Date June 3, 1990 | ||
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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.
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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:
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.