{{Short description|2003 theatrical awards ceremony}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox award | name = 57th Tony Awards | image = 57th Tony Awards poster.jpg | caption = Official poster for the 57th annual Tony Awards | date = June 8, 2003 | location = Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York | host = Hugh Jackman | most_wins = ''Hairspray'' (8) | most_nominations = ''Hairspray'' (13) | network = CBS | ratings = 7.8 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 = 56th | main = Tony Awards | next = 58th | website = {{URL|tonyawards.com}} }}
The '''57th Annual Tony Awards''' was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2003, and broadcast by CBS television. The event was hosted for the first time by Australian actor Hugh Jackman.
==Eligibility== Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2002–03 season before May 7, 2003 are eligible.
{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} ;Original plays *''Enchanted April'' *''Hollywood Arms'' *''Imaginary Friends'' *''Life x 3'' *''Say Goodnight, Gracie'' *''Take Me Out'' *''Vincent in Brixton'' {{col-break}} ;Original musicals *''Amour'' *''Dance of the Vampires'' *''Hairspray'' *''The Look of Love'' *''Movin' Out'' *''Urban Cowboy'' *''A Year with Frog and Toad'' {{col-break}} ;Play revivals *''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' *''Dinner at Eight'' *''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' *''I'm Not Rappaport'' *''Long Day's Journey into Night'' *''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' *''Medea'' *''Our Town'' *''Salome'' *''Tartuffe'' {{col-break}} ;Musical revivals *''The Boys from Syracuse'' *''Flower Drum Song'' *''Gypsy'' *''La bohème'' *''Man of La Mancha'' *''Nine'' {{col-end}}
==The ceremony== The ceremony was broadcast on national prime time television on CBS for three hours, rather than two hours on CBS and one hour on PBS, as had been done for several years previously.<ref>McKinley, Jesse.[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/arts/theater/09SCEN.html?8bl Broadway Enjoys Its Moment"] ''The New York Times'', June 9, 2003.</ref> The television ratings were 5.4, down slightly from the 2002 telecast of 5.9.<ref>Simonson, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80055-Final-Ratings-for-Tonys-Down-from-2002 "Final Ratings for Tonys Down from 2002"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914073627/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80055-Final-Ratings-for-Tonys-Down-from-2002 |date=2011-09-14 }} playbill.com, June 10, 2003.</ref> During the ceremony, at the end of their acceptance speech for ''Hairspray'', Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman kissed each other, making them the first public same-sex kiss at an awards show, predating Britney Spears and Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Presenters included: Benjamin Bratt, Toni Braxton, Matthew Broderick, Alan Cumming, Edie Falco, Joey Fatone, Laurence Fishburne, Sutton Foster, Danny Glover, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, John Leguizamo, John Lithgow, Julianna Margulies, Bebe Neuwirth, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Perez, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Ann Reinking, John Spencer, Marisa Tomei, Mike Wallace and Barbara Walters. In addition, Jason Alexander and Martin Short, the stars of the national company of ''The Producers'', presented an award from the stage of Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.<ref name=hugh>{{cite web |url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253135360593.html |title=2003 - 57th Annual Tony Awards |website=Tonyawards.com |access-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117025342/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253135360593.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
There were memorial tributes to cartoonist Al Hirschfeld, writer Peter Stone, and lyricist Adolph Green.
