61st Tony Awards

61st Tony Awards
Official poster for the 61st annual Tony Awards
Date	June 10, 2007
Venue	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Host	Several
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
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The 61st Annual Tony Awards were held on June 10, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS television broadcasting the ceremony live. As at the 2006 Tony awards, there was no host and the show was emceed by the presenters. The cut-off date for eligibility was May 9, meaning that to be qualified for the 2006-2007 season, shows must have opened before or on this date.

Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs announced the nominations on May 15, 2007.^[1][2]

This Tony Awards show won an Emmy Award, Outstanding Special Class Program, at the 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards presented on September 8, 2007. Glenn Weiss, the director of the awards show, received a Directors Guild of America Awards nomination, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety (television).^[3]

Contents 1 Presenters 2 Performances 3 Nominations and wins tally 4 Winners and nominees 4.1 Production 4.2 Performance 4.3 Craft 5 Special Tony Award 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Presenters

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Jane Alexander Christina Applegate Zach Braff Harry Connick, Jr. Claire Danes Jeff Daniels Brian Dennehy Taye Diggs Harvey Fierstein Carla Gugino Marvin Hamlisch Marcia Gay Harden Neil Patrick Harris Anne Heche Marg Helgenberger Christian Hoff

Felicity Huffman Mark Indelicato Eddie Izzard John Kander Jane Krakowski Angela Lansbury Robert Sean Leonard John Mahoney Audra McDonald Idina Menzel Bebe Neuwirth Cynthia Nixon Donny Osmond Bernadette Peters

David Hyde Pierce Christopher Plummer Daniel Reichard Anika Noni Rose Liev Schreiber Kevin Spacey J. Robert Spencer Tommy Tune John Turturro Usher Ben Vereen Vanessa L. Williams Patrick Wilson Rainn Wilson John Lloyd Young

Performances

The opening number had the cast of A Chorus Line in rehearsal clothing dancing and singing "I Hope I Get It," outside of Radio City Music Hall accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch on the piano, with the cast then ending on the stage in full gold costumes performing "One".

The following musicals or performers performed:

• 110 in the Shade ("Raunchy") -- Audra McDonald and John Cullum
• Grey Gardens ("The Revolutionary Costume for Today") -- Christine Ebersole
• Spring Awakening (medley of "Mama Who Bore Me," "The Bitch of Living," and "Totally Fucked"*)-- Company
• Curtains ("Show People") -- Company
• Mary Poppins (medley of "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Step in Time," and "Anything Can Happen") -- Company
• Company ("Being Alive") -- Raul Esparza
• "American Idol" winner and replacement star Fantasia Barrino performed a song from The Color Purple (musical) in honor of Regional Theater Tony Winner Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA, where the show premiered.

• * Because it was a live TV performance, "The Bitch of Living" (for references to masturbation) and "Totally Fucked" (for explicit lyrics) were censored for that night's performance.

Nominations and wins tally

Production	Nomination(s)	Win(s)
110 in the Shade	5	-
A Chorus Line	2	-
A Moon for the Misbegotten	1	-
Butley	1	-
Company	3	1
Coram Boy	6	-
Curtains	8	1
Deuce	1	-
Frost/Nixon	3	1
Grey Gardens	10	3
Heartbreak House	2	-
High Fidelity	1	-
Inherit the Wind	4	-
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only	1	1
Journey's End	6	1
Kiki and Herb	1	-
Legally Blonde	7	-
LoveMusik	4	-
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me	1	-
Mary Poppins	7	1
Radio Golf	4	-
Spring Awakening	11	8
Talk Radio	2	-
The Apple Tree	1	-
The Coast of Utopia	10	7
The Little Dog Laughed	2	1
The Year of Magical Thinking	1	-
Translations	1	-

Winners and nominees

• Winners are in bold.

