{{Short description|2002 theatrical awards ceremony}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox award | name = 56th Tony Awards | image = 56th Tony Awards poster.jpg | caption = Official poster for the 56th annual Tony Awards | date = June 2, 2002 | location = Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | host = Bernadette Peters<br/>Gregory Hines | most_wins = ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (6) | most_nominations = ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (11) | network = CBS | ratings = 7.9 million<ref name="Tony ratings">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/tony-awards-ratings-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416044230/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/tony-awards-ratings-history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2017|title=Tony Awards Ratings History|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|date=June 13, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> | producer = Ricky Kirshner<br>Gary Smith | director = Glenn Weiss | previous = 55th | main = Tony Awards | next = 57th | website = {{URL|tonyawards.com}} }}
The '''56th Annual Tony Awards''' ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 2, 2002 and broadcast by CBS. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television. The event was co-hosted by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/69767-Tony-News-Musical-Numbers-and-Likely-Presenters-for-the-June-2-Broadcast "Tony News: Musical Numbers and Likely Presenters for the June 2 Broadcast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021011026/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/69767-Tony-News-Musical-Numbers-and-Likely-Presenters-for-the-June-2-Broadcast |date=2012-10-21 }} playbill.com, May 23, 2002</ref>
With her win as a producer of ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', Whoopi Goldberg became the 10th person to become an EGOT winner.
==The ceremony== The show opened with a tribute to Richard Rodgers, featuring a medley of his songs performed by Marvin Hamlisch, Harry Connick Jr., Michele Lee, Mos Def, Lea Salonga, Peter Gallagher, John Raitt, Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines, and the company of ''Oklahoma!'' A Broadway/New York song medley was performed by Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines.<ref name=berngreg>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/ceremonies/200909161253135333375.html "Year by Year 2002"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101054517/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/ceremonies/200909161253135333375.html |date=2011-01-01 }} tonyawards.com, accessed April 28, 2011</ref>
Presentations from nominated musicals:<ref name=berngreg/> *''Into the Woods'': "Children Will Listen", "Ever After" and "Into the Woods" - Vanessa Williams, John McMartin, Company *''Mamma Mia!'': "I Have a Dream", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita" and "Dancing Queen" - Louise Pitre, Judy Kaye, Karen Mason, Tina Maddigan, Company *''Thoroughly Modern Millie'': "Forget About the Boy"/"Thoroughly Modern Millie" - Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan, Casey Nicholaw, Noah Racey, Company *''Sweet Smell of Success'': "Dirt" - John Lithgow, Company *''Urinetown'': "Run, Freedom, Run" - Hunter Foster, Spencer Kayden, Jeff McCarthy, Company *''Oklahoma!'': "The Farmer and the Cowman" - Company
The First Ten awards were presented prior to the full ceremony and broadcast on PBS. The awards presented were: Best Direction of a Play, Direction of a Musical, Book of a Musical, Original Score, Choreography, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Scenic Design. There were also interviews and "rehearsal and performance clips from the nominated shows."<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68145-Together-Again-PBS-and-CBS-Will-Televise-Tony-2002-Awards "Together Again: PBS and CBS Will Televise Tony 2002 Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021011055/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68145-Together-Again-PBS-and-CBS-Will-Televise-Tony-2002-Awards |date=2012-10-21 }} playbill.com, March 7, 2002</ref>
The broadcast won the 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for Glenn Weiss.<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www./news/article/81747-2002-Tony-Awards-Telecast-Wins-an-Emmy "2002 Tony Awards Telecast Wins an Emmy"] playbill.com, September 22, 2003</ref>
