Winners are indicated in boldface type in the following list of nominees for the 57th annual awards that honor the best of the past Broadway season.
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BEST PLAY:
Enchanted April
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Take Me Out
Vincent in Brixton
BEST MUSICAL:
Amour
Hairspray
Movin' Out
A Year With Frog and Toad
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL:
Gypsy
La Bohème
Man of La Mancha
Nine
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY:
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Dinner at Eight
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Long Day's Journey Into Night
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Brian Bedford, Tartuffe
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eddie Izzard, Joe Egg
Paul Newman, Our Town
Stanley Tucci, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY :
Jayne Atkinson, Enchanted April
Victoria Hamilton, Joe Egg
Clare Higgins, Vincent in Brixton
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Fiona Shaw, Medea
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL :
Antonio Banderas, Nine
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Malcolm Gets, Amour
John Selya, Movin' Out
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Man of La Mancha
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Melissa Errico, Amour
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Man of La Mancha
Elizabeth Parkinson, Movin' Out
Bernadette Peters, Gypsy
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY :
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert Sean Leonard, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out
Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Christine Ebersole, Dinner at Eight
Linda Emond, Life x 3
Kathryn Meisle, Tartuffe
Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms
Marian Seldes, Dinner at Eight
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL :
Michael Cavanaugh, Movin' Out
John Dossett, Gypsy
Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Corey Reynolds, Hairspray
Keith Roberts, Movin’ Out
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Tammy Blanchard, Gypsy
Jane Krakowski, Nine
Mary Stuart Masterson, Nine
Chita Rivera, Nine
Ashley Tuttle, Movin' Out
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY:
Laurence Boswell, Joe Egg
Robert Falls, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello, Take Me Out
Deborah Warner, Medea
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL :
David Leveaux, Nine
Baz Luhrmann, La Bohème
Jack O'Brien, Hairspray
Twyla Tharp, Movin' Out
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL:
Didier van Cauwelaert, English adaptation by Jeremy Sams, Amour
Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Hairspray
Willie Reale, A Year with Frog and Toad
David Henry Hwang, Flower Drum Song
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Michel Legrand, Didier van Cauwelaert, English adaptation by Jeremy Sams, Amour
Willie and Robert Reale, A Year with Frog and Toad
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Hairspray
Various composers, Urban Cowboy
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
Robert Longbottom, Flower Drum Song
Jerry Mitchell, Hairspray
Melinda Roy, Urban Cowboy
Twyla Tharp, Movin' Out
BEST SCENIC DESIGN:
John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight
Santo Loquasto, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Catherine Martin, La Bohème
David Rockwell, Hairspray
BEST COSTUME DESIGN :
Gregg Barnes, Flower Drum Song
William Ivey Long, Hairspray
Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie, La Bohème
Catherine Zuber, Dinner at Eight
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN :
Donald Holder, Movin' Out
Nigel Levings, La Bohème
Brian MacDevitt, Nine
Kenneth Posner, Hairspray
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS:
Billy Joel and Stuart Malina, Movin' Out
Nicholas Kitsopoulos, La Bohème
Jonathan Tunick, Nine
Harold Wheeler, Hairspray
SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT:
The Play What I Wrote
Prune Danish
Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam
Bill Maher's Victory Begins at Home
Previously announced 2003 award or honors recipients:
TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE:
The principal ensemble of La Bohème
Paul Huntley, wig designer
Johnson-Liff Casting Associates
The Acting Company
SPECIAL TONY AWARD:
Cy Feuer for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD:
The Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
Here's the tally of productions and number of Tony wins:
Hairspray, 8
Long Day's Journey Into Night, 3
Take Me Out, 3
Nine, 2
La Bohème, 2
Movin' Out, 2
Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, 1
Hollywood Arms, 1
