2004 Tony Awards

The 58th Annual Tony Awards were held June 6, 2004 at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS television. Hugh Jackman was the host.

The Awards telecast won the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, and Jackman won the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.

''Wicked'' had the most nominations of the ceremony with 10, winning 3 of them, tying with ''Avenue Q'', which won Best Musical, while the revival of ''Assassins'' won the most awards of the night with 5, including Best Revival of a Musical.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2003–04 season before May 6, 2004 are eligible.

;Original plays
*''Anna in the Tropics''
*'' Bobbi Boland''
*''Drowning Crow''
*'' Frozen''
*''Golda's Balcony''
*''I Am My Own Wife''
*''Match''
*''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All''
*''Prymate''
*''The Retreat from Moscow''
*''Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks''
*''Sixteen Wounded''
*''The Violet Hour''

;Original musicals
*''Avenue Q''
*''Bombay Dreams''
*''The Boy from Oz''
*''Caroline, or Change''
*''Never Gonna Dance''
*''Taboo''
*''Wicked''

;Play revivals
*'' The Caretaker''
*''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''
*''Henry IV'' (a combination of ''Part 1'' and '' Part 2'')
*''Jumpers''
*''King Lear''
*'' "Master Harold"...and the Boys''
*''A Raisin in the Sun''
*''Sly Fox''
*''Twentieth Century''

;Musical revivals
*''Assassins''
*'' Big River''
*''Fiddler on the Roof''
*''Little Shop of Horrors''
*''Wonderful Town''

The ceremony

Hugh Jackman performed the opening number, "One Night Only" with the "Dynamites" from ''Hairspray'', the "Radio" from ''Caroline, or Change'', and the "Urchins" from ''Little Shop of Horrors'', along with members of the casts of ''Avenue Q'', ''The Boy from Oz'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Wonderful Town'', and ''Wicked'', and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.Gans, Andrew
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Presenters 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 Renée Zellweger.

Shows that performed were:

New Musicals

*''Avenue Q'' - The company performed "It Sucks to Be Me"
*''The Boy from Oz'' - Hugh Jackman and members of the company performed "Not the Boy Next Door", with a special appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker
*''Caroline, or Change'' - Tonya Pinkins performed "Lot's Wife"
*''Wicked'' - Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and members of the company performed " Defying Gravity"

Revivals

*''Assassins'' - Members of the company performed "Everybody's Got the Right"
*''Fiddler on the Roof'' - Alfred Molina and company performed "Tradition"/"Bottle Dance"
*''Wonderful Town'' - Donna Murphy and members of the company performed "Swing!"

Winners and nominations

''Winners are in bold''

Special awards

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* Regional Theatre Tony Award Winner - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
*Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner - James M. Nederlander
*Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Winners
**The cast of the 2003 Broadway production of '' Big River''
**Nancy Coyne
**Frances & Harry Edelstein and Vincent Sardi, Jr.
**Martha Swope

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

*''10 nominations:'' ''Wicked''
*''7 nominations:'' ''Assassins''
*''6 nominations:'' ''Avenue Q'', ''Caroline, or Change'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Henry IV'' (a combination of ''Part 1'' and '' Part 2'')
*''5 nominations:'' ''The Boy from Oz'' and ''Wonderful Town''
*''4 nominations:'' '' Frozen'', ''Jumpers'', ''A Raisin in the Sun'' and ''Taboo''
*''3 nominations:'' '' Big River'', ''Bombay Dreams'', ''I Am My Own Wife'' and ''The Retreat from Moscow''
*''2 nominations:'' ''Anna in the Tropics'', ''King Lear'', ''Never Gonna Dance'' and ''Twentieth Century''

The following productions received multiple awards.

*''5 wins:'' ''Assassins''
*''3 wins:'' ''Avenue Q'' and ''Wicked''
*''2 wins:'' ''Henry IV'' (a combination of ''Part 1'' and '' Part 2''), ''I Am My Own Wife'' and ''A Raisin in the Sun''

See also

* Drama Desk Awards
* 2004 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

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