53rd Tony Awards
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Date | June 6, 1999 |
Location | Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York |
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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.[1] The show did not have a formal host.
The ceremony[]
The opening number was "There's No Business Like Show Business", sung by Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat.[1]
Host Chris Rock
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The musicals represented were:
- The Civil War ("Freedom's Child" - 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)[2]
The telecast included a special presentation (a "collage of moments") featuring performers from several of the productions nominated as Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.[1]
Winners and nominees[]
Winners are in bold[1]
Best Play | Best Musical |
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Best Revival of a Play | Best Revival of a Musical |
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Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
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Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
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Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
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Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
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Best Lighting Design | Best Orchestrations |
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Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
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Best Choreography | |
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Special awards[]
The following non-completive awards were presented:
- Regional Theater Tony Award
- Crossroads Theatre (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Arthur Miller
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Isabelle Stevenson
- Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Uta Hagen
- Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation
- Fool Moon (Bill Irwin and David Shiner)[3]
Multiple nominations and awards[]
These productions had multiple nominations:
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The following productions received multiple awards.
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lefkowitz, David and Simonson, Robert. " 'Fosse', 'Annie', 'Salesman' & 'Side Man' Win Top Tonys" Archived November 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 7, 1999
- ^ "Ceremonies, 1999, Musicals Represented" tonyawards.com, accessed April 4, 2015
- ^ Lefkowitz, David. "1999 Tony Winner: Special Award - 'Fool Moon'" playbill.com, June 6, 1999
External links[]
Categories:
- Tony Awards ceremonies
- 1999 in theatre
- 1999 theatre awards
- 1999 awards in the United States
- 1999 in New York City