2000 Tony Awards results (54th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the award recipients from the 54th Tony Awards ceremony, held on June 4, 2000. The 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Contact.”

Best musical

• Contact

• James Joyce’s The Dead
• Swing!
• The Wild Party

Best play

• Copenhagen by Michael Frayn

• Dirty Blonde by Claudia Shear
• The Ride Down Mt. Morgan by Arthur Miller
• True West by Sam Shepard

Best book of a musical

• Richard Nelson (James Joyce’s The Dead)

• John Weidman (Contact)
• Michael John LaChiusa (Marie Christine)
• Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe (The Wild Party)

Best original score

• Elton John & Tim Rice (Aida)

• Shaun Davey & Richard Nelson (James Joyce’s The Dead)
• Michael John LaChiusa (Marie Christine)
• Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party)

Best revival of a play

• The Real Thing

• Amadeus
• A Moon for the Misbegotten
• The Price

Best revival of a musical

• Kiss Me, Kate

• Jesus Christ Superstar
• The Music Man
• Tango Argentino

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Stephen Dillane (The Real Thing)

• Gabriel Byrne (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (True West)
• John C. Reilly (True West)
• David Suchet (Amadeus)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Jennifer Ehle (The Real Thing)

• Jayne Atkinson (The Rainmaker)
• Rosemary Harris (Waiting in the Wings)
• Cherry Jones (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate)

• Craig Bierko (The Music Man)
• George Hearn (Putting It Together)
• Mandy Patinkin (The Wild Party)
• Christopher Walken (James Joyce’s The Dead)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Heather Headley (Aida)

• Toni Collette (The Wild Party)
• Rebecca Luker (The Music Man)
• Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me, Kate)
• Audra McDonald (Marie Christine)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Roy Dotrice (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

• Kevin Chamberlin (Dirty Blonde)
• Daniel Davis (Wrong Mountain)
• Derek Smith (The Green Bird)
• Bob Stillman (Dirty Blonde)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Blair Brown (Copenhagen)

• Frances Conroy (The Ride Down Mt. Morgan)
• Amy Ryan (Uncle Vanya)
• Helen Stenborg (Waiting in the Wings)
• Sarah Woodward (The Real Thing)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Boyd Gaines (Contact)

• Michael Berresse (Kiss Me, Kate)
• Stephen Spinella (James Joyce’s The Dead)
• Lee Wilkof (Kiss Me, Kate)
• Michael Mulheren (Kiss Me, Kate)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Karen Ziemba (Contact)

• Laura Benanti (Swing!)
• Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!)
• Eartha Kitt (The Wild Party)
• Deborah Yates (Contact)

Best Scenic Design

• Bob Crowley (Aida)

• Thomas Lynch (The Music Man)
• Robin Wagner (Kiss Me, Kate)
• Tony Walton (Uncle Vanya)

Best Costume Design

• Martin Pakledinaz (Kiss Me, Kate)

• Bob Crowley (Aida)
• Constance Hoffman (The Green Bird)
• William Ivey Long (The Music Man)

Best Lighting Design

• Natasha Katz (Aida)

• Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer (The Wild Party)
• Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer (Marie Christine)
• Peter Kaczorowski (Kiss Me, Kate)

Best direction of a play

• Michael Blakemore (Copenhagen)

• James Lapine (Dirty Blonde)
• David Leveaux (The Real Thing)
• Matthew Warchus (True West)

Best direction of a musical

• Michael Blakemore (Kiss Me, Kate)

• Susan Stroman (The Music Man)
• Susan Stroman (Contact)
• Lynne Taylor-Corbett (Swing!)

Best choreography

• Susan Stroman (Contact)

• Kathleen Marshall (Kiss Me, Kate)
• Susan Stroman (The Music Man)
• Lynne Taylor-Corbett (Swing!)

Best orchestrations

• Don Sebesky (Kiss Me, Kate)

• Doug Besterman (The Music Man)
• Jonathan Tunick (Marie Christine)
• Harold Wheeler (Swing!)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Utah Shakespearean Festival

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• T. Edward Hambleton

Special Theatrical Event

• Dame Edna: The Royal Tour

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• Eileen Heckart
• Sylvia Herscher
• City Center Encores!

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