==Eligibility== Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2001–02 season before May 2, 2002 are eligible. {{col-begin}}{{col-break}} ;Original plays *''An Almost Holy Picture'' *''Fortune’s Fool'' *''45 Seconds from Broadway'' *''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' *''The Graduate'' *''If you ever leave me...I'm going with you!'' *''Metamorphoses'' *''The Mystery of Charles Dickens'' *''QED'' *''The Smell of the Kill'' *''Topdog/Underdog'' {{col-break}} ;Original musicals *''By Jeeves'' *''Mamma Mia!'' *''One Mo' Time'' *''Sweet Smell of Success'' *''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' *''Thou Shalt Not'' *''Urinetown'' {{col-break}} ;Play revivals *''A Christmas Carol'' *''The Crucible'' *''The Dance of Death'' *''The Elephant Man'' *''Hedda Gabler'' *''Major Barbara'' *''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' *''Morning's at Seven'' *''Noises Off'' *''Private Lives'' *''A Thousand Clowns'' *''The Women'' {{col-break}} ;Musical revivals *''Into the Woods'' *''Oklahoma!'' {{col-end}}
==Winners and nominees== ''Winners are in bold''
{| class=wikitable width="95%" |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' – Edward Albee''' ** ''Fortune's Fool'' – Mike Poulton ** ''Metamorphoses'' – Mary Zimmerman ** ''Topdog/Underdog'' – Suzan-Lori Parks | valign="top" | * '''''Thoroughly Modern Millie''''' ** ''Mamma Mia!'' ** ''Sweet Smell of Success'' ** ''Urinetown'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Private Lives''''' ** ''The Crucible'' ** ''Morning's at Seven'' ** ''Noises Off'' | valign="top" | * '''''Into the Woods''''' ** ''Oklahoma!'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |- | valign="top" | * '''Alan Bates – ''Fortune's Fool'' as Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin''' ** Billy Crudup – ''The Elephant Man'' as John Merrick ** Liam Neeson – ''The Crucible'' as John Proctor ** Alan Rickman – ''Private Lives'' as Elyot Chase ** Jeffrey Wright – ''Topdog/Underdog'' as Lincoln | valign="top" | * '''Lindsay Duncan – ''Private Lives'' as Amanda Prynne''' ** Kate Burton – ''Hedda Gabler'' as Hedda Gabler ** Laura Linney – ''The Crucible'' as Elizabeth Proctor ** Helen Mirren – ''The Dance of Death'' as Alice ** Mercedes Ruehl – ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' as Stevie |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''John Lithgow – ''Sweet Smell of Success'' as J.J. Hunsecker''' ** Gavin Creel – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as Jimmy Smith ** John McMartin – ''Into the Woods'' as Narrator/Mysterious Man ** Patrick Wilson – ''Oklahoma!'' as Curly ** John Cullum – ''Urinetown'' as Caldwell B. Cladwell | valign="top" | * '''Sutton Foster – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as Millie Dillmount''' ** Louise Pitre – ''Mamma Mia!'' as Donna Sheridan ** Vanessa L. Williams – ''Into the Woods'' as The Witch ** Nancy Opel – ''Urinetown'' as Penelope Pennywise ** Jennifer Laura Thompson – ''Urinetown'' as Hope Cladwell |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |- | valign="top" | * '''Frank Langella – ''Fortune's Fool'' as Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov''' ** Brian Murray – ''The Crucible'' as Deputy-Governor Thomas Danforth ** William Biff McGuire – ''Morning's at Seven'' as Theodore Swanson ** Sam Robards – ''The Man Who Had All the Luck'' as Gustav Eberson ** Stephen Tobolowsky – ''Morning's at Seven'' as Homer Bolton | valign="top" | * '''Katie Finneran – ''Noises Off'' as Brooke Ashton''' ** Kate Burton – ''The Elephant Man'' as Pinhead/Mrs. Kendal ** Elizabeth Franz – ''Morning's at Seven'' as Aaronetta Gibbs ** Estelle Parsons – ''Morning's at Seven'' as Cora Swanson ** Frances Sternhagen – ''Morning's at Seven'' as Ida Bolton |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Shuler Hensley – ''Oklahoma!'' as Jud Fry''' ** Gregg Edelman – ''Into the Woods'' as The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince ** Brian d'Arcy James – ''Sweet Smell of Success'' as Sidney Falco ** Marc Kudisch – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as Trevor Graydon ** Norbert Leo Butz – ''Thou Shalt Not'' as Camille Raquin | valign="top" | * '''Harriet Sansom Harris – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as Ms. Meers''' ** Andrea Martin – ''Oklahoma!'' as Aunt Eller ** Judy Kaye – ''Mamma Mia!'' as Rosie Mulligan ** Laura Benanti – ''Into the Woods'' as Cinderella ** Spencer