43rd Tony Awards

The 43rd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on June 4, 1989. The hostess was Angela Lansbury. (Angela Lansbury has hosted or co-hosted more Tony telecasts than any other individual, with five telecasts: 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, and 1989).

Presenters and Performers: Barry Bostwick, Betty Buckley, Zoe Caldwell, Nell Carter, Carol Channing Colleen Dewhurst, Jerry Herman, James Earl Jones, Larry Kert, Swoosie Kurtz, John Lithgow, Steve Martin, Richard Thomas, Tommy Tune, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, August Wilson, B.D. Wong.

Musicals and Plays represented:
*"Black and Blue" ("Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"/"That Rhythm Man" - Company)
*"Jerome Robbins' Broadway" ("Dance at the Gym" from "West Side Story" - Company)
*"Starmites" ("Starmites"/"Hard to Be the Diva"- Company)

*"The Heidi Chronicles" (Scene with Joan Allen and Peter Friedman)
*"Largely New York" (with Bill Irwin and ensemble)
*"Lend Me a Tenor" (Scene with Philip Bosco and Victor Garber)
*"Shirley Valentine" (Scene with Pauline Collins)

Special Salute: "The Eleven O'clock Number" -- with Angela Lansbury: "Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music"; Betty Buckley: "Memory" from "Cats"; Larry Kert: "Being Alive" from "Company".

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play
*"The Heidi Chronicles" by Wendy Wasserstein. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Suntory International Corp., James Walsh, and Playwrights Horizons
*"Largely New York" by Bill Irwin. Produced by James Freydberg, Kenneth Feld, Jerry L. Cohen, Max Weitzenhoffer, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Walt Disney Studios.
*"Lend Me a Tenor" by Ken Ludwig. Produced by Martin Stargar and The Really Useful Theatre Co., Inc.
*"Shirley Valentine" by Willy Russell. Produced by The Really Useful Theater Co., Inc., and Bob Swash

Best Musical----
*"Jerome Robbins' Broadway". Produced by The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Suntory International Corp., Byron Goldman, and Emanuel Azenberg
*"Black and Blue". Produced by Mel Howard and Donald K. Donald
*"Starmites". Produced by Hinks Shimberg, Mary Keil, and Steven Warnick

Best Revival----
*"Our Town". Produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
*"Ah, Wilderness!" Produced by Ken Marsolis, Alexander H. Cohen, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Yale Repertory Theater, Richard Norton, Irma Oestreicher, and Elizabeth D. White
*"Ain't Misbehavin'". Produced by The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg, Dasha Epstein, and Roger Berlind
*"Cafe Crown". Produced by LeFrak Entertainment, James M. Nederlander, Francine LeFrak, James L. Nederlander, and Arthur Rubin

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Philip Bosco ("Lend Me a Tenor")
*Mikhail Baryshnikov ("Metamorphosis")
*Victor Garber ("Lend Me a Tenor")
*Bill Irwin ("Largely New York") Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*"'Pauline Collins ("Shirley Valentine")
*Joan Allen ("The Heidi Chronicles")
*Madeline Kahn ("Born Yesterday")
*Kate Nelligan ("Spoils of War")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Jason Alexander ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Gabriel Barre ("Starmites")
*Brian Lane Green ("Starmites")
*Robert La Fosse ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Ruth Brown ("Black and Blue")
*Charlotte d'Amboise ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Linda Hopkins ("Black and Blue")
*Sharon McNight ("Starmites")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Boyd Gaines ("The Heidi Chronicles")
*Peter Frechette ("Eastern Standard")
*Eric Stoltz ("Our Town")
*Gordon Joseph Weiss ("Ghetto")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Christine Baranski ("Rumors")
*Joanne Camp ("The Heidi Chronicles")
*Tovah Feldshuh ("Lend Me a Tenor")
*Penelope Ann Miller ("Our Town")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Scott Wise ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Bunny Briggs ("Black and Blue")
*Savion Glover ("Black and Blue")
*Scott Wentworth ("Welcome to the Club")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Debbie Shapiro ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Jane Lanier ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Faith Prince ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Julie Wilson ("Legs Diamond")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Jerry Zaks ("Lend Me a Tenor")
*Bill Irwin ("Largely New York")
*Gregory Mosher ("Our Town")
*Daniel Sullivan ("The Heidi Chronicles")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*"'Jerome Robbins ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Larry Carpenter ("Starmites")
*Peter Mark Schifter ("Welcome to the Club")
*Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli ("Black and Blue")

Best Choreography----
*Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning, and Fayard Nicholas ("Black and Blue")
*Michele Assaf ("Starmites")
*Bill Irwin, Kimi Okada ("Largely New York")
*Alan Johnson ("Legs Diamond")

Best Scenic Design----
*Santo Loquasto ("Cafe Crown")
*Thomas Lynch ("The Heidi Chronicles")
*Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli ("Black and Blue")
*Tony Walton ("Lend Me a Tenor") Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli" (Black and Blue")
*Jane Greenwood ("Our Town")
*Willa Kim ("Legs Diamond")
*William Ivey Long ("Lend Me a Tenor")

Tony Award for Best Lighting ----
*Jennifer Tipton ("Jerome Robbins' Broadway")
*Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman ("Black and Blue")
*Brian Nason ("Metamorphosis")
*Nancy Schertler ("Largely New York")

Regional Theatre Tony Award

*Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, Connecticut

ee also

Tony Awards

External links

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