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The
55th Annual Tony Award Winners
Written
By Rick Ellis, June 4th, 2001
Here is the
complete list of winners for the American Theatre Wing's 55th Annual
Tony Awards. The Tony Awards are presented by the League of American
Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.
Best Play
Proof by David Auburn
Best Musical
The Producers
Best Book
of a Musical
Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan for The Producers
Best Original
Score
Mel Brooks (music & lyrics) for The Producers
Best Revival
of a Play
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Revival
of a Musical
42nd Street
Best Performance
by a Leading Actor in a Play
Richard Easton for The Invention of Love
Best Performance
by a Leading Actress in a Play
Mary-Louise Parker for Proof
Best Performance
by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Nathan Lane for The Producers
Best Performance
by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Christine Ebersole for 42nd Street
Best Performance
by a Featured Actor in a Play
Robert Sean Leonard for The Invention of Love
Best Performance
by a Featured Actress in a Play
Viola Davis for King Hedley II
Best Performance
by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Gary Beach for The Producers
Best Performance
by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Cady Huffman for The Producers
Best Scenic
Design
Robin Wagner for The Producers
Best Costume
Design
William Ivey Long for The Producers
Best Lighting
Design
Peter Kaczorowski for The Producers
Best Choreography
Susan Stroman for The Producers
Best Direction
of a Play
Daniel Sullivan for Proof
Best Direction
of a Musical
Susan Stroman for The Producers
Best Orchestrations
Douglas Besterman for The Producers
Special
Theatrical Event
The Nominating Committee granted a Tony Award to Blast! (Cook Group
Incorporated and Star of Indiana, producers).
Special Tony
Award
A Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre was
given to musical director Paul Gemignani.
Regional
Theatre Tony Award
Based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association,
a Tony Award for regional theatre was given to Victory Gardens Theater
of Chicago, Illinois. This award is given to a regional theatre
company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement
contributing to the growth of theatre nationally. A $25,000 grant
will be made by Clairol's Nice'n Easy to the not-for-profit Victory
Gardens Theater, which was founded in 1974.
Tony Honors
for Excellence in the Theatre
Tony Honors for excellence in theatre were given to Betty Corwin
and the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, the playwright
workshop New Dramatists, and Theatre World, the annual statistics
and photography book which has been published since 1945.
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