52nd Tony Awards

The52nd Annual Tony Awardsceremony was held on June 7, 1998, atRadio City Music Halland was broadcast byCBStelevision. A documentaries segment was telecast onPBStelevision. The ceremony was hosted byRosie O'Donnell,who hosted a total of three times (1997, 1998, and 2000).

52nd Tony Awards
Date	June 7, 1998
Location	Radio City Music Hall,New York City
Hosted by	Rosie O'Donnell
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

This ceremony is notable for its Best Direction of a Play and Best Direction of a Musical winners both being female, the first time a female has won either award.The writer of the Best Play winner was also female, the second female winner of the award.

Ragtimehad 13 nominations, the most of the night, andRagtime,The Beauty Queen of LeenaneandCabareteach won four Tonys.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1997–1998 season before April 30, 1998 are eligible.

Original plays

• Art
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• Freak
• Golden Child
• The Herbal Bed
• Honour
• Jackie
• The Judas Kiss
• The Old Neighborhood
• Proposals

Original musicals

• The Capeman
• Forever Tango
• High Society
• The Lion King
• Ragtime
• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Side Show
• Street Corner Symphony
• Triumph of Love

Play revivals

• Ah, Wilderness!
• The Chairs
• The Cherry Orchard
• The Deep Blue Sea
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• Ivanov
• The Sunshine Boys
• A View from the Bridge
• Wait Until Dark

Musical revivals

• Cabaret
• 1776
• The Sound of Music

The ceremony

The opening number was "Broadway Divas", withRosie O'Donnelland theChicagodancers introducing:Patti LuPone( "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"fromEvita);Jennifer Holliday( "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"fromDreamgirls); andBetty Buckley( "Memory"fromCats).

Musicals represented:

• Ragtime( "Ragtime" –Marin Mazzie,Audra McDonaldand Company)
• The Sound of Music( "Wedding" / "Do-Re-Mi" / "The Sound of Music" Finale –Rebecca Lukerand Company)
• 1776( "Sit Down, John" –Richard Poeand Company)
• The Lion King( "Circle of Life"–Tsidii Le Lokaand Company)
• Cabaret( "Willkommen" –Alan Cummingand Company)
• Side Show( "I Will Never Leave You" –Alice RipleyandEmily Skinner)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel( "Into the Fire" –Douglas Sillsand Company)

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Art–Yasmina Reza The Beauty Queen of Leenane–Martin McDonagh Freak–John Leguizamo Golden Child–David Henry Hwang	The Lion King Ragtime Side Show The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
A View from the Bridge Ah, Wilderness! The Chairs The Diary of Anne Frank	Cabaret 1776 The Sound of Music
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Anthony LaPaglia–A View from the Bridgeas Eddie Richard Briers–The Chairsas Old Man John Leguizamo–Freakas Himself Alfred Molina–Artas Yvan	Marie Mullen–The Beauty Queen of Leenaneas Maureen Folan Jane Alexander–Honouras Honor Allison Janney–A View from the Bridgeas Beatrice Carbone Geraldine McEwan–The Chairsas Old Woman
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Alan Cumming–Cabaretas The Master of Ceremonies Peter Friedman–Ragtimeas Tateh Brian Stokes Mitchell–Ragtimeas Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Douglas Sills–The Scarlet Pimpernelas Percy Blakeney	Natasha Richardson–Cabaretas Sally Bowles Betty Buckley–Triumph of Loveas Hesione Marin Mazzie–Ragtimeas Mother Alice RipleyandEmily Skinner–Side Showas Violet and Daisy Hilton
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tom Murphy–The Beauty Queen of Leenaneas Ray Dooley Brían F. O'Byrne–The Beauty Queen of Leenaneas Pato Dooley Sam Trammell–Ah, Wilderness!as Richard Miller Max Wright–Ivanovas Pavel Lebedev	Anna Manahan–The Beauty Queen of Leenaneas Mag Folan Enid Graham –Honouras Sophie Linda Lavin–The Diary of Anne Frankas Mrs. Van Daan Julyana Soelistyo–Golden Childas Eng Ahn
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Ron Rifkin–Cabaretas Herr Schultz Gregg Edelman–1776as Edward Rutledge John McMartin–High Societyas Uncle Willie Samuel E. Wright–The Lion Kingas Mufasa	Audra McDonald–Ragtimeas Sarah Anna Kendrick–High Societyas Dinah Lord Tsidii Le Loka–The Lion Kingas Rafiki Mary Louise Wilson–Cabaretas Fraulein Schneider
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Terrence McNally–Ragtime Bill Russell–Side Show Roger AllersandIrene Mecchi–The Lion King Nan Knighton–The Scarlet Pimpernel	Ragtime–Stephen Flaherty(music) andLynn Ahrens(lyrics) Side Show–Henry Krieger(music) andBill Russell(lyrics) The Capeman–Paul Simon(music) andDerek Walcott(lyrics) The Lion King–Elton John,Tim Rice,Lebo M,Mark Mancina,Jay Rifkin,Julie TaymorandHans Zimmer(music and lyrics)
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Richard Hudson–The Lion King Bob Crowley–The Capeman Eugene Lee–Ragtime Quay Brothers–The Chairs	Julie Taymor–The Lion King William Ivey Long–Cabaret Santo Loquasto–Ragtime Martin Pakledinaz–Golden Child
Best Lighting Design	Best Orchestrations
Donald Holder–The Lion King Paul Anderson –The Chairs Peggy Eisenhauerand Mike Baldassari –Cabaret Jules FisherandPeggy Eisenhauer–Ragtime	William David Brohn–Ragtime Robert Elhai,David MetzgerandBruce Fowler–The Lion King Michael Gibson–Cabaret Stanley Silverman–The Capeman
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Garry Hynes–The Beauty Queen of Leenane Michael Mayer–A View from the Bridge Simon McBurney–The Chairs Matthew Warchus–Art	Julie Taymor–The Lion King Scott Ellis–1776 Frank Galati–Ragtime Sam MendeswithRob Marshall–Cabaret
Best Choreography
Garth Fagan–The Lion King Graciela Daniele–Ragtime Forever Tango Dancers –Forever Tango Rob Marshall–Cabaret

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

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 13 nominations:Ragtime
• 11 nominations:The Lion King
• 10 nominations:Cabaret
• 6 nominations:The Beauty Queen of LeenaneandThe Chairs
• 4 nominations:Side ShowandA View from the Bridge
• 3 nominations:Art,The Capeman,Golden Child,The Scarlet Pimperneland1776
• 2 nominations:Ah, Wilderness!,The Diary of Anne Frank,Freak,High SocietyandHonour

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 6 wins:The Lion King
• 4 wins:The Beauty Queen of Leenane,CabaretandRagtime
• 2 wins:A View from the Bridge

See also

• Drama Desk Awards
• 1998 Laurence Olivier Awards– equivalent awards forWest End theatreproductions
• Obie Award
• New York Drama Critics' Circle
• Theatre World Award
• Lucille Lortel Awards

References

• "Year by Year – 1998".TonyAwards.com.Archived fromthe originalon 13 August 2017.Retrieved13 August2017.

External links

• Tony AwardsOfficial website