2002 Tony Awards results (56th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 56th Tony Awards ceremony held on June 2, 2002. The 2002 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Best Musical

• Thoroughly Modern Millie (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• Mamma Mia! (Mamma Mia!)
• Sweet Smell of Success (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Urinetown (Urinetown)

Best Play

• The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?)

• Fortune’s Fool (Fortune’s Fool)
• Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses)
• Topdog/Underdog (Topdog/Underdog)

Best Book of a Musical

• Greg Kotis (Urinetown)

• Catherine Johnson (Mamma Mia!)
• John Guare (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

Best Original Score

• Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (Urinetown)

• Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
• Harry Connick, Jr. (Thou Shalt Not)

Best Revival of a Play

• Private Lives (Private Lives)

• The Crucible (The Crucible)
• Morning’s at Seven (Morning’s at Seven)
• Noises Off (Noises Off)

Best Revival of a Musical

• Into the Woods (Into the Woods)

• Oklahoma! (Oklahoma!)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Alan Bates (Fortune’s Fool)

• Billy Crudup (The Elephant Man)
• Liam Neeson (The Crucible)
• Alan Rickman (Private Lives)
• Jeffrey Wright (Topdog/Underdog)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Lindsay Duncan (Private Lives)

• Kate Burton (Hedda Gabler)
• Laura Linney (The Crucible)
• Helen Mirren (Dance of Death)
• Mercedes Ruehl (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• John Lithgow (Sweet Smell of Success)

• Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
• John McMartin (Into the Woods)
• Patrick Wilson (Oklahoma!)
• John Cullum (Urinetown)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!)
• Vanessa L. Williams (Into the Woods)
• Nancy Opel (Urinetown)
• Jennifer Laura Thompson (Urinetown)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Frank Langella (Fortune’s Fool)

• Brian Murray (The Crucible)
• William Biff McGuire (Morning’s at Seven)
• Sam Robards (The Man Who Had All the Luck)
• Stephen Tobolowsky (Morning’s at Seven)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Katie Finneran (Noises Off)

• Kate Burton (The Elephant Man)
• Elizabeth Franz (Morning’s at Seven)
• Estelle Parsons (Morning’s at Seven)
• Frances Sternhagen (Morning’s at Seven)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!)

• Gregg Edelman (Into the Woods)
• Brian d’Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
• Norbert Leo Butz (Thou Shalt Not)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• Andrea Martin (Oklahoma!)
• Judy Kaye (Mamma Mia!)
• Laura Benanti (Into the Woods)
• Spencer Kayden (Urinetown)

Best Scenic Design

• Tim Hatley (Private Lives)

• Daniel Ostling (Metamorphoses)
• Douglas W. Schmidt (Into the Woods)
• John Lee Beatty (Morning’s at Seven)

Best Costume Design

• Martin Pakledinaz (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• Jenny Beavan (Private Lives)
• Susan Hilferty (Into the Woods)
• Jane Greenwood (Morning’s at Seven)

Best Lighting Design

• Brian MacDevitt (Into the Woods)

• David Hersey (Oklahoma!)
• Natasha Katz (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Paul Gallo (The Crucible)

Best Direction of a Play

• Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses)

• Howard Davies (Private Lives)
• Richard Eyre (The Crucible)
• Daniel Sullivan (Morning’s at Seven)

Best Direction of a Musical

• John Rando (Urinetown)

• James Lapine (Into the Woods)
• Michael Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
• Trevor Nunn (Oklahoma!)

Best Choreography

• Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• John Carrafa (Urinetown)
• John Carrafa (Into the Woods)
• Susan Stroman (Oklahoma!)

Best Orchestrations

• Doug Besterman and Ralph Burns (Thoroughly Modern Millie)

• Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch (Mamma Mia!)
• William David Brohn (Sweet Smell of Success)
• Bruce Coughlin (Urinetown)

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• Williamstown Theatre Festival

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

• Robert Whitehead
• Julie Harris

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