55th Tony Awards

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55th Tony Awards
DateJune 3, 2001
Location Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Hosted by Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane
Most awards The Producers (12)
Most nominations The Producers (15)
Website tonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS
Viewership8.9 million [1]
Produced by Ricky Kirshner
Gary Smith
Directed by Glenn Weiss
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The 55th Annual Tony Awards was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 3, 2001 and broadcast by CBS. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television . The event was co-hosted by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. The Producers won 12 awards (every award it was eligible to win), breaking the 37-year-old record set by Hello, Dolly! to become the most awarded show in Tony Awards history.[ citation needed ] Mel Brooks's win made him the eighth person to become an EGOT.

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Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2000–01 season before May 3, 2001 are eligible.

The ceremony

Presenters: Joan Allen, Dick Cavett, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Dame Edna, Edie Falco, Kathleen Freeman, Gina Gershon, Heather Headley, Cherry Jones, Jane Krakowski, Marc Kudisch, Eric McCormack, Audra McDonald, Reba McEntire, Donna McKechnie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bernadette Peters, Natasha Richardson, Doris Roberts, Gary Sinise, Lily Tomlin, Henry Winkler, and three "Broadway Babies" (Meredith Patterson, Bryn Bowling, and Carol Bentley). [2]

The musicals that performed were: [2] [3]

Plays were also presented: [2] [3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Source: BroadwayWorld [4]

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

Regional Theatre Award

Special Theatrical Event

Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre


Multiple nominations and awards

See also

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