake Patricia Birch – Parade Rob Marshall – Little Me A. C. Ciulla – Footloose

Special awards

Regional Theater Tony Award
- Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Arthur Miller

Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Isabelle Stevenson

Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Uta Hagen

Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation
- Fool Moon

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lefkowitz, David and Simonson, Robert. " 'Fosse', 'Annie', 'Salesman' & 'Side Man' Win Top Tonys" playbill.com, June 7, 1999
↑ "Ceremonies, 1999, Musicals Represented" tonyawards.com, accessed April 4, 2015

External links

Tony Awards official site

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

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special

1959–1975	An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (1960) Not awarded (1961) Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan (1962) Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1963) The Bell Telephone Hour (1964) Not awarded (1965) Chrysler Presents the Bob Hope Christmas Special / Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (1966) The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Morris Special (1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) The Bill Cosby Special (1969) Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man / Cinderella, National Ballet of Canada (1970) Singer Presents Burt Bacharach / Leopold Stokowski, N.E.T. Festival (1971) Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin / Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1972) Singer Presents Liza with a Z (1973) Lily (1974) An Evening with John Denver (1975)

1976–2000	Gypsy in My Soul (1976) The Barry Manilow Special (1977) Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair is Back (1978) Not awarded (1979) Not awarded (1980) Not awarded (1981) Not awarded (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) Not awarded (1988) Not awarded (1989) Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990) Not awarded (1991) Cirque Du Soleil: Nouvelle Expérience (1992) Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993) Kennedy Center Honors (1994) Barbra Streisand: The Concert (1995) Kennedy Center Honors (1996) Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1997) 52nd Tony Awards (1998) 53rd Tony Awards (1999) Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special (2000)

2001–present	Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion (2001) America: A Tribute to Heroes (2002) Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003) Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (2004) 58th Tony Awards (2005) The XX Olympic Winter Games: Opening Ceremony (2006) Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2007) Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2008) Kennedy Center Honors (2009) Kennedy Center Honors (2010) Kennedy Center Honors (2011) Kennedy Center Honors (2012) Kennedy Center Honors (2013) AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks (2014)