48th Tony Awards


The 48th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 12, 1994. The hosts were Sir Anthony Hopkins and Amy Irving.

Presenters

, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Glenn Close, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Keitel, Jack Klugman, Swoosie Kurtz, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Steve Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Martin Short, Paul Sorvino, Jean Stapleton, Marlo Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Vanessa L. Williams

Musical Sequence

introduced scenes from the 1994 nominees for Best Revival of a Musical:
This was the first year for several awards: the award for Best Revival was given separately for plays and musicals, and the "Lifetime Achievement Award". The first Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to husband-and-wife Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn by another husband-and-wife, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical

  • Passion
  • * A Grand Night for Singing
  • * Beauty and the Beast
  • * '
    • Best Revival of a PlayBest Revival of a Musical
  • An Inspector Calls
  • * Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  • * Medea
  • * Timon of Athens
  • Carousel
  • * Damn Yankees
  • * Grease
  • * She Loves Me
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
  • Stephen Spinella – ' as Prior Walter
  • * Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens as Timon
  • * Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land as Spooner
  • * Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln
  • Diana Rigg – Medea as Medea
  • * Nancy Marchand – Black Comedy as Mrs. Furnival/Sophie
  • * Joan Rivers – Sally Marr and Her Escorts as Sally Marr
  • * Anna Deavere Smith – ' as Various Characters
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Boyd Gaines – She Loves Me as George Nowack
  • * Victor Garber – Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate
  • * Terrence Mann – Beauty and the Beast as The Beast
  • * Jere Shea – Passion as Giorgio
  • Donna Murphy – Passion as Fosca
  • * Susan Egan – Beauty and the Beast as Belle
  • * Dee Hoty – The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public as Mona Stangley
  • * Judy Kuhn – She Loves Me as Amalia Balash
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
  • Jeffrey Wright – ' as Belize/Various Characters
  • * Larry Bryggman – Picnic as Howard Bevans
  • * David Marshall Grant – ' as Joe Pitt/Various Characters
  • * Gregory Itzin – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters
  • Jane Adams – An Inspector Calls as Sheila Birling
  • * Debra Monk – Picnic as Rosemary Sydney
  • * Jeanne Paulson – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters
  • * Anne Pitoniak – Picnic as Helen Potts
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Jarrod Emick – Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy
  • * Tom Aldredge – Passion as Dr. Tambourri
  • * Gary Beach – Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere
  • * Jonathan Freeman – She Loves Me as Headwaiter
  • Audra McDonald – Carousel as Carrie Pipperidge Snow
  • * Marcia Lewis – Grease as Miss Lynch
  • * Sally Mayes – She Loves Me as Ilona Ritter
  • * Marin Mazzie – Passion as Clara
    • Best Book of a MusicalBest Original Score Written for the Theatre
  • James Lapine – Passion
  • * Walter Bobbie – A Grand Night for Singing
  • * Linda Woolverton – Beauty and the Beast
  • * Koen van Dijk – '
  • Passion – Stephen Sondheim
  • * Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
  • * ' – Ad van Dijk and Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick
    • Best Scenic DesignBest Costume Design
  • Bob Crowley – Carousel
  • * Peter J. Davidson – Medea
  • * Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls
  • * Tony Walton – She Loves Me
  • Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast
  • * David Charles and Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me
  • * Jane Greenwood – Passion
  • * Yan Tax – '
    • Best Lighting DesignBest Choreography
  • Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls
  • * Beverly Emmons – Passion
  • * Jules Fisher – '
  • * Natasha Katz – Beauty and the Beast
  • Sir Kenneth MacMillan – Carousel
  • * Jeff Calhoun – Grease
  • * Rob Marshall – Damn Yankees
  • * Rob Marshall – She Loves Me
    • Best Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a Musical
  • Stephen Daldry – An Inspector Calls
  • * Gerald Gutierrez – Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  • * Michael Langham – Timon of Athens
  • * George C. Wolfe – '
  • Nicholas Hytner – Carousel'
  • * Scott Ellis – She Loves Me
  • * James Lapine – Passion
  • * Robert Jess Roth – Beauty and the Beast''

    • Special Tony Awards

  • Regional Theatre Award — McCarter Theatre
  • Lifetime Achievement Award — Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn

    Multiple nominations and awards

    • These productions had multiple nominations:
    The following productions received multiple awards.