56th Tony Awards

56th Tony Awards
56th Tony Awards
	Official poster for the 56th annual Tony Awards
Date	June 2, 2002
Location	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Bernadette Peters; Gregory Hines
Most awards	Thoroughly Modern Millie (6)
Most nominations	Thoroughly Modern Millie (11)
Website	tonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Viewership	7.9 million
Produced by	Ricky Kirshner; Gary Smith
Directed by	Glenn Weiss

The 56th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 2, 2002 and broadcast by CBS. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television. The event was co-hosted by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.^[2]

With her win as a producer of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Whoopi Goldberg became the 10th person to become an EGOT winner.

The ceremony

The show opened with a tribute to Richard Rodgers, featuring a medley of his songs performed by Marvin Hamlisch, Harry Connick Jr., Michele Lee, Mos Def, Lea Salonga, Peter Gallagher, John Raitt, Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines, and the company of Oklahoma! A Broadway/New York song medley was performed by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.^[3]

Presentations from nominated musicals:^[3]

Into the Woods: "Children Will Listen", "Ever After" and "Into the Woods" - Vanessa Williams, John McMartin, Company
Mamma Mia!: "I Have a Dream", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita" and "Dancing Queen" - Louise Pitre, Judy Kaye, Karen Mason, Tina Maddigan, Company
Thoroughly Modern Millie: "Forget About the Boy"/"Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan, Casey Nicholaw, Noah Racey, Company
Sweet Smell of Success: "Dirt" - John Lithgow, Company
Urinetown: "Run, Freedom, Run" - Hunter Foster, Spencer Kayden, Jeff McCarthy, Company
Oklahoma!: "The Farmer and the Cowman" - Company

The First Ten awards were presented prior to the full ceremony and broadcast on PBS. The awards presented were: Best Direction of a Play, Direction of a Musical, Book of a Musical, Original Score, Choreography, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Scenic Design. There were also interviews and "rehearsal and performance clips from the nominated shows."^[4]

The broadcast won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program; the director was Glenn Weiss.^[5]

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2001–02 season before May 2, 2002 are eligible.

Original plays

An Almost Holy Picture
Fortune’s Fool
45 Seconds from Broadway
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
The Graduate
If you ever leave me...I'm going with you!
Metamorphoses
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
QED
The Smell of the Kill
Topdog/Underdog

Original musicals

Play revivals

Musical revivals

Into the Woods
Oklahoma!

