61st Tony Awards
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.
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 Official poster for the 61st annual Tony Awards | |
| Date | June 10, 2007 |
| Location | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York |
| Hosted by | none |
| Most awards | Spring Awakening (8) |
| Most nominations | Spring Awakening (11) |
| Website | tonyawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
| Viewership | 5.7 million[1] |
| Produced by | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss |
Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs announced the nominations on May 15, 2007.[2][3]
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).[4] Spring Awakening, won 8 awards including Best Musical, the most of the night.
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2006–07 season before May 10, 2007 are eligible.
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The ceremony
As with the 2006 Tony Award ceremony, there was no formal host and the show was emceed by the presenters.[5]
Presenters
- Jane Alexander
- Christina Applegate
- Zach Braff
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Claire Danes
- Jeff Daniels
- Brian Dennehy
- Taye Diggs
- Harvey Fierstein
- Carla Gugino
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Anne Heche
- Marg Helgenberger
- Christian Hoff
- Felicity Huffman
- Mark Indelicato
- Eddie Izzard
- John Kander
- Jane Krakowski
- Angela Lansbury
- Robert Sean Leonard
- John Mahoney
- Audra McDonald
- Idina Menzel
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Cynthia Nixon
- Donny Osmond
- Bernadette Peters
- David Hyde Pierce
- Christopher Plummer
- Daniel Reichard
- Anika Noni Rose
- Liev Schreiber
- Kevin Spacey
- J. Robert Spencer
- Tommy Tune
- John Turturro
- Usher
- Ben Vereen
- Vanessa L. Williams
- Patrick Wilson
- Rainn Wilson
- John Lloyd Young
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:[5]
- 110 in the Shade ("Raunchy") – Audra McDonald and John Cullum
- Grey Gardens ("The Revolutionary Costume for Today") – Christine Ebersole
- Spring Awakening (medley of "Mama Who Bore Me," "Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)," "The Bitch of Living," and "Totally Fucked")* – Company
- Curtains ("Show People") – Company
- Mary Poppins (medley of "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Step in Time," and "Anything Can Happen") – Company
- Company ("Being Alive") – Raul Esparza
- "American Idol" winner and replacement star Fantasia Barrino performed a song from The Color Purple in honor of Regional Theater Tony Winner Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA, where the show premiered.
*(Because it was a live TV performance, some of the lyrics to "The Bitch of Living" and "Totally Fucked" were altered for that night's performance.)
Winners and nominees
- Winners are in bold.
In Memoriam
Special Tony Award
- Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment
- Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway, Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz
- Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, Georgia
- Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Not awarded
Multiple nominations and awards
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These productions had multiple nominations:
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The following productions received multiple awards.
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See also
- Drama Desk Awards
- 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions
- Obie Award
- New York Drama Critics' Circle
- Theatre World Award
- Lucille Lortel Awards
References
- 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.
- Playbill News: 2006-2007 "Tony Nominations Announced; 'Spring Awakening' Garners 11 Noms" Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 2007
- "List of nominees" Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com
- Gans, Andrew. "Creative Arts Emmy Awards — Featuring Stritch Win — Broadcast Sept. 15" playbill.com, September 15, 2007
- Gans, Andrew. 61st Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards to Be Presented June 10", playbill.com, June 10, 2007
- "The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website" Archived 2008-02-14 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com