61st Tony Awards

61st Tony Awards

Official poster for the 61st annual Tony Awards
Date June 10, 2007
Location Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Host No formal host
Television/Radio coverage
Network CBS

The 61st Annual Tony Award ceremony was held on June 10, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS television broadcasting live. 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 telecast 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]

The ceremony

As at the 2006 Tony Award ceremony, there was no formal host and the show was emceed by the presenters.[4]

Presenters

[5]

Performances

The opening number showed 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:[4]

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

Winners and nominees

Best Play Best Musical
Best Revival of a Play Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Play Best Direction of a Musical
Best Choreography Best Orchestrations

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 -

Special Tony Award

Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

References

External links

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