47th Tony Awards


The 47th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre in New York City on June 6, 1993. The host was Liza Minnelli.

The ceremony

The theme of the ceremony was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of theatre in Times Square, and the telecast opened with a new song, "Celebrate Broadway." The musical presentation was a "Sisters Medley" with sisters Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft. The finale was Oklahoma!, with 1993 Tony Award winners and Company.
Presenters: Bea Arthur, Tom Bosley, Matthew Broderick, Ellen Burstyn, Diahann Carroll, Michael Crawford, Tyne Daly, Tammy Grimes, Marvin Hamlisch, Julie Harris, Gregory Hines, James Earl Jones, Agnes de Mille, Amanda Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Mercedes Ruehl, Ron Silver, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Tune, Ben Vereen.
Performers: Barry Bostwick, Liza Minnelli, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, and cast members from Cats; Crazy For You; Falsettos, Guys and Dolls; Jelly's Last Jam; The Will Rogers Follies.
Musicals and Plays represented:
Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Blood Brothers
  • * The Goodbye Girl
  • * The Who's Tommy
    • Best Revival of a PlayBest Book of a Musical
  • Anna Christie
  • * St. Joan
  • * The Price
  • * Wilder, Wilder, Wilder
  • Terrence McNally – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Peter Kellogg – Anna Karenina
  • * Willy Russell – Blood Brothers
  • * Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff – The Who's Tommy
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
  • Ron Leibman – ' as Roy Cohn
  • *K. Todd Freeman – The Song of Jacob Zulu as Jacob Zulu
  • * Liam Neeson – Anna Christie as Mat Burke
  • * Stephen Rea – Someone Who'll Watch Over Me as Edward
  • Madeline Kahn – The Sisters Rosensweig as Gorgeous Teitelbaum
  • * Jane Alexander – The Sisters Rosensweig as Sara Goode
  • * Lynn Redgrave – Shakespeare for My Father as Herself
  • * Natasha Richardson – Anna Christie as Anna Christopherson
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Brent Carver – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
  • * Tim Curry – My Favorite Year as Alan Swann
  • * Con O'Neill – Blood Brothers as Mickey
  • * Martin Short – The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
  • Chita Rivera – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Aurora/Spider Woman
  • * Ann Crumb – Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
  • * Stephanie Lawrence – Blood Brothers as Mrs. Johnstone
  • * Bernadette Peters – The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
  • Stephen Spinella – ' as Prior Walter
  • * Robert Sean Leonard – Candida as Eugene Marchbanks
  • * Joe Mantello – ' as Louis Ironson
  • * Zakes Mokae – The Song of Jacob Zulu as Rev. Zulu/Mr. X, Itshe
  • Debra Monk – Redwood Curtain as Geneva
  • * Kathleen Chalfant – ' as Hannah Pitt/Various Characters
  • * Marcia Gay Harden – ' as Harper Pitt/Martin Heller
  • * Anne Meara – Anna Christie as Marthy Owen
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Anthony Crivello – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Valentin
  • * Michael Cerveris – The Who's Tommy as Tommy
  • * Gregg Edelman – Anna Karenina as Constantine Levin
  • * Paul Kandel – The Who's Tommy as Uncle Ernie
  • Andrea Martin – My Favorite Year as Alice Miller
  • * Jan Graveson – Blood Brothers as Linda
  • * Lainie Kazan – My Favorite Year as Belle Steinberg Carroca
  • * Marcia Mitzman – The Who's Tommy as Mrs. Walker
    • Best Original Score Written for the TheatreBest Choreography
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman – John Kander and Fred Ebb
  • The Who's Tommy – Pete Townshend
  • * Anna Karenina – Daniel Levine and Peter Kellogg
  • * The Song of Jacob Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Tug Yourgrau
  • Wayne Cilento – The Who's Tommy
  • * Graciela Daniele – The Goodbye Girl
  • * Vincent Paterson and Rob Marshall – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Randy Skinner – Ain't Broadway Grand
    • Best Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a Musical
  • George C. Wolfe –
  • * David Leveaux – Anna Christie
  • * Eric Simonson – The Song of Jacob Zulu
  • * Daniel J. Sullivan – The Sisters Rosensweig
  • Des McAnuff – The Who's Tommy
  • * Bill Kenwright and Bob Tomson – Blood Brothers
  • * Michael Kidd – The Goodbye Girl
  • * Harold Prince – Kiss of the Spider Woman
    • Best Scenic DesignBest Costume Design
  • John Arnone – The Who's Tommy
  • * John Lee Beatty – Redwood Curtain
  • * Jerome Sirlin – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Robin Wagner – '
  • Florence Klotz – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Jane Greenwood – The Sisters Rosensweig
  • * Erin Quigley – The Song of Jacob Zulu
  • * David C. Woolard – The Who's Tommy
    • Best Lighting Design-
  • Chris Parry – The Who's Tommy
  • * Howell Binkley – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • * Jules Fisher –
  • * Dennis Parichy – Redwood Curtain
    		• -

    Special awards

  • Regional Theatre Award - La Jolla Playhouse
  • Special Tony Award - Oklahoma!
  • Tony Honor
  • *IATSE
  • *Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

    Multiple nominations and awards

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