56th Tony Awards
DateJune 2, 2002
LocationRadio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
HostBernadette Peters
Gregory Hines
Most winsThoroughly Modern Millie (6)
Most nominationsThoroughly Modern Millie (11)
NetworkCBS
Ratings7.9 million[1]
ProducerRicky Kirshner
Gary Smith
DirectorGlenn Weiss
Previous55th
MainTony Awards
Next57th
Websitetonyawards.com

The 56th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 2, 2002 and broadcast by CBS. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television. The event was co-hosted by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.[2]

With her win as a producer of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Whoopi Goldberg became the 10th person to become an EGOT winner.

The ceremony

The show opened with a tribute to Richard Rodgers, featuring a medley of his songs performed by Marvin Hamlisch, Harry Connick Jr., Michele Lee, Mos Def, Lea Salonga, Peter Gallagher, John Raitt, Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines, and the company of Oklahoma! A Broadway/New York song medley was performed by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.[3]

Presentations from nominated musicals:[3]

The First Ten awards were presented prior to the full ceremony and broadcast on PBS. The awards presented were: Best Direction of a Play, Direction of a Musical, Book of a Musical, Original Score, Choreography, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Scenic Design. There were also interviews and "rehearsal and performance clips from the nominated shows."[4]

The broadcast won the 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for Glenn Weiss.[5]

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2001–02 season before May 2, 2002 are eligible.

Original plays
Original musicals
Play revivals
Musical revivals

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Playstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Playstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Playstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musicalstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Playstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musicalstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Book of a Musicalstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Scenic Designstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Designstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Orchestrations
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Playstyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Musical
style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreographystyle="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Special Theatrical Event

Special awards

Source: TheaterMania[6]

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

The following productions received multiple awards.

See also

References

  1. ^ Porter, Rick (June 13, 2010). "Tony Awards Ratings History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew."Tony News: Musical Numbers and Likely Presenters for the June 2 Broadcast" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 23, 2002
  3. ^ "Year by Year 2002" Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed April 28, 2011
  4. ^ Gans, Andrew."Together Again: PBS and CBS Will Televise Tony 2002 Awards" Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 7, 2002
  5. ^ Gans, Andrew."2002 Tony Awards Telecast Wins an Emmy" playbill.com, September 22, 2003
  6. ^ Portantiere, Michael. "Jennifer Jason Leigh and Steven Weber Announce Tony Nominees at Sardi's" theatermania.com, May 6, 2002