46th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 46th


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caption = Official poster for the 46th annual Tony Awards
date = May 31 1992
venue = Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York
host = Glenn Close
network = CBS
last = 45th
next = 47th

The 46th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on May 31, 1992. The hostess was Glenn Close.

Presenters: Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Daisy Egan, Farrah Fawcett, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Gerald, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Judd Hirsch, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, Sir Ian McKellen, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Freddie Roman, Ron Silver, Sigourney Weaver.

Musicals represented:
*"Crazy For You" ("I Can't Be Bothered Now"/"Slap That Bass"/"Shall We Dance"/"I Got Rhythm" - Company);
*"Falsettos" ("Falsettoland"/"My Father's A Homo"/"Sitting Watching Jason Play Baseball" - Company);
*"Five Guys Named Moe" ("Five Guys Named Moe"/"Caledonia" - Company);
*"Jelly's Last Jam" ("That's How You Jazz" - Gregory Hines and Company).

Special Salute to Frank Loesser: "The Most Happy Fella" ("Happy to Make Your Acquaintance" - Spiro Malas, Sophie Hayden and Liz Larsen); "Guys & Dolls" ("Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat"/"Finale" -Company).

Award winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"Dancing at Lughnasa" by Brian Friel. Produced by Noel Pearson, Bill Kenwright, and Joseph Harris
*"Four Baboons Adoring the Sun" by John Guare. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, and Bernard Gersten
*"Two Shakespearean Actors" by Richard Nelson. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
*"Two Trains Running" by August Wilson. Produced by Yale Repertory Theatre, Stan Wojewodski, Jr., Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Gordon Davidson, Jujamcyn Theaters, Benjamin Mordecai, Huntington Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Old Globe Theatre

Best Musical----
*"Crazy for You". Produced by Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams
*"Falsettos". Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler
*"Five Guys Named Moe". Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
*"Jelly's Last Jam". Produced by Margo Lion, Pamela Koslow, PolyGram Diversified Entertainment, 126 Second Avenue Corp./Hal Luftig, Roger Hess, Jujamcyn Theaters/TV Asahi, and Herb Alpert

Best Revival----
*"Guys and Dolls". Produced by Dodger Productions, Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters/TV Asahi, Kardana Productions, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
*"The Most Happy Fella". Produced by the Goodspeed Opera House, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Lincoln Center Theatre, The Shubert Organization, and Japan Satellite Broadcasting/Stagevision
*"On Borrowed Time". Produced by Circle in the Square Theatre, Theodore Mann, Robert Buckley, and Paul Libin
*"The Visit". Produced by Roundabout Theater Co., Todd Haimes, and Gene Feist

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Judd Hirsch ("Conversations With My Father")
*Alan Alda ("Jake's Women")
*Alec Baldwin ("A Streetcar Named Desire")
*Brian Bedford ("Two Shakespearean Actors")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Glenn Close ("Death and the Maiden")
*Jane Alexander ("The Visit")
*Stockard Channing ("Four Baboons Adoring the Sun")
*Judith Ivey ("Park Your Car in Harvard Yard") Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Gregory Hines ("Jelly's Last Jam")
*Harry Groener ("Crazy for You")
*Nathan Lane ("Guys and Dolls")
*Michael Rupert ("Falsettos")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Faith Prince ("Guys and Dolls")
*Jodi Benson ("Crazy for You")
*Josie de Guzman ("Guys and Dolls")
*Sophie Hayden ("The Most Happy Fella")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*"'Larry Fishburne ("Two Trains Running")
*Roscoe Lee Browne ("Two Trains Running")
*Željko Ivanek ("Two Shakespearean Actors")
*Tony Shalhoub ("Conversations With My Father")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Brid Brennan ("Dancing at Lughnasa")
*Rosaleen Linehan ("Dancing at Lughnasa")
*Cynthia Martells ("Two Trains Running")
*Dearbhla Molloy ("Dancing at Lughnasa")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Scott Waara ("The Most Happy Fella")
*Bruce Adler ("Crazy for You")
*Keith David ("Jelly's Last Jam")
*Jonathan Kaplan ("Falsettos")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Tonya Pinkins ("Jelly's Last Jam")
*Liz Larson ("The Most Happy Fella")
*Vivian Reed ("The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club")
*Barbara Walsh ("Falsettos")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Patrick Mason ("Dancing at Lughnasa")
*Peter Hall ("Four Baboons Adoring the Sun")
*Jack O'Brien ("Two Shakespearean Actors")
*Daniel Sullivan ("Conversations With My Father")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Jerry Zaks ("Guys and Dolls")
*James Lapine ("Falsettos")
*Mike Ockrent ("Crazy for You")
*George C. Wolfe ("Jelly's Last Jam")

Best Choreography----
*Susan Stroman ("Crazy for You")
*Terry John Bates ("Dancing at Lughnasa")
*Christopher Chadman ("Guys and Dolls")
*Hope Clarke, Ted L. Levy, and Gregory Hines ("Jelly's Last Jam")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"Falsettos" by William Finn and James Lapine
*"Crazy for You" by Ken Ludwig
*"Five Guys Named Moe" by Clarke Peters
*"Jelly's Last Jam" by George C. Wolfe

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"Falsettos". Music and lyrics by William Finn
*"Jelly's Last Jam". Music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
*"Metro". Music by Janusz Stoklosa, lyrics by Agata and Maryna Miklaszewska, and Mary Bracken Phillips
*"Nick & Nora". Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.

Best Scenic Design----
*Tony Walton ("Guys and Dolls")
*John Lee Beatty ("A Small Family Business")
*Joe Vanek ("Dancing at Lughnasa")
*Robin Wagner ("Jelly's Last Jam")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*William Ivey Long ("Crazy for You")
*Jane Greenwood ("Two Shakespearean Actors")
*Toni-Leslie James ("Jelly's Last Jam")
*Joe Vanek ("Dancing at Lughnasa")

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design ----
*Jules Fisher ("Jelly's Last Jam")
*Paul Gallo ("Crazy for You")
*Paul Gallo ("Guys and Dolls")
*Richard Pilbrow ("Four Baboons Adoring the Sun")

pecial Tony Awards

*Regional Theatre Award - The Goodman Theatre of Chicago
*Tony Honor - "The Fantasticks"

External links

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