1998 Tony Awards results (52nd) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the award recipients from the 52nd Tony Awards ceremony, held on June 7, 1998. The 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “The Lion King.”

Best musical

• The Lion King

• Ragtime
• Side Show
• The Scarlet Pimpernel

Best play

• Art

• Freak
• Golden Child
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Best book of a musical

• Terrence McNally (Ragtime) — corrected (was shown only as “Ragtime”)

• Bill Russell (Side Show) — corrected
• Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi (The Lion King) — corrected
• Nan Knighton (The Scarlet Pimpernel) — corrected

Best original score

• Stephen Flaherty (music) & Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) — Ragtime — corrected

• Henry Krieger (music) & Bill Russell (lyrics) — Side Show — corrected
• Paul Simon (music); Paul Simon & Derek Walcott (lyrics) — The Capeman — corrected
• Elton John (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) — The Lion King — corrected

Best revival of a musical

• Cabaret — corrected (was “A View From the Bridge,” which is a play)

• 1776 — corrected
• On the Town — corrected
• The Sound of Music — corrected

Best revival of a play

• A View from the Bridge — corrected (was “Glengarry Glen Ross”)

• Ah, Wilderness!
• The Chairs
• The Diary of Anne Frank

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Anthony LaPaglia (A View from the Bridge)

• Richard Briers (The Chairs)
• John Leguizamo (Freak)
• Alfred Molina (Art)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Marie Mullen (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

• Jane Alexander (Honor)
• Allison Janney (A View from the Bridge)
• Geraldine McEwan (The Chairs)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Alan Cumming (Cabaret)

• Peter Friedman (Ragtime)
• Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime)
• Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Natasha Richardson (Cabaret)

• Betty Buckley (Triumph of Love)
• Marin Mazzie (Ragtime)
• Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner (Side Show)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Tom Murphy (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

• Brian F. O’Byrne (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
• Sam Trammell (Ah, Wilderness!)
• Max Wright (Ivanov)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Anna Manahan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

• Enid Graham (Honor)
• Linda Lavin (The Diary of Anne Frank)
• Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Ron Rifkin (Cabaret)

• Gregg Edelman (1776)
• John McMartin (High Society)
• Samuel E. Wright (The Lion King)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Audra McDonald (Ragtime)

• Anna Kendrick (High Society)
• Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King)
• Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret)

Best scenic design

• Richard Hudson (The Lion King) — corrected (category is not split by play/musical)

• Bob Crowley (The Capeman)
• Eugene Lee (Ragtime)
• Quay Brothers (The Chairs)

Best costume design

• Julie Taymor (The Lion King) — corrected (category is not split by play/musical)

• William Ivey Long (Cabaret)
• Santo Loquasto (Ragtime)
• Martin Pakledinaz (Golden Child)

Best lighting design

• Donald Holder (The Lion King) — corrected (category is not split by play/musical)

• Paul Anderson (The Chairs)
• Peggy Eisenhauer & Mike Baldassari (Cabaret)
• Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer (Ragtime)

Best direction of a play

• Garry Hynes (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)

• Michael Mayer (A View from the Bridge) — corrected
• Simon McBurney (The Chairs)
• Matthew Warchus (Art)

Best direction of a musical

• Julie Taymor (The Lion King)

• Scott Ellis (1776)
• Frank Galati (Ragtime)
• Sam Mendes with Rob Marshall (Cabaret)

Best choreography

• Garth Fagan (The Lion King)

• Graciela Daniele (Ragtime)
• Forever Tango Dancers (Forever Tango)
• Rob Marshall (Cabaret)

Best orchestrations

• William David Brohn (Ragtime)

• Robert Elhai, David Metzger & Bruce Fowler (The Lion King)
• Michael Gibson (Cabaret)
• Stanley Silverman (The Capeman)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Denver Center Theatre Company

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Ben Edwards
• Edward E. Colton

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• The International Theatre Institute of the United States

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