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Date
  
June 3, 1990

Network
  
CBS

Hosted by
  
Kathleen Turner

44th Tony Awards

Location
  
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, New York

The 44th Annual Tony Awards to honor achievement in Broadway theatre was held on June 3, 1990 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and broadcast by CBS television. The hostess was Kathleen Turner.

Contents

The ceremony

The theme, "The Year of the Actor," featured classic monologues from As You Like It (Morgan Freeman); Hamlet (Kevin Kline); Long Day's Journey Into Night (Len Cariou); The Royal Family (Geraldine Fitzgerald); The Tempest (Philip Bosco).

Presenters and Performers: Philip Bosco, Matthew Broderick, Len Cariou, Dixie Carter, Michael Crawford, Sandy Duncan, Morgan Freeman, Helen Hayes, Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Linda Lavin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Reeve, Joan Rivers, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy, Lily Tomlin.

Musicals and Plays represented:

  • Aspects of Love ("Love Changes Everything" - Company)
  • City of Angels ("What You Don't Know About Women" - Kay McClelland and Randy Graff / "You're Nothing Without Me" - Gregg Edelman and James Naughton)
  • Grand Hotel ("We'll Take a Glass Together" - Michael Jeter, Brent Barrett and Company)
  • Meet Me in St. Louis ("Banjos"/"The Boy Next Door"/"The Trolley Song"/"Meet Me in St. Louis"- Company)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (Scene with Gary Sinise, Lois Smith and Company)
  • Lettice and Lovage (Scene with Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack)
  • The Piano Lesson (Scene with the Company)
  • Prelude to a Kiss (Scene with Timothy Hutton, Mary-Louise Parker, Barnard Hughes and Company)

    • Winners and nominees

    Winners are in bold

    Special awards

    The Regional Theatre Award was presented to the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The Tony Honor Award was presented to Alfred Drake for Excellence in the Theatre.

    References

    44th Tony Awards Wikipedia
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