La 45a Edició dels Premis Tony va celebrar-se el 2 de juny de 1991 al Minskoff Theatre de Nova York. Va ser presentada per Julie Andrews i Jeremy Irons. La va retransmetre en directe la CBS.
Musicals representats: Miss Saigon ("The Heat is On in Saigon"/"Last Night of the World"/"I Still Believe"/"You Will Not Touch Him"/"The American Dream" - Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce. Companyia) Once on This Island ("The Human Heart"/"Mama Will Provide" - La Chanze, Lillias White, Companyia) The Secret Garden (Medley - Companyia) The Will Rogers Follies ("Will-A-Mania"/"Favorite Son" - Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman, Companyia)
Salutació especial: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("The Year of the Musical Actor"/"I Believe in You" - Robert Morse) Fiddler on the Roof ("If I Were a Rich Man" - Topol) Bye Bye Birdie ("Rosie" - Tommy Tune i Ann Reinking [realitzat a Seattle]) My Fair Lady and Camelot medley interpretat per Julie Andrews ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly" "Camelot" "I Could Have Danced All Night") The Phantom of the Opera ("Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford)
Premis i nominacions Els premiats apareixen en negreta
Millor obra Millor musical Lost in Yonkers – Neil Simon Our Country's Good – Timberlake Wertenbaker Shadowlands – William Nicholson Six Degrees of Separation – John Guare | valign=top | The Will Rogers Follies Miss Saigon Once on This Island The Secret GardenMillor revivalMillor llibret Fiddler on the Roof The Miser Peter Pan Marsha Norman – The Secret Garden Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg – Miss Saigon Lynn Ahrens – Once on This Island Peter Stone – The Will Rogers Follies Millor actor protagonista a una obra Millor actriu protagonista a una obra Nigel Hawthorne – Shadowlands com C.S. Lewis Peter Frechette – Our Country's Good com 2nd Lieut. Ralph Clark Tom McGowan – La Bête com Valere Courtney B. Vance – Six Degrees of Separation com Paul Mercedes Ruehl – Lost in Yonkers com Bella Kurnitz Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation com Ouisa Kittredge Julie Harris – Lucifer's Child com Karen Blixen Cherry Jones – Our Country's Good com Liz Morden/Reverend Johnson Millor actor protagonista de musical Millor actriu protagonista de musical Jonathan Pryce – Miss Saigon com The Engineer Keith Carradine – The Will Rogers Follies com Will Rogers Paul Hipp – Buddy com Buddy Holly Topol – Fiddler on the Roof com Tevye Lea Salonga – Miss Saigon com Kim June Angela – Shōgun: The Musical com Lady Mariko Dee Hoty – The Will Rogers Follies com Betty Blake Cathy Rigby – Peter Pan com Peter Pan Millor actor de repartiment a una obra Millor actriu de repartiment a una obra Kevin Spacey – Lost in Yonkers com "Uncle" Louie Adam Arkin – I Hate Hamlet com Gary Peter Lefkowitz Dylan Baker – La Bête com Prince County Stephen Lang – The Speed of Darkness com Lou Irene Worth – Lost in Yonkers com Grandma Kurnitz Amelia Campbell – Our Country's Good com Various Characters Kathryn Erbe – The Speed of Darkness com Mary J. Smith-Cameron – Our Country's Good com 2nd Lieut. William Faddy Millor actor de repartiment de musical Millor actriu de repartiment de musical Hinton Battle – Miss Saigon com John Bruce Adler – Those Were the Days com Various Characters Gregg Burge – Oh, Kay! com Billy Lyes Willy Falk – Miss Saigon com Chris Daisy Eagan – The Secret Garden com Mary Lennox Alison Fraser – The Secret Garden com Martha Sowerby Cady Huffman – The Will Rogers Follies com Ziegfeld's Favorite LaChanze – Once on This Island com Ti Moune Millor banda sonora (música i/o lletres) escrita per a teatre Millor coreografia The Will Rogers Follies – Cy Coleman (music) and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics) Miss Saigon – Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil (lyrics) Once on This Island – Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) The Secret Garden – Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (lyrics) | valign=top | Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Bob Avian – Miss Saigon Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Dan Siretta – Oh, Kay! Millor direcció d'obra Millor direcció de musical Jerry Zaks – Six Degrees of Separation Richard Jones – La Bête Mark Lamos – Our Country's Good Gene Saks – Lost in Yonkers Tommy Tune – The Will Rogers Follies Graciela Daniele – Once on This Island Nicholas Hytner – Miss Saigon Eleanor Reissa – Those Were the Days Millor disseny d'escenografia Millor disseny de vestuari Heidi Landesman – The Secret Garden Richard Hudson – La Bête John Napier – Miss Saigon Tony Walton – The Will Rogers Follies Willa Kim – The Will Rogers Follies Theoni V. Aldredge – The Secret Garden Judy Dearing – Once on This Island Patricia Zipprodt – Shōgun: The Musical Millor disseny d'il·luminació Jules Fisher – The Will Rogers Follies David Hersey – Miss Saigon Allen Lee Hughes – Once on This Island Jennifer Tipton – La Bête
Premis Especials Al teatre regional - Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut Premi Especial — Father George Moore (atorgat pòstumament)
Multiples premis i nominacions Aquestes produccions tenien multiples nominacions:
11 nominacions: Miss Saigon i The Will Rogers Follies 8 nominacions: Once on This Island 7 nominacions: The Secret Garden 6 nominacions: Our Country's Good 5 nominacions: La Bête i Lost in Yonkers 4 nominacions: Six Degrees of Separation 2 nominacions: Fiddler on the Roof, Oh, Kay!, Peter Pan, Shadowlands, Shōgun: The Musical, The Speed of Darkness i Those Were the Days
Les següents produccions reberen diversos guardons.
6 premis: The Will Rogers Follies 4 premis: Lost in Yonkers 3 premis: Miss Saigon i The Secret Garden
Enllaços externas Official Site Tony Awards
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