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53rd Tony Awards

1999 theatrical awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	53rd Tony Awards
caption	Official poster for the Tony Awards
date	June 6, 1999
location	Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York
network	CBS
previous	52nd
main	Tony Awards
next	54th

The 53rd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 6, 1999. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television.Lefkowitz, David and Simonson, Robert. " 'Fosse', 'Annie', 'Salesman' & 'Side Man' Win Top Tonys" playbill.com, June 7, 1999 The show did not have a formal host.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1998–1999 season before April 30, 1999 are eligible.

;Original plays

Amy's View
The Blue Room
Closer
Colin Quinn – An Irish Wake
Getting and Spending
I'm Still Here... Damn It!
The Lonesome West
More to Love
Not About Nightingales
Side Man
Via Dolorosa
The Weir ;Original musicals
Band in Berlin
The Civil War
An Evening with Jerry Herman
Footloose
Fosse
The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm
It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues
Marlene
Parade
Swan Lake ;Play revivals
Death of a Salesman
Electra
Fool Moon
The Iceman Cometh
The Lion in Winter
Night Must Fall
Ring Round the Moon
Twelfth Night ;Musical revivals
Annie Get Your Gun
Little Me
On the Town
Peter Pan
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

The ceremony

The opening number was "There's No Business Like Show Business", sung by Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat.

Presenters

Julie Andrews
Bea Arthur
Alec Baldwin
Christine Baranski
Matthew Broderick
Carol Burnett
Zoe Caldwell
Mario Cantone
Stockard Channing
Alan Cumming
Judi Dench
Brian Dennehy
Laurence Fishburne
Calista Flockhart
David Hare
William Hurt
Swoosie Kurtz
Angela Lansbury
Audra McDonald
Terrence McNally
Sarah Jessica Parker
David Hyde Pierce
Chita Rivera
Jason Robards
Christian Slater
Kevin Spacey
Scott Wolf

The musicals represented were:

The Civil War ("Freedom's Child" - Lawrence Clayton and Company)
Peter Pan ("I'm Flying" - Cathy Rigby and children)
Parade ("This Is Not Over Yet"/"The Old Red Hills of Home" - Carolee Carmello, Brent Carver and Company)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown ("My New Philosophy"/"Happiness" - Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp and Company)
Fosse ("Sing Sing Sing" - Company)
Little Me ("Boom Boom" - Martin Short and Company)
Annie Get Your Gun ("I Got the Sun in the Morning"/"Hoedown"/"Old-Fashioned Wedding" - Tom Wopat, Bernadette Peters and Company)

The telecast included a special presentation (a "collage of moments") featuring performers from several of the productions nominated as Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical	Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design	Best Orchestrations	Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical	Best Choreography

Special awards

The following non-completive awards were presented:

Regional Theater Tony Award
- Crossroads Theatre (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Arthur Miller
Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Isabelle Stevenson
Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
- Uta Hagen
Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation
- Fool Moon (Bill Irwin and David Shiner)

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

9 nominations: Parade
8 nominations: Fosse
6 nominations: Death of a Salesman and Not About Nightingales
5 nominations: The Iceman Cometh, Swan Lake and Twelfth Night
4 nominations: Footloose, It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Little Me, The Lonesome West and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
3 nominations: Annie Get Your Gun and Electra
2 nominations: Amy's View, The Civil War, Marlene, Ring Round the Moon and Side Man

The following productions received multiple awards.

4 wins: Death of a Salesman
3 wins: Fosse and Swan Lake
2 wins: Annie Get Your Gun, Parade, Side Man and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

References

[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253135248765.html "Ceremonies, 1999, Musicals Represented"] tonyawards.com, accessed April 4, 2015
Lefkowitz, David. [https://archive.today/20130818110617/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/45944-1999-Tony-Winner-Special-Award---Fool-Moon "1999 Tony Winner: Special Award - 'Fool Moon'"] playbill.com, June 6, 1999

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