# 48th Tony Awards

The 48th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 12, 1994. The hosts were Sir Anthony Hopkins and Amy Irving.

## Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1993–1994 season before May 12, 1994 are eligible.

## Presenters

George Abbott, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Glenn Close, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Keitel, Jack Klugman, Swoosie Kurtz, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Steve Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Martin Short, Paul Sorvino, Jean Stapleton, Marlo Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Vanessa L. Williams

## Musical Sequence

Victor Garber introduced scenes from the 1994 nominees for Best Revival of a Musical:
* Grease ("We Go Together" – Company);
* She Loves Me ("I Don't Know His Name"/"She Loves Me" – Diane Fratantoni, Sally Mayes and Boyd Gaines);
* Damn Yankees ("Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo." – Vicki Lewis and Company);
* Carousel ("You'll Never Walk Alone"- Shirley Verrett and Company).
* Vanessa L. Williams on live remote from Toronto introduced Show Boat ("Ol' Man River" – Michel Bell and Company).

## Musicals represented

* A Grand Night for Singing ("People Will Say We're in Love"/"Some Enchanted Evening"/"It's a Grand Night for Singing" – Company);
* Beauty and the Beast ("Me"/"Be Our Guest"/"If I Can't Love Her"/"Beauty and the Beast" – Company);
* Cyrano: The Musical (Company);
* Passion ("Happiness"/"Drums and Music"/"Finale" – Company).
This was the first year for several awards: the award for Best Revival was given separately for plays and musicals, and the "Lifetime Achievement Award". The first Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to husband-and-wife Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn by another husband-and-wife, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.

## Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold
| Best Play | Best Musical |
| Angels in America: Perestroika – Tony Kushner Broken Glass – Arthur Miller The Kentucky Cycle – Robert Schenkkan Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – Anna Deavere Smith | Passion Beauty and the Beast Cyrano: The Musical A Grand Night for Singing |
| Best Revival of a Play | Best Revival of a Musical |
| An Inspector Calls Abe Lincoln in Illinois Medea Timon of Athens | Carousel Damn Yankees Grease She Loves Me |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
| Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: Perestroika as Prior Walter Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens as Timon Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land as Spooner Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln | Diana Rigg – Medea as Medea Nancy Marchand – Black Comedy as Mrs. Furnival/Sophie Joan Rivers – Sally Marr... and Her Escorts as Sally Marr Anna Deavere Smith – Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 as Various Characters |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Boyd Gaines – She Loves Me as Georg Nowack Victor Garber – Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate Terrence Mann – Beauty and the Beast as The Beast Jere Shea – Passion as Giorgio | Donna Murphy – Passion as Fosca Susan Egan – Beauty and the Beast as Belle Dee Hoty – The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public as Mona Stangley Judy Kuhn – She Loves Me as Amalia Balash |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
| Jeffrey Wright – Angels in America: Perestroika as Belize/Various Characters Larry Bryggman – Picnic as Howard Bevans David Marshall Grant – Angels in America: Perestroika as Joe Pitt/Various Characters Gregory Itzin – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters | Jane Adams – An Inspector Calls as Sheila Birling Debra Monk – Picnic as Rosemary Sydney Jeanne Paulsen – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters Anne Pitoniak – Picnic as Helen Potts |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Jarrod Emick – Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy Tom Aldredge – Passion as Dr. Tambourri Gary Beach – Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere Jonathan Freeman – She Loves Me as Headwaiter | Audra McDonald – Carousel as Carrie Pipperidge Snow Marcia Lewis – Grease as Miss Lynch Sally Mayes – She Loves Me as Ilona Ritter Marin Mazzie – Passion as Clara |
| Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
| James Lapine – Passion Walter Bobbie – A Grand Night for Singing Linda Woolverton – Beauty and the Beast Koen van Dijk – Cyrano: The Musical | Passion – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice (lyrics) Cyrano: The Musical – Ad van Dijk (music) and Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) |
| Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
| Bob Crowley – Carousel Peter J. Davidson – Medea Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls Tony Walton – She Loves Me | Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast David Charles and Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me Jane Greenwood – Passion Yan Tax – Cyrano: The Musical |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Choreography |
| Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls Beverly Emmons – Passion Jules Fisher – Angels in America: Perestroika Natasha Katz – Beauty and the Beast | Sir Kenneth MacMillan – Carousel Jeff Calhoun – Grease Rob Marshall – Damn Yankees Rob Marshall – She Loves Me |
| Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
| Stephen Daldry – An Inspector Calls Gerald Gutierrez – Abe Lincoln in Illinois Michael Langham – Timon of Athens George C. Wolfe – Angels in America: Perestroika | Nicholas Hytner – Carousel Scott Ellis – She Loves Me James Lapine – Passion Robert Jess Roth – Beauty and the Beast |

## Special Tony Awards

* Regional Theatre Award — McCarter Theatre
* Lifetime Achievement Award — Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn