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42nd Tony Awards

Date

June 5, 1988

Location

Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York

Hosted by

Angela Lansbury

Television/radio coverage

Network

CBS

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The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury.

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1987–1988 season before May 4, 1988 were eligible.

Musicals represented were:^[1]

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:^[1]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.^[2]

At these Tony Awards, the longest-running musical on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, competed for awards and received the season's Best Musical award.

Winners and nominees

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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	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)	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

Regional Theatre Tony Award

South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA

Special Awards

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Multiple nominations and awards

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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

^ ^a ^b "1988 - 42nd Annual Tony Awards" tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011
^ Rothstein, Mervyn." 'Phantom Of The Opera' Wins Seven Tonys; Best Play: 'Butterfly' " New York Times, June 6, 1988

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