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yeah i like it too! leave it the hell alone. Just because you arent as hard-core on the Tony's as we all are, doesnt mean you have to be bitter to those that are. Carry on BwayTheater11!!

im lovin it, bwaytheater11.

and did anyone see elaine stritch at liberty (speacial theater experience 2002) on t.v.? she is fantastic!

"yeah i like it too! leave it the hell alone. Just because you arent as hard-core on the Tony's as we all are, doesnt mean you have to be bitter to those that are. Carry on BwayTheater11!!"

Easy there, G.D. Don't have a stroke!

1984-Now there's a year worth repeating:

1983-1984 38th Annual Tony Awards
Best Actor - Play
Rex Harrison - Heartbreak House
* Jeremy Irons - The Real Thing
Calvin Levels - Open Admissions
Ian McKellen - Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare

Best Actress - Play
* Glenn Close - The Real Thing
Rosemary Harris - Heartbreak House
Linda Hunt - End of the World
Kate Nelligan - A Moon for the Misbegotten

Best Actor - Featured Role - Play
Philip Bosco - Heartbreak House
* Joe Mantegna - Glengarry Glen Ross
Robert Prosky - Glengarry Glen Ross
Douglas Seale - Noises Off

Best Actress - Featured Role - Play
* Christine Baranski - The Real Thing
Jo Henderson - Play Memory
Dana Ivey - Heartbreak House
Deborah Rush - Noises Off

Best Actor - Musical
Gene Barry - La Cage aux Folles
* George Hearn - La Cage aux Folles
Ron Moody - Oliver!
Mandy Pantinkin - Sunday in the Park with George

Best Actress - Musical
Rhetta Hughes - Amen Corner
Liza Minnelli - The Rink
Bernadette Peters - Sunday in the Park with George
* Chita Rivera - The Rink

Best Actor - Featured Role - Musical
* Hinton Battle - The Tap Dance Kid
Stephen Geoffreys - The Human Comedy
Todd Graff - Baby
Samuel E. Wright - The Tap Dance Kid

Best Actress - Featured Actress - Musical
Martine Allard - The Tap Dance Kid
Liz Callaway - Baby
Dana Ivey - Sunday in the Park with George
* Lila Kedrova - Zorba

Best Play
Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet
Noises Off - Michael Frayn
Play Memory - Joanna Glass
* The Real Thing - Tom Stoppard

Best Director - Play
Michael Blakemore - Noises Off
David Leveaux - A Moon for the Misbegotten
Gregory Mosher - Glengarry Glen Ross
* Mike Nichols - The Real Thing

Best Musical
Baby
* La Cage aux Folles
Sunday in the Park with George
The Tap Dance Kid

Best Director - Musical
James Lapine - Sunday in the Park with George
* Arthur Laurents - La Cage aux Folles
Richard Maltby Jr. - Baby
Vivian Matalon - The Tap Dance Kid

Best Book - Musical
Baby - Sybille Pearson
* La Cage aux Folles - Harvey Fierstein
Sunday in the Park with George - James Lapine
The Tap Dance Kid - Charles Blackwell

Best Score
Baby - David Shire, Richard Maltby Jr.
* La Cage aux Folles - Jerry Herman
The Rink - John Kander, Fred Ebb
Sunday in the Park with George - Stephen Sondheim

Best Scenic Designer
Clarke Dunham - End of the World
Peter Larkin - The Rink
* Tony Straiges - Sunday in the Park with George
Tony Walton - The Real Thing

Best Costume Designer
* Theoni V. Aldredge - La Cage aux Folles
Jane Greenwood - Heartbreak House
Anthea Sylbert - The Real Thing
Patricia Zipprodt, Ann Hould-Ward - Sunday in the Park with George

Best Lighting Designer
Ken Billington - End of the World
Jules Fisher - La Cage aux Folles
* Richard Nelson - Sunday in the Park with George
Marc B. Weiss - A Moon for the Misbegotten

Best Choreographer
Wayne Cilento - Baby
Graciela Daniele - The Rink
* Danny Daniels - The Tap Dance Kid
Scott Salmon - La Cage aux Folles

Best Reproduction
American Buffalo

yeah I saw that. But since it's obvious what my favorite show is, I thought I'd throw 1984 in there!

