1997 Tony Awards results (51st) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees of the 51st Tony Awards, held on June 1, 1997. The 1997 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Titanic”.

Best musical

• Titanic

• Juan Darien
• The Life
• Steel Pier

Best play

• The Last Night of Ballyhoo

• Skylight
• Stanley
• The Young Man From Atlanta

Best book of a musical

• Peter Stone (Titanic)

• Leslie Bricusse (Jekyll and Hyde)
• David Thompson (Steel Pier)
• David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman (The Life)

Best original score

• Maury Yeston (Titanic)

• Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darien)
• John Kander and Fred Ebb (Steel Pier)
• Cy Coleman and Ira Gasman (The Life)

Best revival of a musical

• Chicago

• Annie
• Candide
• Once Upon a Mattress

Best revival of a play

• A Doll’s House

• London Assurance
• Present Laughter
• The Gin Game

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Christopher Plummer (Barrymore)

• Brian Bedford (London Assurance)
• Michael Gambon (Skylight)
• Antony Sher (Stanley)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Janet McTeer (A Doll’s House)

• Julie Harris (The Gin Game)
• Shirley Knight (The Young Man From Atlanta)
• Lia Williams (Skylight)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• James Naughton (Chicago)

• Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll and Hyde)
• Jim Dale (Candide)
• Daniel McDonald (Steel Pier)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago)

• Pamela Isaacs (The Life)
• Tonya Pinkins (Play On!)
• Karen Ziemba (Steel Pier)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Owen Teale (A Doll’s House)

• Terry Beaver (The Last Night of Ballyhoo)
• Brian Murray (The Little Foxes)
• William Biff McGuire (The Young Man From Atlanta)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Lynne Thigpen (An American Daughter)

• Helen Carey (London Assurance)
• Dana Ivey (The Last Night of Ballyhoo)
• Celia Weston (The Last Night of Ballyhoo)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Chuck Cooper (The Life)

• Joel Blum (Steel Pier)
• Andre De Shields (Play On!)
• Sam Harris (The Life)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Lillias White (The Life)

• Marcia Lewis (Chicago)
• Andrea Martin (Candide)
• Debra Monk (Steel Pier)

Best scenic design

• Stewart Laing (Titanic)

• John Lee Beatty (The Little Foxes)
• G. W. Mercier and Julie Taymor (Juan Darien)
• Tony Walton (Steel Pier)

Best costume design

• Judith Dolan (Candide)

• Ann Curtis (Jekyll and Hyde)
• William Ivey Long (Chicago)
• Martin Pakledinaz (The Life)

Best lighting design

• Ken Billington (Chicago)

• Beverly Emmons (Jekyll and Hyde)
• Donald Holder (Juan Darien)
• Richard Pilbrow (The Life)

Best direction of a play

• Anthony Page (A Doll’s House)

• John Caird (Stanley)
• Richard Eyre (Skylight)
• Charles Nelson Reilly (The Gin Game)

Best direction of a musical

• Walter Bobbie (Chicago)

• Michael Blakemore (The Life)
• Scott Ellis (Steel Pier)
• Julie Taymor (Juan Darien)

Best choreography

• Ann Reinking (Chicago)

• Wayne Cilento (Dream)
• Joey McKneely (The Life)
• Susan Stroman (Steel Pier)

Best orchestrations

• Jonathan Tunick (Titanic)

• Michael Gibson (Steel Pier)
• Luther Henderson (Play On!)
• Don Sebesky and Harold Wheeler (The Life)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Bernard B. Jacobs

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• Seth Gelblum
• Joan Lader
• Sally Ann Parsons

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