48th Tony Awards

48th Tony Awards
Official poster for the 48th annual Tony Awards
Date	June 12, 1994
Location	Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Sir Anthony Hopkins, Amy Irving
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 48th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 12, 1994. The hosts were Sir Anthony Hopkins and Amy Irving.

Presenters

George Abbott, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Glenn Close, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Keitel, Jack Klugman, Swoosie Kurtz, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Steve Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Martin Short, Paul Sorvino, Jean Stapleton, Marlo Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Vanessa L. Williams

Musical Sequence

Victor Garber introduced scenes from the 1994 nominees for Best Revival of a Musical:

Grease ("We Go Together" – Company);
She Loves Me ("I Don't Know His Name"/"She Loves Me" – Diane Fratantoni, Sally Mayes and Boyd Gaines);
Damn Yankees ("Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo." – Vicki Lewis and Company);
Carousel ("You'll Never Walk Alone"- Shirley Verrett and Company).
Vanessa L. Williams on live remote from Toronto introduced Show Boat ("Ol' Man River" – Michel Bell and Company).

Musicals represented

A Grand Night for Singing ("People Will Say We're in Love"/"Some Enchanted Evening"/"It's a Grand Night for Singing" – Company);
Beauty and the Beast ("Me"/"Be Our Guest"/"If I Can't Love Her"/"Beauty and the Beast" – Company);
Cyrano: The Musical (Company);
Passion ("Happiness"/"Drums and Music"/"Finale" – Company).

This was the first year for several awards: the award for Best Revival was given separately for plays and musicals, and the "Lifetime Achievement Award". The first Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to husband-and-wife Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn by another husband-and-wife, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.^[1]

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Angels in America: Perestroika – Tony Kushner Broken Glass – Arthur Miller The Kentucky Cycle – Robert Schenkkan Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – Anna Deavere Smith	Passion A Grand Night for Singing Beauty and the Beast Cyrano: The Musical
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
An Inspector Calls Abe Lincoln in Illinois Medea Timon of Athens	Carousel Damn Yankees Grease She Loves Me
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: Perestroika* as Prior Walter** Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens as Timon Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land as Spooner Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln	*Diana Rigg – Medea* as Medea** Nancy Marchand – Black Comedy as Mrs. Furnival/Sophie Joan Rivers – Sally Marr and Her Escorts as Sally Marr Anna Deavere Smith – Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 as Various Characters
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Boyd Gaines – She Loves Me* as George Nowack** Victor Garber – Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate Terrence Mann – Beauty and the Beast as The Beast Jere Shea – Passion as Giorgio	*Donna Murphy – Passion* as Fosca** Susan Egan – Beauty and the Beast as Belle Dee Hoty – The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public as Mona Stangley Judy Kuhn – She Loves Me as Amalia Balash
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Jeffrey Wright – Angels in America: Perestroika* as Belize/Various Characters** Larry Bryggman – Picnic as Howard Bevans David Marshall Grant – Angels in America: Perestroika as Joe Pitt/Various Characters Gregory Itzin – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters	*Jane Adams – An Inspector Calls* as Sheila Birling** Debra Monk – Picnic as Rosemary Sydney Jeanne Paulson – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters Anne Pitoniak – Picnic as Helen Potts
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Jarrod Emick – Damn Yankees* as Joe Hardy** Tom Aldredge – Passion as Dr. Tambourri Gary Beach – Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere Jonathan Freeman – She Loves Me as Headwaiter	*Audra McDonald – Carousel* as Carrie Pipperidge Snow** Marcia Lewis – Grease as Miss Lynch Sally Mayes – She Loves Me as Ilona Ritter Marin Mazzie – Passion as Clara
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
James Lapine – Passion Walter Bobbie – A Grand Night for Singing Linda Woolverton – Beauty and the Beast Koen van Dijk – Cyrano: The Musical	Passion – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice (lyrics) Cyrano: The Musical – Ad van Dijk (music) and Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics)
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Bob Crowley – Carousel Peter J. Davidson – Medea Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls Tony Walton – She Loves Me	Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast David Charles and Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me Jane Greenwood – Passion Yan Tax – Cyrano: The Musical
Best Lighting Design	Best Choreography
Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls Beverly Emmons – Passion Jules Fisher – Angels in America: Perestroika Natasha Katz – Beauty and the Beast	Sir Kenneth MacMillan – Carousel Jeff Calhoun – Grease Rob Marshall – Damn Yankees Rob Marshall – She Loves Me
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Daldry – An Inspector Calls Gerald Gutierrez – Abe Lincoln in Illinois Michael Langham – Timon of Athens George C. Wolfe – Angels in America: Perestroika	Nicholas Hytner – Carousel Scott Ellis – She Loves Me James Lapine – Passion Robert Jess Roth – Beauty and the Beast

Special Tony Awards

Regional Theatre Award — McCarter Theatre
Lifetime Achievement Award — Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn

References

↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania), Christopher Rawson, p. D4, June 14, 1994

External links

Official Site Tony Awards

Tony Awards
American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and 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 in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in 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 in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in 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 Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Sound Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician
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