Shows that performed were:<ref name=hugh/>
New Musicals: *''Movin' Out'' - Billy Joel opened by performing "New York State of Mind" live from Times Square, leading to a medley of "River of Dreams", "Keeping the Faith" and "Only the Good Die Young" performed by the company of Movin' Out on stage at Radio City Music Hall. *''Hairspray'' - Marissa Jaret Winokur, Matthew Morrison, Kerry Butler, Harvey Fierstein, and Mary Bond Davis led the company with "You Can't Stop the Beat" *''A Year with Frog and Toad'' - Mark Linn-Baker and Jay Goede performed "Alone"
Revivals: *''Nine'' - Antonio Banderas performed "Guido's Song" with the company *''La bohème'' - The company (including all 10 members of the principal ensemble) performed a medley from the opera *''Gypsy'' - Bernadette Peters performed "Rose's Turn" *''Man of La Mancha'' - Brian Stokes Mitchell performed "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
==Awards and nominees== ''Winners are in bold''
Source:''The New York Times''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/theater/12TONY-LIST.html |title=The Winners |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable width="95%" |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! width="50%" | Best Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Take Me Out'' – Richard Greenberg''' ** ''Enchanted April'' – Matthew Barber ** ''Say Goodnight, Gracie'' – Rupert Holmes ** ''Vincent in Brixton'' – Nicholas Wright | valign="top" | * '''''Hairspray''''' ** ''Amour'' ** ''A Year with Frog and Toad'' ** ''Movin' Out'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Revival of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''''Long Day's Journey into Night''''' ** ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' ** ''Dinner at Eight'' ** ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' | valign="top" | * '''''Nine''''' ** ''Gypsy'' ** ''La bohème'' ** ''Man of La Mancha'' |- ! 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" | * '''Brian Dennehy – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' as James Tyrone, Sr.''' ** Brian Bedford – ''Tartuffe'' as Orgon ** Eddie Izzard – ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' as Bri ** Paul Newman – ''Our Town'' as Stage Manager ** Stanley Tucci – ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' as Johnny | valign="top" | * '''Vanessa Redgrave – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' as Mary Tyrone''' ** Jayne Atkinson – ''Enchanted April'' as Lotty Wilton ** Victoria Hamilton – ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' as Sheila ** Clare Higgins – ''Vincent in Brixton'' as Ursula Loyler ** Fiona Shaw – ''Medea'' as Medea |- ! 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" | * '''Harvey Fierstein – ''Hairspray'' as Edna Turnblad''' ** Antonio Banderas – ''Nine'' as Guido Contini ** Malcolm Gets – ''Amour'' as Dusoleil ** Brian Stokes Mitchell – ''Man of La Mancha'' as Don Quixote/Cervantes ** John Selya – ''Movin' Out'' as Eddie | valign="top" | * '''Marissa Jaret Winokur – ''Hairspray'' as Tracy Turnblad''' ** Melissa Errico – ''Amour'' as Isabella ** Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – ''Man of La Mancha'' as Aldonza/Dulcinea ** Elizabeth Parkinson – ''Movin' Out'' as Brenda ** Bernadette Peters – ''Gypsy'' as Mama Rose |- ! 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" | * '''Denis O'Hare – ''Take Me Out'' as Mason Marzak''' ** Thomas Jefferson Byrd – ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' as Toledo ** Philip Seymour Hoffman – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' as Jamie ** Robert Sean Leonard – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' as Edmund ** Daniel Sunjata – ''Take Me Out'' as Darren Lemming | valign="top" | * '''Michele Pawk – ''Hollywood Arms'' as Louise''' ** Christine Ebersole – ''Dinner at Eight'' as Millicent Jordan ** Linda Emond – ''Life x 3'' as Inez ** Kathryn Meisle – ''Tartuffe'' as Elmire ** Marian Seldes – ''Dinner at Eight'' as Carlotta Vance |- ! 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" | * '''Dick Latessa – ''Hairspray'' as Wilbur Turnblad''' ** Michael Cavanaugh – ''Movin' Out'' as Various Characters ** John Dossett – ''Gypsy'' as Herbie ** Corey Reynolds – ''Hairspray'' as Seaweed J. Stubbs ** Keith Roberts – ''Movin' Out'' as Tony | valign="top" | * '''Jane Krakowski – ''Nine'' as Carla Albanese''' ** Tammy Blanchard – ''Gypsy'' as Louise ** Mary Stuart Masterson – ''Nine'' as Luisa Contini ** Chita Rivera – ''Nine'' as Liliane La Fleur ** Ashley Tuttle – ''Movin' Out'' as Judy |- ! 