52nd Tony Awards

The 52nd Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 7, 1998 at Radio City Music Hall and was broadcast by CBS television. A documentaries segment was telecast on PBS television . The ceremony was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, who hosted a total of three times (1997, 1998, and 2000).

The opening number was "Broadway Divas", with Rosie O'Donnell and the Chicago dancers introducing: Patti LuPone ("Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita); Jennifer Holliday ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls); and Betty Buckley ("Memory" from Cats).

Musicals represented:

• Ragtime ("Ragtime" - Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald and Company);
• The Sound of Music ("Wedding"/"Do-Re-Mi"/"The Sound of Music" Finale - Rebecca Luker and Company);
• 1776 ("Sit Down, John" - Richard Poe and Company);
• The Lion King ("Circle of Life" - Tsidii Le Loka and Company);
• Cabaret ("Willkommen" - Alan Cumming and Company);
• Side Show ("I Will Never Leave You" - Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner); and
• The Scarlet Pimpernel ("Into the Fire" - Douglas Sills and Company).

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Production

Best Play

• 'Art' by Yasmina Reza
• Freak by John Leguizamo
• Golden Child by David Henry Hwang
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh

Best Musical

• The Lion King
• Ragtime
• Side Show
• The Scarlet Pimpernel

Best Revival of a Play

• A View From the Bridge
• Ah, Wilderness!
• The Chairs
• The Diary of Anne Frank

Best Revival of a Musical

• Cabaret
• 1776
• The Sound of Music

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Anthony LaPaglia for A View From the Bridge
• Richard Briers (The Chairs)
• John Leguizamo (Freak)
• Alfred Molina (Art)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Marie Mullen for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• Jane Alexander (Honour)
• Allison Janney (A View From the Bridge)
• Geraldine McEwan (The Chairs)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Alan Cumming (Cabaret)
• Peter Friedman (Ragtime)
• Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime)
• Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Natasha Richardson for Cabaret
• Betty Buckley (Triumph of Love)
• Marin Mazzie (Ragtime)
• Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner (Side Show)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Tom Murphy for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• Brian F. O'Byrne (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
• Sam Trammell (Ah, Wilderness!)
• Max Wright (Ivanov)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Anna Manahan for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• Enid Graham (Honour)
• Linda Lavin (The Diary of Anne Frank)
• Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Ron Rifkin for Cabaret
• Gregg Edelman (1776)
• John McMartin (High Society)
• Samuel E. Wright (The Lion King)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Audra McDonald for Ragtime
• Anna Kendrick (High Society)
• Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King)
• Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret)

Craft

Best Direction of a Play

• Garry Hynes for The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• Michael Mayer
• Simon McBurney
• Matthew Warchus

Best Direction of a Musical

• Julie Taymor for The Lion King
• Scott Ellis
• Frank Galati
• Sam Mendes with Rob Marshall

Best Choreography

• Garth Fagan for The Lion King
• Graciela Daniele
• Forever Tango Dancers
• Rob Marshall

Best Book of a Musical

• Terrence McNally (Ragtime)
• Bill Russell (Side Show)
• Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi (The Lion King)
• Nan Knighton (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

• Ragtime Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
• Side Show Music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Bill Russell
• The Capeman Music by Paul Simon, lyrics by Derek Walcott
• The Lion King Music and lyrics by Elton John, Tim Rice, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Hans Zimmer

Best Orchestrations

• William David Brohn (Ragtime)
• Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler (The Lion King)
• Michael Gibson (Cabaret)
• Stanley Silverman (The Capeman)

Best Scenic Design

• Richard Hudson (The Lion King)
• Bob Crowley (The Capeman)
• Eugene Lee (Ragtime)
• Quay Brothers (The Chairs)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design

• Julie Taymor (The Lion King)
• William Ivey Long (Cabaret)
• Santo Loquasto (Ragtime)
• Martin Pakledinaz (Golden Child)

Tony Award for Best Lighting

• Donald Holder (The Lion King)
• Paul Anderson (The Chairs)
• Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari (Cabaret)
• Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Ragtime)

Special awards

• Regional Theater Tony Award

Denver Center Theatre Company

• Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Ben Edwards

Edward E. Colton

• Tony Honor Winner

The International Theatre Institute of the United States

See also

Tony Awards

External links

• Tony Awards Official website