Production

Best Play

• The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard

• Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan

• The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane

• Radio Golf by August Wilson

Best Musical

• Curtains

• Grey Gardens

• Mary Poppins

• Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Play

• Inherit the Wind

• Journey's End

• Talk Radio

• Translations

Best Revival of a Musical

• The Apple Tree

• A Chorus Line

• Company

• 110 in the Shade

Performance

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Boyd Gaines in Journey's End

• Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon

• Brían F. O’Byrne in The Coast of Utopia

• Christopher Plummer in Inherit the Wind

• Liev Schreiber in Talk Radio

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Eve Best in A Moon for the Misbegotten

• Swoosie Kurtz in Heartbreak House

• Angela Lansbury in Deuce

• Vanessa Redgrave in The Year of Magical Thinking

• Julie White in The Little Dog Laughed

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Michael Cerveris in LoveMusik

• Raúl Esparza in Company

• Jonathan Groff in Spring Awakening

• Gavin Lee in Mary Poppins

• David Hyde Pierce in Curtains

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Laura Bell Bundy in Legally Blonde The Musical

• Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens

• Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade

• Debra Monk in Curtains

• Donna Murphy in LoveMusik

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Anthony Chisholm in Radio Golf

• Billy Crudup in The Coast of Utopia

• Ethan Hawke in The Coast of Utopia

• John Earl Jelks in Radio Golf

• Stark Sands in Journey’s End

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Jennifer Ehle in The Coast of Utopia

• Xanthe Elbrick in Coram Boy

• Dana Ivey in Butley

• Jan Maxwell in Coram Boy

• Martha Plimpton in The Coast of Utopia

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Brooks Ashmanskas in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me

• Christian Borle in Legally Blonde The Musical

• John Cullum in 110 in the Shade

• John Gallagher, Jr. in Spring Awakening

• David Pittu in LoveMusik

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Charlotte d'Amboise in A Chorus Line

• Rebecca Luker in Mary Poppins

• Orfeh in Legally Blonde The Musical

• Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens

• Karen Ziemba in Curtains

Craft

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

• Curtains by Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone

• Grey Gardens by Doug Wright

• Legally Blonde The Musical by Heather Hach

• Spring Awakening by Steven Sater

Tony Award for Best Original Score

• Curtains, Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes

• Grey Gardens, Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie

• Legally Blonde The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin

• Spring Awakening, Music by Duncan Sheik; Lyrics by Steven Sater

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

• Michael Grandage for Frost/Nixon

• David Grindley for Journey’s End

• Jack O’Brien for The Coast of Utopia

• Melly Still for Coram Boy

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

• John Doyle for Company

• Scott Ellis for Curtains

• Michael Greif for Grey Gardens

• Michael Mayer (director) for Spring Awakening

Tony Award for Best Choreography

• Rob Ashford for Curtains

• Matthew Bourne & Stephen Mear for Mary Poppins

• Bill T. Jones for Spring Awakening

• Jerry Mitchell for Legally Blonde The Musical

Tony Award for Best Orchestrations

• Duncan Sheik for Spring Awakening

• Bruce Coughlin for Grey Gardens

• Jonathan Tunick for LoveMusik

• Jonathan Tunick for 110 in the Shade

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (PLAY)

• Bob Crowley & Scott Pask for The Coast of Utopia

• Jonathan Fensom for Journey’s End

• David Gallo for Radio Golf

• Ti Green & Melly Still for Coram Boy

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (MUSICAL)

• Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins

• Christine Jones for Spring Awakening

• Anna Louizos for High Fidelity

• Allen Moyer for Grey Gardens

Tony Award for Best Costume Design (PLAY)

• Catherine Zuber for The Coast of Utopia

• Ti Green & Melly Still for Coram Boy

• Jane Greenwood for Heartbreak House

• Santo Loquasto for Inherit the Wind

Tony Award for Best Costume Design (MUSICAL)

• William Ivey Long for Grey Gardens

• Gregg Barnes for Legally Blonde The Musical

• Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins

• Susan Hilferty for Spring Awakening

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (PLAY)

• Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz, for The Coast of Utopia

• Paule Constable for Coram Boy

• Brian MacDevitt for Inherit the Wind

• Jason Taylor for Journey’s End

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (MUSICAL)

• Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening

• Christopher Akerlind for 110 in the Shade

• Howard Harrison for Mary Poppins

• Peter Kaczorowski for Grey Gardens

Special Tony Award

Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event

• Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment

• Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway, Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, Georgia

Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

• Not awarded

See also

• Tony Award

References

1. ^ Playbill News: 2006-2007 Tony Nominations Announced; Spring Awakening Garners 11 Noms
2. ^ The complete list of nominees from the official Tony Awards site
3. ^ playbill.com article, January 11, 2008
4. ^ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM

External links

• The Official Website of the Tony Awards

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