45th Tony Awards

45th Tony Awards
45th Tony Awards
	Official poster for the 45th annual Tony Awards
Date	June 2, 1991
Location	Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Julie Andrews ; Jeremy Irons
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991. The hosts were Julie Andrews and Jeremy Irons.

The ceremony[edit]

Presenters: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Tyne Daly, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Steve Guttenberg, Audrey Hepburn, Raul Julia, Jackie Mason, Shirley MacLaine, James Naughton, Penn & Teller, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin, Denzel Washington

Musicals represented:

Miss Saigon ("The Heat is On in Saigon"/"Last Night of the World"/"I Still Believe"/"You Will Not Touch Him"/"The American Dream" - Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce. Company)
Once on This Island ("The Human Heart"/"Mama Will Provide" - La Chanze, Lillias White, Company)
The Secret Garden (Medley - Company)
The Will Rogers Follies ("Will-A-Mania"/"Favorite Son" - Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman, Company)

Special Salute:

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("The Year of the Musical Actor"/"I Believe in You" - Robert Morse)
Fiddler on the Roof ("If I Were a Rich Man" - Topol)
Bye Bye Birdie ("Rosie" - Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking [a live remote from Seattle])
My Fair Lady and Camelot medley performed by Julie Andrews ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly" "Camelot" "I Could Have Danced All Night")
The Phantom of the Opera ("Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford)

Award winners and nominees[edit]

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Lost in Yonkers – Neil Simon Our Country's Good – Timberlake Wertenbaker Shadowlands – William Nicholson Six Degrees of Separation – John Guare	The Will Rogers Follies Miss Saigon Once on This Island The Secret Garden
Best Revival	Best Book of a Musical
Fiddler on the Roof The Miser Peter Pan	Marsha Norman – The Secret Garden Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg – Miss Saigon Lynn Ahrens – Once on This Island Peter Stone – The Will Rogers Follies
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Nigel Hawthorne – Shadowlands* as C. S. Lewis** Peter Frechette – Our Country's Good as 2nd Lieut. Ralph Clark Tom McGowan – La Bête as Valere Courtney B. Vance – Six Degrees of Separation as Paul	*Mercedes Ruehl – Lost in Yonkers* as Bella Kurnitz** Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa Kittredge Julie Harris – Lucifer's Child as Karen Blixen Cherry Jones – Our Country's Good as Liz Morden/Reverend Johnson
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Jonathan Pryce – Miss Saigon* as The Engineer** Keith Carradine – The Will Rogers Follies as Will Rogers Paul Hipp – Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly Topol – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye	*Lea Salonga – Miss Saigon* as Kim** June Angela – Shōgun: The Musical as Lady Mariko Dee Hoty – The Will Rogers Follies as Betty Blake Cathy Rigby – Peter Pan as Peter Pan
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Kevin Spacey – Lost in Yonkers* as "Uncle" Louie** Adam Arkin – I Hate Hamlet as Gary Peter Lefkowitz Dylan Baker – La Bête as Prince County Stephen Lang – The Speed of Darkness as Lou	*Irene Worth – Lost in Yonkers* as Grandma Kurnitz** Amelia Campbell – Our Country's Good as Various Characters Kathryn Erbe – The Speed of Darkness as Mary J. Smith-Cameron – Our Country's Good as 2nd Lieut. William Faddy
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Hinton Battle – Miss Saigon* as John** Bruce Adler – Those Were the Days as Various Characters Gregg Burge – Oh, Kay! as Billy Lyes Willy Falk – Miss Saigon as Chris	*Daisy Eagan – The Secret Garden* as Mary Lennox** Alison Fraser – The Secret Garden as Martha Sowerby Cady Huffman – The Will Rogers Follies as Ziegfeld's Favorite LaChanze – Once on This Island as Ti Moune
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
The Will Rogers Follies – Cy Coleman (music) and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics) Miss Saigon – Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil (lyrics) Once on This Island – Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) The Secret Garden – Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (lyrics)	Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Bob Avian – Miss Saigon Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Dan Siretta – Oh, Kay!
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Jerry Zaks – Six Degrees of Separation Richard Jones – La Bête Mark Lamos – Our Country's Good Gene Saks – Lost in Yonkers	Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Nicholas Hytner – Miss Saigon Eleanor Reissa – Those Were the Days
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Heidi Landesman – The Secret Garden Richard Hudson – La Bête John Napier – Miss Saigon Tony Walton – The Will Rogers Follies	Willa Kim – The Will Rogers Follies Theoni V. Aldredge – The Secret Garden Judy Dearing – Once on This Island Patricia Zipprodt – Shōgun: The Musical
Best Lighting Design
Jules Fisher – The Will Rogers Follies David Hersey – Miss Saigon Allen Lee Hughes – Once on This Island Jennifer Tipton – La Bête

Special Tony Awards[edit]

Regional Theatre Award -- Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
Tony Honor—Father George Moore (Given Posthumously)

Multiple nominations and awards[edit]

These productions had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: Miss Saigon and The Will Rogers Follies
8 nominations: Once on This Island
7 nominations: The Secret Garden
6 nominations: Our Country's Good
5 nominations: La Bête and Lost in Yonkers
4 nominations: Six Degrees of Separation
2 nominations: Fiddler on the Roof, Oh, Kay!, Peter Pan, Shadowlands, Shōgun: The Musical, The Speed of Darkness and Those Were the Days

The following productions received multiple awards.

6 wins: The Will Rogers Follies
4 wins: Lost in Yonkers
3 wins: Miss Saigon and The Secret Garden

External links[edit]

Official Site Tony Awards

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Play	Best Play Best Revival of a Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Sound Design of a Play
Musical	Best Musical Best Revival of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Scenic Design in a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical
Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award
Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician
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45th Tony Awards

The ceremony[edit]

Award winners and nominees[edit]

Special Tony Awards[edit]

Multiple nominations and awards[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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