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| 53rd Tony Awards | |
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| Date | June 9, 1999 |
| Location | Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
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. The show did not have a formal host.
Presenters:
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Performances
[edit]The opening number was "There's No Business Like Show Business", sung by Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat, and the presenters.
The following musicals or performers performed:
- 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
The telecast included a special presentation featuring performers from several of the productions nominated as Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.
- Death of a Salesman- Brian Dennehy
- The Lonesome West- Brian F. O'Byrne
- The Iceman Cometh- Clarke Peters and Kevin Spacey
- Electra- Zoe Wanamaker
- Side Man- Scott Wolf and Frank Wood
- Twelfth Night- Max Wright
Winners and Nominees
[edit]Winners are in bold **
Production
[edit]- Side Man ** by Warren Leight
- Closer by Patrick Marber
- The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
- Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams
- Death of a Salesman **by Arthur Miller
- Electra
- The Iceman Cometh
- Twelfth Night
Performance
[edit]Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
- Brian Dennehy ** for Death of a Salesman
- Brian F. O'Byrne (The Lonesome West)
- Corin Redgrave (Not About Nightingales)
- Kevin Spacey (The Iceman Cometh)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
- Judi Dench ** for Amy's View
- Stockard Channing (The Lion in Winter)
- Marian Seldes (Ring Round the Moon)
- Zoe Wanamaker (Electra)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
- Martin Short ** for Little Me
- Brent Carver (Parade)
- Adam Cooper (Swan Lake)
- Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
- Bernadette Peters ** for Annie Get Your Gun
- Carolee Carmello (Parade)
- Dee Hoty (Footloose)
- Siân Phillips (Marlene)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
- Frank Wood ** for Side Man
- Kevin Anderson (Death of a Salesman)
- Finbar Lynch (Not About Nightingales)
- Howard Witt (Death of a Salesman)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
- Elizabeth Franz ** for Death of a Salesman
- Claire Bloom (Electra)
- Samantha Bond (Amy's View)
- Dawn Bradfield (The Lonesome West)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
- Roger Bart ** for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- Desmond Richardson (Fosse)
- Ron Taylor (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues)
- Scott Wise (Fosse)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
- Kristin Chenoweth ** for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- Gretha Boston (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues)
- Valarie Pettiford (Fosse)
- Mary Testa (On the Town)
Craft
[edit]- Robert Falls for Death of a Salesman **
- Howard Davies (The Iceman Cometh)
- Garry Hynes (The Lonesome West)
- Trevor Nunn (Not About Nightingales)
- Matthew Bourne for Swan Lake **
- Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking (Fosse)
- Michael Mayer (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
- Harold Prince (Parade)
- Matthew Bourne for Swan Lake **
- Patricia Birch (Parade)
- Rob Marshall (Little Me)
- A. C. Ciulla (Footloose)
- Alfred Uhry for Parade **
- Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman for It Aint Nothin But the Blues
- Pam Gems for Marlene
- Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie for Footloose
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
- Parade (Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown) **
- Footloose
- The Civil War
- Twelfth Night
- Ralph Burns and Douglas Besterman ** (Fosse)
- David Cullen (Swan Lake)
- Don Sebesky (Parade)
- Harold Wheeler (Little Me)
- Richard Hoover ** (Not About Nightingales)
- Bob Crowley (The Iceman Cometh)
- Bob Crowley (Twelfth Night)
- Ricardo Hernandez (Parade)
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
- Lez Brotherston** (Swan Lake)
- Santo Loquasto (Fosse)
- John David Ridge (Ring Round the Moon)
- Catherine Zuber (Twelfth Night)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Andrew Bridge ** (Fosse)
- Mark Henderson (The Iceman Cometh)
- Natasha Katz (Twelfth Night)
- Chris Parry (Not About Nightingales)
Special Awards
[edit]- Regional Theater Tony Award
- Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation
- Fool Moon
References
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