42nd Tony Awards

42nd Tony Awards
42nd Tony Awards
Date	June 5, 1988
Location	Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Angela Lansbury
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury.

The Ceremony[]

Musicals represented were:^[1]

A Chorus Line, "Music and the Mirror" - Donna McKechnie
Anything Goes, "Anything Goes" - Patti LuPone and Company
Dreamgirls, "One Night Only"/"Dreamgirls" - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Terry Burrell;
Into the Woods, "Into the Woods"/"Children Will Listen" - Phylicia Rashad and Company;
The Phantom of the Opera, Last verse of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Music of The Night" - Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford;
Romance/Romance, "I'll Always Remember the Song"/"It's Not Too Late" - Scott Bakula, Alison Fraser and Company
Sarafina!, "Sarafina!" - Company

Plays represented were:^[1]M. Butterfly, Scene with John Lithgow and BD Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Scene with Mel Winkler, Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo; A Walk in the Woods, Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky; and Speed-the-Plow, Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver.

A tribute to the late Michael Bennett was performed by Donna McKechnie of the original Chorus Line and the three original Dreamgirls, Terry Burrell, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph.^[2]

At these Tony Awards, the longest-running musical on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, competed for awards and received the season's Best Musical award.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
M. Butterfly – David Henry Hwang A Walk in the Woods – Lee Blessing Joe Turner's Come and Gone – August Wilson Speed-the-Plow – David Mamet	The Phantom of the Opera Into the Woods Romance/Romance Sarafina!
Best Revival	Best Book of a Musical
Anything Goes A Streetcar Named Desire Cabaret Dreamgirls	James Lapine – Into the Woods Lee Breuer – The Gospel at Colonus Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera Barry Harman – Romance/Romance
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Ron Silver – Speed-the-Plow* as Charlie Fox** Derek Jacobi – Breaking the Code as Alan Turing John Lithgow – M. Butterfly as Rene Gallimard Robert Prosky – A Walk in the Woods as Andrey Botvinnik	*Joan Allen – Burn This* as Anna Mann** Blythe Danner – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche Du Bois Glenda Jackson – Macbeth as Lady Macbeth Frances McDormand – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Michael Crawford – The Phantom of the Opera* as The Phantom of the Opera** Scott Bakula – Romance/Romance as Alfred Von Wilmers/Sam David Carroll – Chess as Anatoly Howard McGillin – Anything Goes as Billy Crocker	*Joanna Gleason – Into the Woods* as Baker's Wife** Alison Fraser – Romance/Romance as Josefine Weninger/Monica Judy Kuhn – Chess as Florence Patti LuPone – Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*BD Wong – M. Butterfly* as Song Liling** Michael Gough – Breaking the Code as Dillwyn Knox Lou Liberatore – Burn This as Larry Delroy Lindo – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Herald Loomis	*L. Scott Caldwell – Joe Turner's Come and Gone* as Bertha Holly** Kimberleigh Aarn – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Mattie Campbell Kate Nelligan – Serious Money as Various Characters Kimberly Scott – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Molly Cunningham
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Bill McCutcheon – Anything Goes* as Moonface Martin** Anthony Heald – Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh Werner Klemperer – Cabaret as Herr Schultz Robert Westenberg – Into the Woods as Wolf/Cinderella's Prince	*Judy Kaye – The Phantom of the Opera* as Carlotta Guidicelli** Leleti Khumalo – Sarafina! as Sarafina Alyson Reed – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Regina Resnik – Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Romance/Romance – Keith Herrmann (music) and Barry Harman (lyrics) Sarafina! – Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakela (music and lyrics)	Michael Smuin – Anything Goes Lar Lubovitch – Into the Woods Gillian Lynne – The Phantom of the Opera Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina!
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
John Dexter – M. Butterfly Gregory Mosher – Speed-the-Plow Lloyd Richards – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Clifford Williams – Breaking the Code	Harold Prince – The Phantom of the Opera James Lapine – Into the Woods Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina! Jerry Zaks – Anything Goes
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly Tony Straiges – Into the Woods Tony Walton – Anything Goes	Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera Ann Hould-Ward – Into the Woods Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly Tony Walton – Anything Goes
Best Lighting Design
Andrew Bridge – The Phantom of the Opera Paul Gallo – Anything Goes Richard Nelson – Into the Woods Andy Phillips – M. Butterfly

Special awards[]

Regional Theatre Tony Award

South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA

Special Awards

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Multiple nominations and awards[]

These productions had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Anything Goes, Into the Woods and The Phantom of the Opera
7 nominations: M. Butterfly
6 nominations: Joe Turner's Come and Gone
5 nominations: Romance/Romance and Sarafina!
4 nominations: Cabaret
3 nominations: Breaking the Code, Speed-the-Plow and A Streetcar Named Desire
2 nominations: Burn This, Chess and A Walk in the Woods

The following productions received multiple awards.

7 wins: The Phantom of the Opera
3 wins: Anything Goes, Into the Woods and M. Butterfly

References[]

^ ^a ^b "1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011
^ Rothstein, Mervyn." 'Phantom Of The Opera' Wins Seven Tonys; Best Play: 'Butterfly' " New York Times, June 6, 1988

External links[]

Tony Awards Official Site

[chorus-1] "1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011

[2] Rothstein, Mervyn." 'Phantom Of The Opera' Wins Seven Tonys; Best Play: 'Butterfly' " New York Times, June 6, 1988

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