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? – Edward Albee Fortune's Fool – Mike Poulton Metamorphoses – Mary Zimmerman Topdog/Underdog – Suzan-Lori Parks	Thoroughly Modern Millie Mamma Mia! Sweet Smell of Success Urinetown
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
Private Lives The Crucible Morning's at Seven Noises Off	Into the Woods Oklahoma!
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Alan Bates – Fortune's Fool* as Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin** Billy Crudup – The Elephant Man as John Merrick Liam Neeson – The Crucible as John Proctor Alan Rickman – Private Lives as Elyot Chase Jeffrey Wright – Topdog/Underdog as Lincoln	*Lindsay Duncan – Private Lives* as Amanda Prynne** Kate Burton – Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler Laura Linney – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor Helen Mirren – The Dance of Death as Alice Mercedes Ruehl – The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? as Stevie
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*John Lithgow – Sweet Smell of Success* as J.J. Hunsecker** Gavin Creel – Thoroughly Modern Millie as Jimmy Smith John McMartin – Into the Woods as Narrator/Mysterious Man Patrick Wilson – Oklahoma! as Curly John Cullum – Urinetown as Caldwell B. Cladwell	*Sutton Foster – Thoroughly Modern Millie* as Millie Dillmount** Louise Pitre – Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan Vanessa L. Williams – Into the Woods as The Witch Nancy Opel – Urinetown as Penelope Pennywise Jennifer Laura Thompson – Urinetown as Hope Cladwell
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Frank Langella – Fortune's Fool* as Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov** Brian Murray – The Crucible as Deputy-Governor Danforth William Biff McGuire – Morning's at Seven as Theodore Swanson Sam Robards – The Man Who Had All the Luck as Gustav Eberson Stephen Tobolowsky – Morning's at Seven as Homer Bolton	*Katie Finneran – Noises Off* as Brooke Ashton** Kate Burton – The Elephant Man as Pinhead/Mrs. Kendal Elizabeth Franz – Morning's at Seven as Aaronetta Gibbs Estelle Parsons – Morning's at Seven as Cora Swanson Frances Sternhagen – Morning's at Seven as Ida Bolton
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Shuler Hensley – Oklahoma!* as Jud Fry** Gregg Edelman – Into the Woods as The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince Brian d'Arcy James – Sweet Smell of Success as Sidney Falco Marc Kudisch – Thoroughly Modern Millie as Trevor Graydon Norbert Leo Butz – Thou Shalt Not as Camille Raquin	*Harriet Sansom Harris – Thoroughly Modern Millie* as Ms. Meers** Andrea Martin – Oklahoma! as Aunt Eller Judy Kaye – Mamma Mia! as Rosie Mulligan Laura Benanti – Into the Woods as Cinderella Spencer Kayden – Urinetown as Little Sally
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Greg Kotis – Urinetown Catherine Johnson – Mamma Mia! John Guare – Sweet Smell of Success Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan – Thoroughly Modern Millie	Urinetown – Mark Hollmann (music and lyrics) and Greg Kotis (lyrics) Sweet Smell of Success – Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Craig Carnelia (lyrics) Thoroughly Modern Millie – Jeanine Tesori (music) and Dick Scanlan (lyrics) Thou Shalt Not – Harry Connick, Jr. (music and lyrics)
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Tim Hatley – Private Lives Daniel Ostling – Metamorphoses Douglas W. Schmidt – Into the Woods John Lee Beatty – Morning's at Seven	Martin Pakledinaz – Thoroughly Modern Millie Jenny Beavan – Private Lives Susan Hilferty – Into the Woods Jane Greenwood – Morning's at Seven
Best Lighting Design	Best Orchestrations
Brian MacDevitt – Into the Woods David Hersey – Oklahoma! Natasha Katz – Sweet Smell of Success Paul Gallo – The Crucible	Doug Besterman and Ralph Burns– Thoroughly Modern Millie Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch – Mamma Mia! William David Brohn – Sweet Smell of Success Bruce Coughlin – Urinetown
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Mary Zimmerman – Metamorphoses Howard Davies – Private Lives Richard Eyre – The Crucible Daniel Sullivan – Morning's at Seven	John Rando – Urinetown James Lapine – Into the Woods Michael Mayer – Thoroughly Modern Millie Trevor Nunn – Oklahoma!
Best Choreography	Best Special Theatrical Event
Rob Ashford – Thoroughly Modern Millie John Carrafa – Urinetown John Carrafa – Into the Woods Susan Stroman – Oklahoma!	Elaine Stritch at Liberty Bea Arthur on Broadway Barbara Cook in Mostly Sondheim Sexaholix.. A Love Story

Special awards

Source: TheaterMania^[6]

Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Williamstown Theatre Festival
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Robert Whitehead
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Julie Harris

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: Thoroughly Modern Millie
10 nominations: Into the Woods and Urinetown
9 nominations: Morning's at Seven
7 nominations: Oklahoma! and Sweet Smell of Success
6 nominations: The Crucible and Private Lives
5 nominations: Mamma Mia!
3 nominations: Fortune's Fool and Metamorphoses
2 nominations: The Elephant Man, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Noises Off, Thou Shalt Not and Topdog/Underdog

The following productions received multiple awards.

6 wins: Thoroughly Modern Millie
3 wins: Private Lives and Urinetown
2 wins: Fortune's Fool and Into the Woods

References

^ Porter, Rick (June 13, 2010). "Tony Awards Ratings History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ Gans, Andrew."Tony News: Musical Numbers and Likely Presenters for the June 2 Broadcast" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 23, 2002
^ ^a ^b "Year by Year 2002" Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed April 28, 2011
^ Gans, Andrew."Together Again: PBS and CBS Will Televise Tony 2002 Awards" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 7, 2002
^ Gans, Andrew."2002 Tony Awards Telecast Wins an Emmy" playbill.com, September 22, 2003
^ Portantiere, Michael. "Jennifer Jason Leigh and Steven Weber Announce Tony Nominees at Sardi's" theatermania.com, May 6, 2002

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

[Tony_ratings-1] Porter, Rick (June 13, 2010). "Tony Awards Ratings History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

[2] Gans, Andrew."Tony News: Musical Numbers and Likely Presenters for the June 2 Broadcast" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 23, 2002

[berngreg-3] "Year by Year 2002" Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed April 28, 2011

[4] Gans, Andrew."Together Again: PBS and CBS Will Televise Tony 2002 Awards" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 7, 2002

[5] Gans, Andrew."2002 Tony Awards Telecast Wins an Emmy" playbill.com, September 22, 2003

[6] Portantiere, Michael. "Jennifer Jason Leigh and Steven Weber Announce Tony Nominees at Sardi's" theatermania.com, May 6, 2002

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