58th Tony Awards

58th Tony Awards
58th Tony Awards
	Official poster for the 58th annual Tony Awards
Date	June 6, 2004
Location	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Hugh Jackman
Most awards	Assassins (5)
Most nominations	Wicked (10)
Website	tonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Viewership	6.4 million
Produced by	Ricky Kirshner; Glenn Weiss
Directed by	Glenn Weiss

The 58th Annual Tony Awards were held June 6, 2004 at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS television. Hugh Jackman was the host.

The Awards telecast won the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, and Jackman won the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.^[2]^[3]

Wicked had the most nominations of the ceremony with 10, winning 3 of them, tying with Avenue Q, which won Best Musical, while the revival of Assassins won the most awards of the night with 5, including Best Revival of a Musical.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2003–04 season before May 6, 2004 are eligible.

Original plays

Anna in the Tropics
Bobbi Boland
Drowning Crow
Frozen
Golda's Balcony
I Am My Own Wife
Match
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Prymate
The Retreat from Moscow
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Sixteen Wounded
The Violet Hour

Original musicals

Play revivals

The Caretaker
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2)
Jumpers
King Lear
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
A Raisin in the Sun
Sly Fox
Twentieth Century

Musical revivals

The ceremony

Hugh Jackman performed the opening number, "One Night Only" with the "Dynamites" from Hairspray, the "Radio" from Caroline, or Change, and the "Urchins" from Little Shop of Horrors, along with members of the casts of Avenue Q, The Boy from Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Wonderful Town, and Wicked, and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.^[4] Tony Bennett performed "Lullaby of Broadway" and Mary J. Blige sang "What I Did for Love" from the Tony Awards Songbook.^[5]

Presenters were: Carol Channing, Sean Combs, Taye Diggs, Edie Falco, Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Fierstein, Victor Garber, Joel Grey, Ethan Hawke, Anne Heche, Billy Joel, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Jane Krakowski, Peter Krause, Swoosie Kurtz, LL Cool J, Nathan Lane, Laura Linney, John Lithgow, Rob Marshall, Anne Meara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dame Helen Mirren, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anna Paquin, Bernadette Peters, Phylicia Rashad, Chita Rivera, John Rubenstein, Carole Bayer Sager, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Jerry Stiller, Sigourney Weaver, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Renée Zellweger.

Shows that performed were:^[4]

New Musicals

Avenue Q - The company performed "It Sucks to Be Me"
The Boy from Oz - Hugh Jackman and members of the company performed "Not the Boy Next Door", with a special appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker
Caroline, or Change - Tonya Pinkins performed "Lot's Wife"
Wicked - Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and members of the company performed "Defying Gravity"

Revivals

Assassins - Members of the company performed "Everybody's Got the Right"
Fiddler on the Roof - Alfred Molina and company performed "Tradition"/"Bottle Dance"
Wonderful Town - Donna Murphy and members of the company performed "Swing!"

