42nd Tony Awards
| 42nd Tony Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 5, 1988 |
| Location | Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York |
| Hosted by | Angela Lansbury |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury.
Eligibility
[edit ]Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1987–1988 season before May 4, 1988 were eligible.
- Original plays
- Breaking the Code
- Burn This
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- La Serva Amorosa
- M. Butterfly
- Serious Money
- Sherlock's Last Case
- Speed-the-Plow
- A Walk in the Woods
- Original musicals
- Chess
- Don't Get God Started
- The Gospel at Colonus
- Into the Woods
- Late Nite Comic
- Oba Oba
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Romance/Romance
- Roza
- Sarafina!
- Teddy & Alice
- Play revivals
- Musical revivals
The ceremony
[edit ]Musicals represented were:[1]
- A Chorus Line , "Music and the Mirror" – Donna McKechnie
- Anything Goes , "Anything Goes" – Patti LuPone and Company
- Dreamgirls , "One Night Only"/"Dreamgirls" – Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Terry Burrell;
- Into the Woods , "Into the Woods"/"Children Will Listen" – Phylicia Rashad and Company;
- The Phantom of the Opera , Last verse of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Music of The Night" – Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford;
- Romance/Romance , "I'll Always Remember the Song"/"It's Not Too Late" – Scott Bakula, Alison Fraser and Company
- Sarafina! , "Sarafina!" – Company
Plays represented were:[1] M. Butterfly , Scene with John Lithgow and BD Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone , Scene with Mel Winkler, Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo; A Walk in the Woods , Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky; and Speed-the-Plow , Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver.
A tribute to the late Michael Bennett was performed by Donna McKechnie of the original Chorus Line and the three original Dreamgirls, Terry Burrell, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph.[2]
At these Tony Awards, the longest-running musical on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera , competed for awards and received the season's Best Musical award.
Winners and nominees
[edit ]Winners are in bold
Special awards
[edit ]- South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
- Special Awards
Multiple nominations and awards
[edit ]These productions had multiple nominations:
- 10 nominations: Anything Goes , Into the Woods and The Phantom of the Opera
- 7 nominations: M. Butterfly
- 6 nominations: Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- 5 nominations: Romance/Romance and Sarafina!
- 4 nominations: Cabaret
- 3 nominations: Breaking the Code , Speed-the-Plow and A Streetcar Named Desire
- 2 nominations: Burn This , Chess and A Walk in the Woods
The following productions received multiple awards.
- 7 wins: The Phantom of the Opera
- 3 wins: Anything Goes , Into the Woods and M. Butterfly
See also
[edit ]- Drama Desk Awards
- 1988 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions
- Obie Award
- New York Drama Critics' Circle
- Theatre World Award
- Lucille Lortel Awards
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011
- ^ Rothstein, Mervyn." 'Phantom Of The Opera' Wins Seven Tonys; Best Play: 'Butterfly' " New York Times, June 6, 1988