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" | * '''Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan – ''Hairspray''''' ** Didier van Cauwelaert and Jeremy Sams – ''Amour'' ** Willie Reale – ''A Year with Frog and Toad'' ** David Henry Hwang – ''Flower Drum Song'' | valign="top" | * '''''Hairspray'' – Marc Shaiman (music) and Scott Wittman and Shaiman (lyrics)''' ** ''A Year with Frog and Toad'' – Robert Reale (music) and Willie Reale (lyrics) ** ''Amour'' – Michel Legrand (music) and Didier van Cauwelaert and Jeremy Sams (lyrics) ** ''Urban Cowboy'' – Various Composers{{ref|1|[I]}} |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design |- | valign="top" | * '''Catherine Martin – ''La bohème''''' ** John Lee Beatty – ''Dinner at Eight'' ** Santo Loquasto – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' ** David Rockwell – ''Hairspray'' | valign="top" | * '''William Ivey Long – ''Hairspray''''' ** Gregg Barnes – ''Flower Drum Song'' ** Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie – ''La bohème'' ** Catherine Zuber – ''Dinner at Eight'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Orchestrations |- | valign="top" | * '''Nigel Levings – ''La bohème''''' ** Donald Holder – ''Movin' Out'' ** Brian MacDevitt – ''Nine'' ** Kenneth Posner – ''Hairspray'' | valign="top" | * '''Billy Joel and Stuart Malina – ''Movin' Out''''' ** Nicholas Kitsopoulos – ''La bohème'' ** Jonathan Tunick – ''Nine'' ** Harold Wheeler – ''Hairspray'' |- ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Play ! style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction of a Musical |- | valign="top" | * '''Joe Mantello – ''Take Me Out''''' ** Laurence Boswell – ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'' ** Robert Falls – ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' ** Deborah Warner – ''Medea'' | valign="top" | * '''Jack O'Brien – ''Hairspray''''' ** David Leveaux – ''Nine'' ** Baz Luhrmann – ''La bohème'' ** Twyla Tharp – ''Movin' Out'' |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#C0C0C0;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Choreography |- | colspan="2" valign="top" | * '''Twyla Tharp – ''Movin' Out''''' ** Robert Longbottom – ''Flower Drum Song'' ** Jerry Mitchell – ''Hairspray'' ** Melinda Roy – ''Urban Cowboy'' |}
==Special awards== ;Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre *The principal ensemble of ''La bohème'', including Lisa Hopkins, Ekaterina Solovyeva and Wei Huang (as Mimi); David Miller, Jesús Garcia and Alfie Boe (as Rodolfo); Jessica Comeau and Chlöe Wright (as Musetta); and Eugene Brancoveanu and Ben Davis (as Marcello) *Paul Huntley *Johnson-Liff Casting Associates *The Acting Company
;Lifetime Achievement Tony Award *Cy Feuer
;Special Theatrical Event *Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
;Regional Theatre Tony Award *Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
==Multiple nominations and awards== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} These productions had multiple nominations:
*''13 nominations:'' ''Hairspray'' *''10 nominations:'' ''Movin' Out'' *''8 nominations:'' ''Nine'' *''7 nominations:'' ''La bohème'' and ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' *''5 nominations:'' ''Amour'' and ''Dinner at Eight'' *''4 nominations:'' ''A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'', ''Gypsy'' and ''Take Me Out'' *''3 nominations:'' ''Flower Drum Song'', ''Man of La Mancha'' and ''A Year with Frog and Toad'' *''2 nominations:'' ''Enchanted April'', ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'', ''Medea'', ''Tartuffe'', ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''Vincent in Brixton''
{{Col-2-of-2}} The following productions received multiple awards.
*''8 wins:'' ''Hairspray'' *''3 wins:'' ''La bohème'', ''Long Day's Journey into Night'' and ''Take Me Out'' *''2 wins:'' ''Movin' Out'' and ''Nine''
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==See also== {{Portal|Theatre|Music}} * Drama Desk Awards * 2003 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions * Obie Award * New York Drama Critics' Circle * Theatre World Award * Lucille Lortel Awards
==Notes== <sup>{{note|1|[I]}}</sup>The thirty composers nominated for ''Urban Cowboy'' were Jeff Blumenkrantz, Bob Stillman, Jason Robert Brown, Danny Arena, Sara Light, Lauren Lucas, Jerry Silverstein, Martie Maguire, Wayland D. Holyfield, Bob Lee House, Carl L. Byrd, Pevin Byrd-Munoz, Luke Reed, Roger Brown, Jerry Chesnut, Marcus Hummon, Clint Black, James Hayden Nicholas, Tommy Conners, Skip Ewing, Charles Daniels, Tom Crain, Fred Edwards, Taz DiGregorio, Jim Marshall, Charlie Hayward, Wanda Mallette, Patti Ryan, Ronnie Dunn and Bob Morrison.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615150121/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards Official Site]
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