The 43rd Tony Awards – 1989 winners & nominees

The 43rd Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 4, 1989. This page provides a complete list of winners and nominees. The award for Best Musical went to Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.

Best musical

• Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

• Black and Blue
• Starmites

Best play

• The Heidi Chronicles

• Largely New York
• Lend Me a Tenor
• Shirley Valentine

Best revival

• Our Town

• Ah, Wilderness!
• Ain’t Misbehavin’
• Cafe Crown

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Philip Bosco (Lend Me a Tenor)

• Mikhail Baryshnikov (Metamorphosis)
• Victor Garber (Lend Me a Tenor)
• Bill Irwin (Largely New York)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine)

• Joan Allen (The Heidi Chronicles)
• Madeline Kahn (Born Yesterday)
• Kate Nelligan (Loot)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Jason Alexander (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

• Gabriel Barre (Starmites)
• Brian Lane Green (Starmites)
• Robert La Fosse (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Ruth Brown (Black and Blue)

• Charlotte d’Amboise (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)
• Linda Hopkins (Black and Blue)
• Sharon McNight (Starmites)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Boyd Gaines (The Heidi Chronicles)

• Peter Frechette (Eastern Standard)
• Eric Stoltz (Our Town)
• Gordon Joseph Weiss (Ghetto)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Christine Baranski (Rumors)

• Joanne Camp (The Heidi Chronicles)
• Tovah Feldshuh (Lend Me a Tenor)
• Penelope Ann Miller (Our Town)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Scott Wise (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

• Bunny Briggs (Black and Blue)
• Savion Glover (Black and Blue)
• Scott Wentworth (Welcome to the Club)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Debbie Shapiro (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

• Jane Lanier (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)
• Faith Prince (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)
• Julie Wilson (Legs Diamond)

Best scenic design

• Santo Loquasto (Cafe Crown)

• Thomas Lynch (The Heidi Chronicles)
• Claudio Segovia & Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)
• Tony Walton (Lend Me a Tenor)

Best costume design

• Jane Greenwood (Our Town)

• Willa Kim (Legs Diamond)
• William Ivey Long (Lend Me a Tenor)
• Claudio Segovia & Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)

Best lighting design

• Jennifer Tipton (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

• Neil Peter Jampolis & Jane Reisman (Black and Blue)
• Brian Nason (Metamorphosis)
• Nancy Schertler (Largely New York)

Best direction of a play

• Jerry Zaks (Lend Me a Tenor)

• Bill Irwin (Largely New York)
• Gregory Mosher (Our Town)
• Daniel Sullivan (The Heidi Chronicles)

Best direction of a musical

• Jerome Robbins (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway)

• Larry Carpenter (Starmites)
• Peter Mark Schifter (Welcome to the Club)
• Claudio Segovia & Hector Orezzoli (Black and Blue)

Best choreography

• Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning, Fayard Nicholas (Black and Blue)

• Michele Assaf (Starmites)
• Bill Irwin & Kimi Okada (Largely New York)
• Alan Johnson (Legs Diamond)

Regional theatre award

• Hartford Stage Company
• Hartford, Connecticut

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