The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury.
Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1987–1988 season before May 4, 1988 were eligible.
Original plays Breaking the Code Burn This Joe Turner's Come and Gone La Serva Amorosa M. Butterfly Serious Money Sherlock's Last Case Speed-the-Plow A Walk in the Woods
Original musicals Chess Don't Get God Started The Gospel at Colonus Into the Woods Late Nite Comic Mail Oba Oba The Phantom of the Opera Romance/Romance Roza Sarafina! Teddy & Alice
Play revivals Broadway The Comedy of Errors Macbeth A Streetcar Named Desire
Musical revivals Anything Goes Cabaret Dreamgirls
The ceremony Musicals represented were:"1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011 A Chorus Line, "Music and the Mirror" – Donna McKechnie Anything Goes, "Anything Goes" – Patti LuPone and Company Dreamgirls, "One Night Only"/"Dreamgirls" – Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Terry Burrell; Into the Woods, "Into the Woods"/"Children Will Listen" – Phylicia Rashad and Company; The Phantom of the Opera, Last verse of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Music of The Night" – Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford; Romance/Romance, "I'll Always Remember the Song"/"It's Not Too Late" – Scott Bakula, Alison Fraser and Company Sarafina!, "Sarafina!" – Company
Plays represented were:M. Butterfly, Scene with John Lithgow and BD Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Scene with Mel Winkler, Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo; A Walk in the Woods, Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky; and Speed-the-Plow, Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver.
A tribute to the late Michael Bennett was performed by Donna McKechnie of the original Chorus Line and the three original Dreamgirls, Terry Burrell, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph.Rothstein, Mervyn." 'Phantom Of The Opera' Wins Seven Tonys; Best Play: 'Butterfly' " New York Times, June 6, 1988
Winners and nominees Winners are in bold
Best Play Best Musical M. Butterfly – David Henry Hwang A Walk in the Woods – Lee Blessing Joe Turner's Come and Gone – August Wilson Speed-the-Plow – David Mamet | valign="top" | The Phantom of the Opera Into the Woods Romance/Romance Sarafina! Best Revival Best Book of a Musical Anything Goes A Streetcar Named Desire Cabaret Dreamgirls James Lapine – Into the Woods Lee Breuer – The Gospel at Colonus Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera Barry Harman – Romance/Romance Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Ron Silver – Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox Derek Jacobi – Breaking the Code as Alan Turing John Lithgow – M. Butterfly as Rene Gallimard Robert Prosky – A Walk in the Woods as Andrey Botvinnik Joan Allen – Burn This as Anna Mann Blythe Danner – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche Du Bois Glenda Jackson – Macbeth as Lady Macbeth Frances McDormand – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Michael Crawford – The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom of the Opera Scott Bakula – Romance/Romance as Alfred Von Wilmers/Sam David Carroll – Chess as Anatoly Howard McGillin – Anything Goes as Billy Crocker Joanna Gleason – Into the Woods as The Baker's Wife Alison Fraser – Romance/Romance as Josefine Weninger/Monica Judy Kuhn – Chess as Florence Patti LuPone – Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play BD Wong – M. Butterfly as Song Liling Michael Gough – Breaking the Code as Dillwyn Knox Lou Liberatore – Burn This as Larry Delroy Lindo – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Herald Loomis L. Scott Caldwell – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Bertha Holly Kimberleigh Aarn – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Mattie Campbell Kate Nelligan – Serious Money as Various Characters Kimberly Scott – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Molly Cunningham Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Bill McCutcheon – Anything Goes as Moonface Martin Anthony Heald – Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh Werner Klemperer – Cabaret as Herr Schultz Robert Westenberg – Into the Woods as The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince Judy Kaye – The Phantom of the Opera as Carlotta Guidicelli Leleti Khumalo – Sarafina! as Sarafina Alyson Reed – Cabaret as Sally Bowles Regina Resnik – Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Best Choreography Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics) Romance/Romance – Keith Herrmann (music) and Barry Harman (lyrics) Sarafina! – Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela (music and lyrics) | valign="top" | Michael Smuin – Anything Goes Lar Lubovitch – Into the Woods Gillian Lynne – The Phantom of the Opera Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina! Best Direction of a Play Best Direction of a Musical John Dexter – M. Butterfly Gregory Mosher – Speed-the-Plow Lloyd Richards – Joe Turner's Come and Gone Clifford Williams – Breaking the Code Harold Prince – The Phantom of the Opera James Lapine – Into the Woods Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina! Jerry Zaks – Anything Goes Best Scenic Design Best Costume Design Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly Tony Straiges – Into the Woods Tony Walton – Anything Goes Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera Ann Hould-Ward – Into the Woods Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly Tony Walton – Anything Goes Best Lighting Design Andrew Bridge – The Phantom of the Opera Paul Gallo – Anything Goes Richard Nelson – Into the Woods Andy Phillips – M. Butterfly
Special awards Regional Theatre Tony Award South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
Special Awards Brooklyn Academy of Music
Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:
10 nominations: Anything Goes, Into the Woods and The Phantom of the Opera 7 nominations: M. Butterfly 6 nominations: Joe Turner's Come and Gone 5 nominations: Romance/Romance and Sarafina! 4 nominations: Cabaret 3 nominations: Breaking the Code, Speed-the-Plow and A Streetcar Named Desire 2 nominations: Burn This, Chess and A Walk in the Woods
The following productions received multiple awards.
7 wins: The Phantom of the Opera 3 wins: Anything Goes, Into the Woods and M. Butterfly
See also
Drama Desk Awards 1988 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions Obie Award New York Drama Critics' Circle Theatre World Award Lucille Lortel Awards
References
External links Tony Awards Official Site