58th Annual TONY AWARDS Idina Menzel "Avenue Q" Hugh Jackman 2004 Playbill

Description

T
his is a rare program (playbill) from the Fifty-Eighth Annual ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARDS ceremony held
on June 6th, 2004
at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an awards program to celebrate excellence in the theatre.
Named for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the American Theatre Wing who had passed away the previous year, the Tony Awards made their official debut at a dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Easter Sunday, April 6th, 1947. Vera Allen, Perry's successor as chairwoman of the Wing, presided over an evening that included dining, dancing, and a program of entertainment.
Among those honored at the 2003-2004 Tony's with acting awards were HUGH JACKMAN (
The Boy From Oz
), IDINA MENZEL
(Wicked
), MICHAEL CERVERIS (
Assassins
), ANIKA NONI ROSE (
Caroline, or Change
),
JEFFERSON MAYS (
I Am My Own Wife
)
,
PHYLICIA RASHAD
(A Raisin in the Sun
), BRIAN F. O'BYRNE
(Frozen
)
and AUDRA McDONALD
(
A Raisin in the Sun
)
.
The award for "Best Musical" went to "AVENUE Q", "Best Book of a Musical" to JEFF WHITTY (
Avenue Q
)
and
"Best Original Score" to ROBERT LOPEZ and JEFF MARX
(
Avenue Q
). "Best Revival of a Play" went to Shakespeare's "HENRY IV",
"Best Revival of a Musical"
to Stephen Sondheim's "ASSASSINS", "Best Play" went to DOUG WRIGHT (
I Am My Own Wife
)
, "Best Choreography" to KATHLEEN MARSHALL (
Wonderful Town
)
, "Best Direction of a Musical" to
JOE MANTELLO (
Assassins
)
and "Best Direction of a Play" to
JACK O'BRIEN
(
Henry IV
)
.
Tony Awards for Excellence in the Theatre went to NANCY COYNE, FRANCES and HARRY EDELSTEIN, VINCENT SARDI, Jr. and MARTHA SWOPE.
A Lifetime Achievement Tony Award went to JAMES M. NEDERLANDER
.
The host of the
Fifty-Eighth
Annual Tony Awards was Hugh Jackman
and
presenting awards 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 Renee Zellweger.
DETAILS: The 184 page playbill measures 5 3/8" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, individual photos of each of the nominees and participating artists, production photos from each of the nominated plays and musicals, a list of the winners from the first fifty-three years of the Tony Awards and a number of congratulatory advertisements from current Broadway productions
.
CONDITION: This rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard for safe transport.