44th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 44th


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caption = Official poster for the 44th annual Tony Awards
date = June 3 1990
venue = Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, New York
host = Kathleen Turner
network = CBS
last = 43rd
next = 45thThe 44th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on June 3, 1990. The hostess was Kathleen Turner.

Presenters and Performers: Philip Bosco, Matthew Broderick, Len Cariou, Dixie Carter, Michael Crawford, Sandy Duncan, Morgan Freeman, Helen Hayes, Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Linda Lavin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Reeve, Joan Rivers, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Lily Tomlin.

Musicals and Plays represented:
*"Aspects of Love" ("Love Changes Everything" - Company);
*"City of Angels" ("What You Don't Know About Women" - Kay McClelland and Randy Graff /"You're Nothing Without Me"- Gregg Edelman and James Naughton);
*"Grand Hotel" ("We'll Take A Glass Together" - Michael Jeter, Brent Barrett and Company);
*"Meet Me in St. Louis" ("Banjos"/"The Boy Next Door"/"The Trolley Song"/"Meet Me in St. Louis"- Company);
*"The Grapes of Wrath" (Scene with Gary Sinise, Lois Smith and Company);
*"Lettice & Lovage" (Scene with Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack);
*"The Piano Lesson" (Scene with the Company);
*"Prelude to a Kiss" (Scene with Timothy Hutton, Mary Louise Parker, Barnard Hughes and Company).

The theme, "The Year of the Actor," featured classic monologues from "As You Like It" (Morgan Freeman); "Hamlet" (Kevin Kline); "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (Len Cariou); "The Royal Family" (Geraldine Fitzgerald); "The Tempest" (Philip Bosco).

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"The Grapes of Wrath" by Frank Galati Produced by The Shubert Organization, Steppenwolf Theater Co., Suntory International Corp, and Jujamcyn Theaters
*"Lettice and Lovage" by Peter Shaffer. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Robert Fox, Ltd., and Roger Berlind
*"Prelude to a Kiss" by Craig Lucas. Produced by Christopher Gould, Suzanne Golden, and Dodger Productions
*"The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson. Produced by Lloyd Richards, Yale Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Gordon Davidson, Jujamcyn Theatres, Benjamin Mordecai, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre and Old Globe Theatre

Best Musical----
*"City of Angels" Produced by Nick Vanoff, Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters, Suntory International Corp., and The Shubert Organization
*"Aspects of Love" Produced by The Really Useful Theater Co., Inc.
*"Grand Hotel" Produced by Martin Richards, Mary Lea Johnson, Sam Crothers, Sander Jacobs, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, Paramount Pictures, Jujamcyn Theaters, Patty Grubman, and Marvin A. Krauss
*"Meet Me in St. Louis" Produced by Brickhill-Burke Productions, Christopher Seabrooke, and EPI Products

Best Revival----
*"Gypsy" Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Kathy Levin, and Barry Brown
*"Sweeney Todd" Produced by Circle in the Square Theatre, Theodore Mann, and Paul Libin
*"The Circle" Produced by Elliot Martin, The Shubert Organization, and Suntory International Corp.
*"The Merchant of Venice" Produced by Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff, Punch Productions and Peter Hall

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Robert Morse ("Tru")
*Charles S. Dutton ("The Piano Lesson")
*Dustin Hoffman ("The Merchant of Venice")
*Tom Hulce ("A Few Good Men")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Maggie Smith ("Lettice and Lovage")
*Geraldine James ("The Merchant of Venice")
*Mary-Louise Parker ("Prelude to a Kiss")
*Kathleen Turner ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*James Naughton ("City of Angels")
*David Carroll ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Gregg Edelman ("City of Angels")
*Bob Gunton ("Sweeney Todd")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Tyne Daly ("Gypsy")
*Georgia Brown ("Threepenny Opera")
*Beth Fowler ("Sweeney Todd")
*Liliane Montevecchi (Grand Hotel, The Musical)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Charles Durning ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")
*Rocky Carroll ("The Piano Lesson")
*Terry Kinney ("The Grapes of Wrath")
*Gary Sinise ("The Grapes of Wrath") Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Margaret Tyzack ("Lettice and Lovage")
*Polly Holliday ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof")
*S. Epatha Merkerson ("The Piano Lesson")
*Lois Smith ("The Grapes of Wrath")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Michael Jeter ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*René Auberjonois ("City of Angels")
*Kevin Colson ("Aspects of Love")
*Jonathan Hadary ("Gypsy")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Randy Graff ("City of Angels")
*Jane Krakowski ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Kathleen Rowe McAllen ("Aspects of Love")
*Crista Moore ("Gypsy")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Frank Galati ("Grapes of Wrath")
*Michael Blakemore ("Lettice and Lovage")
*Peter Hall ("The Merchant of Venice")
*Lloyd Richards ("The Piano Lesson")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Tommy Tune ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Michael Blakemore ("City of Angels")
*Trevor Nunn ("Aspects of Love")
*Susan H. Schulman (Sweeney Todd)

Best Choreography----
*Tommy Tune ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Joan Brickhill ("Meet Me in St. Louis")
*Graciela Daniele and Tina Paul ("Dangerous Games")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"City of Angels" by Larry Gelbart
*"Aspects of Love" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
*"Grand Hotel" by Luther Davis
*"Meet Me in St. Louis" by Hugh Wheeler

Best Original Score
*"City of Angels". Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel
*"Aspects of Love". Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart
*"Grand Hotel" . Music and lyrics by Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Maury Yeston
*"Meet Me in St. Louis". Music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine

Best Scenic Design----
*Robin Wagner ("City of Angels")
*Alexandra Byrne ("Some Americans Abroad")
*Kevin Rigdon ("Grapes of Wrath")
*Tony Walton ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Santo Loquasto ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("Gypsy")
*Florence Klotz ("City of Angels")
*Erin Quigley ("The Grapes of Wrath")

Tony Award for Best Lighting ----
*Jules Fisher ("Grand Hotel, The Musical")
*Paul Gallo ("City of Angels")
*Paul Pyant and Neil Peter Jampolis ("Orpheus Descending")
*Kevin Rigdon ("The Grapes of Wrath")

pecial Awards

*Regional Theater Tony Award
*Seattle Repertory Theatre

*Tony Honor - Alfred Drake, for Excellence in the Theatre

External links

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