57th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 57th


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caption = Official poster for the 57th annual Tony Awards
date = June 8 2003
venue = Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
host = Hugh Jackman
network = CBS
last = 56th
next = 58th

The 57th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television from Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2003. The event was hosted for the first time by Hugh Jackman.

Presenters included: Benjamin Bratt, Toni Braxton, Matthew Broderick, Alan Cumming, Edie Falco, Joey Fatone, Laurence Fishburne, Sutton Foster, Danny Glover, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, Julianna Margulies, Bebe Neuwirth, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Perez, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Ann Reinking, John Spencer, Marisa Tomei, Mike Wallace, and Barbara Walters. In addition, Jason Alexander and Martin Short, the stars of the national company of The Producers, presented an award from the stage of Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.

There were memorial tributes to cartoonist Al Hirschfeld, writer Peter Stone, and lyricist Adolph Green.

Shows that performed were:

New Musicals
*"Movin' Out": Billy Joel opened by performing "New York State of Mind" live from Times Square, leading to a medley of "River of Dreams", "Keep the Faith" and "Only the Good Die Young" performed by the company of Movin' Out on stage at Radio City Music Hall.
*"Hairspray"--Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur led the company with "You Can't Stop the Beat"
*"A Year with Frog and Toad"--Mark Linn-Baker and Jay Goede performed "Alone" Revivals
*"Nine"--Antonio Banderas performed "Guido's Song" with the company
*"La bohème"--The company (including all 10 members of the principal ensemble) performed a medley from the opera
*""--Bernadette Peters performed "Rose's Turn"
*"Man of La Mancha"--Brian Stokes Mitchell performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Awards and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"Take Me Out" by Richard Greenberg
*"Enchanted April" by Matthew Barber
*"Say Goodnight, Gracie" by Rupert Holmes
*"Vincent in Brixton" by Nicholas Wright

Best Musical----
*"Hairspray"
*"Amour"
*"A Year with Frog and Toad"
*"Movin' Out"

Best Revival of a Play----
*"Long Day's Journey into Night"
*"A Day in the Death of Joe Egg"
*"Dinner at Eight"
*"Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"

Best Revival of a Musical----
*"Nine The Musical"
*""
*"La bohème"
*"Man of La Mancha"

Performances

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Brian Dennehy ("Long Day's Journey into Night")
*Brian Bedford
*Eddie Izzard
*Paul Newman
*Stanley Tucci

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Vanessa Redgrave ("Long Day's Journey into Night")
*Jayne Atkinson
*Victoria Hamilton
*Clare Higgins
*Fiona Shaw

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Harvey Fierstein ("Hairspray")
*Antonio Banderas
*Malcom Gets
*Brian Stokes Mitchell
*John Selya

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*"'Marissa Jaret Winokur ("Hairspray")
*Melissa Errico
*Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
*Elizabeth Parkinson
*Bernadette Peters

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Denis O'Hare ("Take Me Out")
*Thomas Jefferson Byrd
*Philip Seymour Hoffman
*Robert Sean Leonard
*Daniel Sunjata

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Michele Pawk ("Hollywood Arms")
*Christine Ebersole
*Linda Emond
*Kathryn Meisle
*Marian Seldes

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Dick Latessa ("Hairspray")
*Michael Cavanaugh
*John Dossett
*Corey Reynolds
*Keith Roberts

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Jane Krakowski ("Nine")
*Tammy Blanchard
*Mary Stuart Masterson
*Chita Rivera
*Ashley Tuttle

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Joe Mantello ("Take Me Out")
*Laurence Boswell
*Robert Falls
*Deborah Warner

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Jack O'Brien ("Hairspray")
*David Leveaux
*Baz Luhrmann
*Twyla Tharp

Best Choreography----
*Twyla Tharp ("Movin' Out")
*Robert Longbottom
*Jerry Mitchell
*Melinda Roy

Best Book of a Musical----
*Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
*Didier van Cauwelaert & Jeremy Sams
*Willie Reale
*David Henry Hwang

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"Hairspray" (Music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
*"A Year With Frog and Toad"
*"Amour"
*"Urban Cowboy"

Best Orchestrations----
*Billy Joel & Stuart Malina
*Nicholas Kitsopoulos
*Jonathan Tunick
*Harold Wheeler

Best Scenic Design----
*Catherine Martin
*John Lee Beatty
*Santo Loquasto
*David Rockwell

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*William Ivey Long
*Gregg Barnes
*Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie
*Catherine Zuber

Tony Award for Best Lighting ----
*Nigel Levings
*Donald Holder
*Brian MacDevitt
*Kenneth Posner

pecial awards

*Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:*The principal ensemble of La Bohème:*Paul Huntley:*Johnson-Liff Casting Associates:*The Acting Company

*Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award:*Cy Feuer

*Special Theatrical Event:*Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway

*Regional Theatre Award:*The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)

External links

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