45th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 45th


imagesize =
caption = Official poster for the 45th annual Tony Awards
date = June 2 1991
venue = Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York
host = Julie Andrews
Jeremy Irons
network = CBS
last = 44th
next = 46th

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.

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 American Dream" - Jonathan Pryce and Company);
*"Once On This Island" ("The Human Heart"/"Mama Will Provide" - La Chanze, Lillias White and Company);
*"The Secret Garden" (Medley - Company);
*"The Will Rogers Follies" ("Will-A-Mania"/"Favorite Son" - Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman and Company).

Special Salute: "The Year of the Musical Actor": "I Believe in You" from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" with Robert Morse; "If I Were a Rich Man" from "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol; "Rosie" from "Bye, Bye Birdie" with Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking (a live remote from Seattle); "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot" with Julie Andrews; "Music of the Night" from The "Phantom of the Opera" with Michael Crawford).

Award winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"Lost in Yonkers" by Neil Simon. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg
*"Our Country's Good" by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Produced by Frank and Woji Gero, Karl Sydow, Raymond L:. Gaspard, Frederick Zollo, Diana Bliss, and Hartford Stage Company
*"Shadowlands" by William Nicholson. Produced by Elliot Martin, James M. Nederlander, Brian Eastman, Terry Allen Kramer, and Roger L. Stevens
*"Six Degrees of Separation" by John Guare. Produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten

Best Musical----
*"The Will Rogers Follies". Produced by Pierre Cossette, Martin Richards, Sam Crothers, James M. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane, Max Weitzenhoffer, and Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc.
*"Miss Saigon". Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
*"Once On This Island". Produced by The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC Inc., Suntory International, James Walsh, and Playwrights Horizons
*"The Secret Garden". Produced by Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, Frederic H. Mayerson, Elizabeth Williams, Jujamcyn Theaters, TV Asahi, and Dodger Productions

Best Revival----
*"Fiddler on the Roof". Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and Pace Theatrical Group
*"The Miser". Produced by Circle in the Square Theatre, Theodore Mann, and Paul Libin
*"Peter Pan". Produced by James M. Nederlander, Arthur Rubin, Thomas P. McCoy, Keith Stava, PP Investments, Inc., and John. B. Platt

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Nigel Hawthorne ("Shadowlands")
*Peter Frechette ("Our Country's Good")
*Tom McGowan ("La Bête")
*Courtney B. Vance ("Six Degrees of Separation")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Mercedes Ruehl ("Lost in Yonkers")
*Stockard Channing ("Six Degrees of Separation")
*Julie Harris ("Lucifer's Child")
*Cherry Jones ("Our Country's Good")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Jonathan Pryce ("Miss Saigon")
*Keith Carradine ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Paul Hipp ("Buddy")
*Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Lea Salonga ("Miss Saigon")
*June Angela ("Shogun: The Musical")
*Dee Hoty ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Cathy Rigby ("Peter Pan")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Kevin Spacey ("Lost in Yonkers")
*Adam Arkin ("I Hate Hamlet")
*Dylan Baker ("La Bête")
*Stephen Lang ("The Speed of Darkness")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Irene Worth ("Lost in Yonkers")
*Amelia Campbell ("Our Country's Good")
*Kathryn Erbe ("The Speed of Darkness")
*J. Smith-Cameron ("Our Country's Good")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon")
*Bruce Adler ("Those Were the Days")
*Gregg Burge ("Oh, Kay!")
*Willy Falk ("Miss Saigon")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Daisy Eagan ("The Secret Garden")
*Alison Fraser ("The Secret Garden")
*Cady Huffman ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*LaChanze ("Once on this Island")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Jerry Zaks ("Six Degrees of Separation")
*Richard Jones ("La Bête")
*Mark Lamos ("Our Country's Good")
*Gene Saks ("Lost in Yonkers")
*Jerry Zaks ("Six Degrees of Separation")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Tommy Tune ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Graciela Daniele ("Once on this Island")
*Nicholas Hytner ("Miss Saigon")
*Eleanor Reissa ("Those Were the Days")

Best Choreography----
*Tommy Tune ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Bob Avian ("Miss Saigon")
*Graciela Daniele ("Once on this Island")
*Dan Siretta ("Oh, Kay!")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"The Secret Garden" by Marsha Norman
*"Miss Saigon" by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
*"Once On This Island" by Lynn Ahrens
*"The Will Rogers Follies" by Peter Stone

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"The Will Rogers Follies". Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
*"Miss Saigon". Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil
*"Once on this Island". Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
*"The Secret Garden". Music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Marsha Norman

Best Scenic Design----
*Heidi Landesman ("The Secret Garden")
*Richard Hudson ("La Bête")
*John Napier ("Miss Saigon")
*Tony Walton ("The Will Rogers Follies")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Willa Kim ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("The Secret Garden")
*Judy Dearing ("Once on this Island")
*Patricia Zipprodt ("Shogun: The Musical")

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design ----
*Jules Fisher ("The Will Rogers Follies")
*David Hersey ("Miss Saigon")
*Allen Lee Hughes ("Once on this Island")
*Jennifer Tipton ("La Bête")

pecial Tony Awards

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

External links

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