Kayden – ''Urinetown'' as Little Sally |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Book of a Musical ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |- | valign="top" | * '''Greg Kotis – ''Urinetown''''' ** Catherine Johnson – ''Mamma Mia!'' ** John Guare – ''Sweet Smell of Success'' ** Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' | valign="top" | * '''''Urinetown'' – Mark Hollmann (music and lyrics) and Greg Kotis (lyrics)''' ** ''Sweet Smell of Success'' – Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Craig Carnelia (lyrics) ** ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' – Jeanine Tesori (music) and Dick Scanlan (lyrics) ** ''Thou Shalt Not'' – Harry Connick, Jr. (music and lyrics) |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design |- | valign="top" | * '''Tim Hatley – ''Private Lives''''' ** Daniel Ostling – ''Metamorphoses'' ** Douglas W. Schmidt – ''Into the Woods'' ** John Lee Beatty – ''Morning's at Seven'' | valign="top" | * '''Martin Pakledinaz – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''''' ** Jenny Beavan – ''Private Lives'' ** Susan Hilferty – ''Into the Woods'' ** Jane Greenwood – ''Morning's at Seven'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Orchestrations |- | valign="top" | * '''Brian MacDevitt – ''Into the Woods''''' ** David Hersey – ''Oklahoma!'' ** Natasha Katz – ''Sweet Smell of Success'' ** Paul Gallo – ''The Crucible'' | valign="top" | * '''Doug Besterman and Ralph Burns– ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''''' ** Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch – ''Mamma Mia!'' ** William David Brohn – ''Sweet Smell of Success'' ** Bruce Coughlin – ''Urinetown'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Mary Zimmerman – ''Metamorphoses''''' ** Howard Davies – ''Private Lives'' ** Richard Eyre – ''The Crucible'' ** Daniel Sullivan – ''Morning's at Seven'' | valign="top" | * '''John Rando – ''Urinetown''''' ** James Lapine – ''Into the Woods'' ** Michael Mayer – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' ** Trevor Nunn – ''Oklahoma!'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreography ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Special Theatrical Event |- | valign="top" | * '''Rob Ashford – ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''''' ** John Carrafa – ''Urinetown'' ** John Carrafa – ''Into the Woods'' ** Susan Stroman – ''Oklahoma!'' | valign="top" | * '''''Elaine Stritch at Liberty''''' ** ''Bea Arthur on Broadway'' ** ''Barbara Cook in Mostly Sondheim'' ** ''Sexaholix.. A Love Story'' |}
==Special awards== Source: TheaterMania<ref>Portantiere, Michael. [https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/jennifer-jason-leigh-and-steven-weber-announce-ton_2135.html "Jennifer Jason Leigh and Steven Weber Announce Tony Nominees at Sardi's"] theatermania.com, May 6, 2002</ref>
*Regional Theatre Tony Award **Williamstown Theatre Festival *Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre **Robert Whitehead *Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre **Julie Harris
==Multiple nominations and awards== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} These productions had multiple nominations:
*''11 nominations:'' ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' *''10 nominations:'' ''Into the Woods'' and ''Urinetown'' *''9 nominations:'' ''Morning's at Seven'' *''7 nominations:'' ''Oklahoma!'' and ''Sweet Smell of Success'' *''6 nominations:'' ''The Crucible'' and ''Private Lives'' *''5 nominations:'' ''Mamma Mia!'' *''3 nominations:'' ''Fortune's Fool'' and ''Metamorphoses'' *''2 nominations:'' ''The Elephant Man'', ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'', ''Noises Off'', ''Thou Shalt Not'' and ''Topdog/Underdog''
{{Col-2-of-2}} The following productions received multiple awards.
*''6 wins:'' ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' *''3 wins:'' ''Private Lives'' and ''Urinetown'' *''2 wins:'' ''Fortune's Fool'' and ''Into the Woods''
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==See also== {{Portal|Theatre|Music}} * Drama Desk Awards * 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions * Obie Award * New York Drama Critics' Circle * Theatre World Award * Lucille Lortel Awards
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160831204617/http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search Tony Awards Official Site]
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