48th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 48th


imagesize =
caption = Official poster for the 48th annual Tony Awards
date = June 12 1994
venue = Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York
host = Sir Anthony Hopkins,
Amy Irving
network = CBS
last = 47th
next = 49th

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, and Vanessa L. Williamsdn.

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);
*"" (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. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania), Christopher Rawson, p. D4, June 14, 1994]

Award winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"" by Tony Kushner Produced by Jujamcyn Theaters, Mark Taper Forum/Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director with Margo Lion, Susan Quint Gallin, Jon B. Platt, The Baruch-Frankel-Viertel Group, and Frederick Zollo, in association with The New York Shakespeare Festival, Mordecai/Cole Productions and Herb Alpert
*"Broken Glass" by Arthur Miller Produced by Robert Whitehead/Roger L. Stevens/Lars Schmidt, Spring Sirkin and Terry and Timothy Childs
*"The Kentucky Cycle" by Robert Schenkkan Produced by David Reichenthal, Gene Korf, Roger L. Stevens, Jennifer Manocherian, Annette Niemtzow, Mark Taper Forum/Intiman Theatre Co., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Benjamin Mordecai
*"" by Anna Deavere Smith Produced by Benjamin Mordecai, Laura Rafaty, Ric Wanetik, The New York Shakespeare Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, Harriet Newman Leve, Jeanne Rizzo, James D. Stern, Daryl Roth, Jo-Lynne Worley, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Booking Office, and Freddy Bienstock

Best Musical----
*"Passion" Produced by The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC, Roger Berlind and Scott Rudin
*"A Grand Night for Singing" Produced by Roundabout Theatre Co., Todd Haimes, Artistic Director
*"Beauty and the Beast" Produced by Walt Disney Theatrical Productions/ Robert McTyre and Ron Logan
*"" Produced by Joop van den Ende in association with Peter T. Kulok

Best Revival of a Musical----
*"Carousel" Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, The Royal National Theatre, Cameron Mackintosh, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
*"Damn Yankees" Produced by Mitchell Maxwell, PolyGram Diversified Entertainment, Dan Markley, Kevin McCollum, Victoria Maxwell, Fred H. Krones, Andrea Nasher, The Frankel-Viertel-Baruch Group, Paula Heil Fisher, Julie Ross, Jon B. Platt, Alan Schuster and Peter Breger
*"Grease" Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and Jujamcyn Theaters
*"She Loves Me" Produced by Roundabout Theater Co., Todd Haimes, James M. Nederlander, Elliott Martin, Herbert Wasserman, Freddy Beinstock, and Roger L. Stevens

Best Revival of a Play----
*"An Inspector Calls" Produced by Noel Pearson, The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC, and Joseph Harris
*"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, and Bernard Gersten
*"Medea" Produced by Bill Kenwright
*"Timon of Athens" Produced by National Actors Theatre and Tony Randall

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Stephen Spinella ("Angels in America: Perestroika")
*Brian Bedford ("Timon of Athens")
*Christopher Plummer ("No Man's Land")
*Sam Waterston ("Abe Lincoln in Illinois")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Diana Rigg ("Medea")
*Nancy Marchand ("Black Comedy")
*Joan Rivers ("Sally Marr...and Her Escorts")
*Anna Deavere Smith ("Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Boyd Gaines ("She Loves Me")
* Victor Garber ("Damn Yankees")
*Terrence Mann ("Beauty and the Beast")
*Jere Shea ("Passion")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Donna Murphy ("Passion")
*Susan Egan ("Beauty and the Beas"t)
*Dee Hoty ("The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public")
*Judy Kuhn ("She Loves Me")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Jeffrey Wright ("Angels in America: Perestroika")
*Larry Bryggman ("Picnic")
*David Marshall Grant ("Angels in America: Perestroika")
*Gregory Itzin ("The Kentucky Cycle")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Jane Adams ("An Inspector Calls")
*Debra Monk ("Picnic")
*Jeanne Paulsen ("The Kentucky Cycle")
*Anne Pitoniak ("Picnic")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Jarrod Emick ("Damn Yankees")
*Tom Aldredge ("Passion")
*Gary Beach ("Beauty and the Beast")
*Jonathan Freeman ("She Loves Me")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Audra McDonald ("Carousel")
*Marcia Lewis ("Grease")
*Sally Mayes ("She Loves Me")
*Marin Mazzie ("Passion")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Stephen Daldry ("An Inspector Calls")
*Gerald Gutierrez ("Abe Lincoln in Illinois")
*Michael Langham ("Timon of Athens")
*George C. Wolfe ("Angels in America: Perestroika")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*"'Nicholas Hytner ("Carousel")
*Scott Ellis ("She Loves Me")
*James Lapine ("Passion")
*Robert Jess Roth ("Beauty and the Beast")

Best Choreography----
*Sir Kenneth MacMillan ("Carousel")
*Jeff Calhoun ("Grease")
*Rob Marshall ("Damn Yankees")
*Rob Marshall ("She Loves Me")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"Passion" by James Lapine
*"A Grand Night for Singing" by Walter Bobbie
*"Beauty and the Beast" by Linda Woolverton
*"" by Koen Van Kijk

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"Passion" Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
*"Beauty and the Beast" Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
*"Cyrano: The Musical" Music by Ad van Dijk, lyrics by Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick

Best Scenic Design----
*Bob Crowley ("Carousel")
*Peter J. Davidson ("Medea")
*Ian MacNeil ("An Inspector Calls")
*Tony Walton ("She Loves Me")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Ann Hould-Ward ("Beauty and the Beast")
*David Charles and Jane Greenwood ("She Loves Me")
*Jane Greenwood ("Passion")
*Yan Tax ("Cyrano: The Musical")

Tony Award for Best Lighting ----
*Rick Fisher ("An Inspector Calls")
*Beverly Emmons ("Passion")
*Jules Fisher ("Angels in America: Perestroika")
*Natasha Katz ("Beauty and the Beast")

pecial Tony Awards

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

References

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Official Site Tony Awards]