Winners and nominations

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
I Am My Own Wife – Doug Wright Anna in the Tropics – Nilo Cruz Frozen – Bryony Lavery The Retreat from Moscow – William Nicholson	Avenue Q The Boy from Oz Caroline, or Change Wicked
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) Jumpers King Lear A Raisin in the Sun	Assassins Big River Fiddler on the Roof Wonderful Town
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Jefferson Mays – I Am My Own Wife* as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf** Kevin Kline – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) as Sir John Falstaff Simon Russell Beale – Jumpers as George Christopher Plummer – King Lear as King Lear Frank Langella – Match as Tobi	*Phylicia Rashad – A Raisin in the Sun* as Lena Younger** Swoosie Kurtz – Frozen as Nancy Tovah Feldshuh – Golda's Balcony as Golda Meir Eileen Atkins – The Retreat from Moscow as Alice Anne Heche – Twentieth Century as Lily Garland/Mildred Plotka
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Hugh Jackman – The Boy from Oz* as Peter Allen** John Tartaglia – Avenue Q as Princeton/Rod Alfred Molina – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye Hunter Foster – Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour Krelborn Euan Morton – Taboo as George	*Idina Menzel – Wicked* as Elphaba** Stephanie D'Abruzzo – Avenue Q as Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut Tonya Pinkins – Caroline, or Change as Caroline Thibodeaux Kristin Chenoweth – Wicked as Glinda Donna Murphy – Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Brían F. O'Byrne – Frozen* as Ralph** Aidan Gillen – The Caretaker as Mick Ben Chaplin – The Retreat from Moscow as Jamie Omar Metwally – Sixteen Wounded as Mahmoud Tom Aldredge – Twentieth Century as Matthew Clark	*Audra McDonald – A Raisin in the Sun* as Ruth Younger** Daphne Rubin-Vega – Anna in the Tropics as Conchita Margo Martindale – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama Essie Davis – Jumpers as Dotty Sanaa Lathan – A Raisin in the Sun as Beneatha Younger
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Michael Cerveris – Assassins* as John Wilkes Booth** Denis O'Hare – Assassins as Charles Guiteau Michael McElroy – Big River as Jim John Cariani – Fiddler on the Roof as Motel the Tailor Raul Esparza – Taboo as Philip Salon	*Anika Noni Rose – Caroline, or Change* as Emmie Thibodeaux** Beth Fowler – The Boy from Oz as Marion Woolnough Isabel Keating – The Boy from Oz as Judy Garland Karen Ziemba – Never Gonna Dance as Mabel Pritt Jennifer Westfeldt – Wonderful Town as Eileen Sherwood
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Jeff Whitty – Avenue Q Martin Sherman and Nick Enright – The Boy from Oz Tony Kushner – Caroline, or Change Winnie Holzman – Wicked	Avenue Q – Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (music and lyrics) Caroline, or Change – Jeanine Tesori (music) and Tony Kushner (lyrics) Taboo – Boy George (music and lyrics) Wicked – Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics)
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Eugene Lee – Wicked Robert Brill – Assassins Tom Pye – Fiddler on the Roof Ralph Funicello – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2)	Susan Hilferty – Wicked Mark Thompson – Bombay Dreams Jess Goldstein – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce – Taboo
Best Lighting Design	Best Orchestrations
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer – Assassins Brian MacDevitt – Fiddler on the Roof Brian MacDevitt – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) Kenneth Posner – Wicked	Michael Starobin – Assassins Paul Bogaev – Bombay Dreams Larry Hochman – Fiddler on the Roof William David Brohn – Wicked
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
*Jack O'Brien – Henry IV* (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2)** Doug Hughes – Frozen Moises Kaufman – I Am My Own Wife David Leveaux – Jumpers	Joe Mantello – Assassins Jason Moore – Avenue Q George C. Wolfe – Caroline, or Change Kathleen Marshall – Wonderful Town
Best Choreography
Kathleen Marshall – Wonderful Town Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan – Bombay Dreams Jerry Mitchell – Never Gonna Dance Wayne Cilento – Wicked

Special awards

Source: Playbill^[6]

Regional Theatre Tony Award Winner - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner - James M. Nederlander
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Winners
- The cast of the 2003 Broadway production of Big River
- Nancy Coyne
- Frances & Harry Edelstein and Vincent Sardi, Jr.
- Martha Swope

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Wicked
7 nominations: Assassins
6 nominations: Avenue Q, Caroline, or Change, Fiddler on the Roof and Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2)
5 nominations: The Boy from Oz and Wonderful Town
4 nominations: Frozen, Jumpers, A Raisin in the Sun and Taboo
3 nominations: Big River, Bombay Dreams, I Am My Own Wife and The Retreat from Moscow
2 nominations: Anna in the Tropics, King Lear, Never Gonna Dance and Twentieth Century

The following productions received multiple awards.

5 wins: Assassins
3 wins: Avenue Q and Wicked
2 wins: Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2), I Am My Own Wife and A Raisin in the Sun

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.
^ Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio. "Tony Host Jackman Nabs an Emmy; Danner, Newman and Alexander Win, Too" playbill.com, September 19, 2005
^ "Neil Patrick Harris in Encore of Emmy Winning Gig as Tony Awards Host" goldderby.com
^ ^a ^b Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: A Terrific Tonys, Chatting with Broadway Bares' Moccia Plus Forbidden News" playbill.com, June 11, 2004
^ Gans, Andrew. 2004 Tony Presenters Are a Diverse Group; Musical Numbers Announced" Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 26, 2004
^ Hernandez, Ernio. " Big River Cast Among Tony Honorees; Design Awards to Double for 2005" Playbill, September 23, 2004

External links

2004 Tony Awards

[Tony_ratings-1] 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.

[2] Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio. "Tony Host Jackman Nabs an Emmy; Danner, Newman and Alexander Win, Too" playbill.com, September 19, 2005

[3] "Neil Patrick Harris in Encore of Emmy Winning Gig as Tony Awards Host" goldderby.com

[hugh-4] Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: A Terrific Tonys, Chatting with Broadway Bares' Moccia Plus Forbidden News" playbill.com, June 11, 2004

[5] Gans, Andrew. 2004 Tony Presenters Are a Diverse Group; Musical Numbers Announced" Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 26, 2004

[6] Hernandez, Ernio. " Big River Cast Among Tony Honorees; Design Awards to Double for 2005" Playbill, September 23, 2004

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