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The 53rd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 6, 1999; "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television. The show did not have a formal host.

Presenters:

 * Julie Andrews
 * Bea Arthur
 * Alec Baldwin
 * Christine Baranski
 * Matthew Broderick
 * Carol Burnett
 * Zoe Caldwell
 * Mario Cantone
 * Stockard Channing


 * Alan Cumming
 * Judi Dench
 * Brian Dennehy
 * Laurence Fishburne
 * Calista Flockhart
 * David Hare
 * William Hurt
 * Swoosie Kurtz
 * Angela Lansbury


 * Audra McDonald
 * Terrence McNally
 * Sarah Jessica Parker
 * David Hyde Pierce
 * Chita Rivera
 * Jason Robards
 * Christian Slater
 * Kevin Spacey
 * Scott Wolf

Performances
The opening number was "There's No Business Like Show Business", sung by Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat, and the presenters.

The following musicals or performers performed:


 * The Civil War ("Freedom's Child") -- Lawrence Clayton and Company
 * Peter Pan ("I'm Flying") -- Cathy Rigby and children
 * Parade ("This Is Not Over Yet"/"The Old Red Hills of Home") -- Carolee Carmello, Brent Carver and Company
 * You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ("My New Philosophy"/"Happiness") -- Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp and Company
 * Fosse ("Sing Sing Sing") -- Company
 * Little Me ("Boom Boom") -- Martin Short and Company
 * Annie Get Your Gun ("I Got the Sun in the Morning"/"Hoedown"/"Old-Fashioned Wedding") -- Tom Wopat, Bernadette Peters and Company

The telecast included a special presentation featuring performers from several of the productions nominated as Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.


 * Death of a Salesman- Brian Dennehy
 * The Lonesome West- Brian F. O'Byrne
 * The Iceman Cometh- Clarke Peters and Kevin Spacey
 * Electra- Zoe Wanamaker
 * Side Man- Scott Wolf and Frank Wood
 * Twelfth Night- Max Wright

Winners and Nominees
Winners are in bold **

Production
Best Play
 * Side Man ** by Warren Leight
 * Closer by Patrick Marber
 * The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
 * Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams

Best Musical
 * Fosse **
 * The Civil War
 * It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
 * Parade

Best Revival of a Play
 * Death of a Salesman **by Arthur Miller
 * Electra
 * The Iceman Cometh
 * Twelfth Night

Best Revival of a Musical
 * Annie Get Your Gun **
 * Little Me
 * Peter Pan
 * You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Performance
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
 * Brian Dennehy ** for Death of a Salesman
 * Brian F. O'Byrne (The Lonesome West)
 * Corin Redgrave (Not About Nightingales)
 * Kevin Spacey (The Iceman Cometh)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
 * Judi Dench ** for Amy's View
 * Stockard Channing (The Lion in Winter)
 * Marian Seldes (Ring Round the Moon)
 * Zoe Wanamaker (Electra)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
 * Martin Short ** for Little Me
 * Brent Carver (Parade)
 * Adam Cooper (Swan Lake)
 * Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
 * Bernadette Peters ** for Annie Get Your Gun
 * Carolee Carmello (Parade)
 * Dee Hoty (Footloose)
 * Siân Phillips (Marlene)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
 * Frank Wood ** for Side Man
 * Kevin Anderson (Death of a Salesman)
 * Finbar Lynch (Not About Nightingales)
 * Howard Witt (Death of a Salesman)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
 * Elizabeth Franz ** for Death of a Salesman
 * Claire Bloom (Electra)
 * Samantha Bond (Amy's View)
 * Dawn Bradfield (The Lonesome West)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
 * Roger Bart ** for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 * Desmond Richardson (Fosse)
 * Ron Taylor (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues)
 * Scott Wise (Fosse)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
 * Kristin Chenoweth ** for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 * Gretha Boston (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues)
 * Valarie Pettiford (Fosse)
 * Mary Testa (On the Town)

Craft
Best Direction of a Play
 * Robert Falls for ''Death of a Salesman **
 * Howard Davies (The Iceman Cometh)
 * Garry Hynes (The Lonesome West)
 * Trevor Nunn (Not About Nightingales)

Best Direction of a Musical
 * Matthew Bourne for ''Swan Lake **
 * Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking (Fosse)
 * Michael Mayer (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
 * Harold Prince (Parade)

Best Choreography
 * Matthew Bourne for ''Swan Lake **
 * Patricia Birch (Parade)
 * Rob Marshall (Little Me)
 * A. C. Ciulla (Footloose)

Best Book of a Musical
 * Alfred Uhry for ''Parade **
 * Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman for It Aint Nothin But the Blues
 * Pam Gems for Marlene
 * Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie for Footloose

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
 * Parade (Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown) **
 * Footloose
 * The Civil War
 * Twelfth Night

Best Orchestrations
 * Ralph Burns and Douglas Besterman ** (Fosse)
 * David Cullen (Swan Lake)
 * Don Sebesky (Parade)
 * Harold Wheeler (Little Me)

Best Scenic Design
 * Richard Hoover ** (Not About Nightingales)
 * Bob Crowley (The Iceman Cometh)
 * Bob Crowley (Twelfth Night)
 * Ricardo Hernandez (Parade)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design
 * Lez Brotherston** (Swan Lake)
 * Santo Loquasto (Fosse)
 * John David Ridge (Ring Round the Moon)
 * Catherine Zuber (Twelfth Night)

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
 * Andrew Bridge ** (Fosse)
 * Mark Henderson (The Iceman Cometh)
 * Natasha Katz (Twelfth Night)
 * Chris Parry (Not About Nightingales)

Special Awards

 * Regional Theater Tony Award
 * Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, New Jersey)


 * Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
 * Arthur Miller


 * Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
 * Isabelle Stevenson


 * Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
 * Uta Hagen


 * Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation
 * Fool Moon