Updated On: 6/4/04 at 09:21 PM

I was born in 1984, so it was definitely a good year. :)

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1 MORE DAY!

2003 Tony Awards:
Date: June 8, 2003
Place: Radio City Music Hall

Winner

BEST PLAY
Enchanted April by Matthew Barber
Say Goodnight Gracie by Rupert Holmes
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
Vincent in Brixton by Nicholas Wright

BEST MUSICAL
Amour
A Year with Frog and Toad
Hairspray
Movin' Out

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Dinner at Eight
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Long Day's Journey into Night

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Gypsy
La Bohème
Man of La Mancha
Nine

SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT
Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home
Def Poetry Jam
Prune Danish
The Play What I Wrote

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Brian Bedford, Tartuffe
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey into Night
Eddie Izzard, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Paul Newman, Our Town
Stanley Tucci, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Atkinson, Enchanted April
Victoria Hamilton, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Clare Higgins, Vincent in Brixton
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey into Night
Fiona Shaw, Medea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Antonio Banderas, Nine
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Malcolm Gets, Amour
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Man of La Mancha
John Selya, Movin' Out

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Melissa Errico, Amour
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Man of La Mancha
Elizabeth Parkinson, Movin' Out
Bernadette Peters, Gypsy
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Robert Sean Leonard, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out
Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Christine Ebersole, Dinner at Eight
Linda Emond, Life (x) 3
Kathryn Meisle, Tartuffe
Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms
Marian Seldes, Dinner at Eight


BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cavanaugh, Movin' Out
John Dossett, Gypsy
Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Corey Reynolds, Hairspray
Keith Roberts, Movin' Out

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Tammy Blanchard, Gypsy
Jane Krakowski, Nine
Mary Stuart Masterson, Nine
Chita Rivera, Nine
Ashley Tuttle, Movin' Out

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC & LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER
Amour, Michel Legrand (music), Didier van Cauwelaert (lyrics), Jeremy Sams (English adaptation)
A Year with Frog and Toad, Robert Reale (music), Willie Reale (lyrics)
Hairspray, Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics), Scott Wittman (lyrics)
Urban Cowboy, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Bob Stillman, Jason Robert Brown, Danny Arena, Sara Light, Lauren Lucas, Jerry Silverstein, Martie Maguire, Wayland D. Holyfield, Bob Lee House, Carl L. Byrd, Pevin Byrd-Munoz, Luke Reed, Roger Brown, Jerry Chestnut, Marcus Hummon, Clint Black, James Hayden Nicholas, Tommy Conners, Skip Ewing, Charles Daniels, Tom Crain, Fred Edwards, Taz DiGregorio, Jim Marshall, Charlie Hayward, Wanda Mallette, Patti Ryan, Ronnie Dunn and Bob Morrison (music and lyrics)

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
A Year with Frog and Toad, Willie Reale
Amour, Didier van Cauwelaert with English adaptation by Jeremy Sams
Flower Drum Song, David Henry Hwang
Hairspray, Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan

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Updated On: 6/5/04 at 11:16 PM

0 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!

2004 Tony Awards:
Place: Radio City Music Hall
Date: June 6th, 2004

Who will take home the most Tonys? Watch and find out for yourself tonight at 8 pm ET on CBS!

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Heh.

3 hours and 44 minutes! Ok, this needs to stop... lol

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Indeed we are. But all in good fun.

I fully intend to sit on my couch humming with both my fingers and my toes crossed until they get to the award for featured actor in a musical.

And it all begins in.... 3 hours and 40 minutes!

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*raises hand*

If I finish this paper, that is.

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less than three hours!

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