Performances: I hope I get it (A chorus line) / A chorus line company -- Show people (Curtains) / David Hyde Pierce and company -- Raunchy (110 in the shade) / Audra McDonald and John Cullum -- Mary Poppins medley (Mary Poppins) / Ashley Brown, Gavin Lee and company -- Being alive (Company) / Raúl Esparza -- [In memoriam]: Look around (Will Rogers follies) / Tommy Tune -- Oh what a night (Jersey boys) / Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Christian Hoff and John Lloyd Young -- The revolutionary costume for today (Grey gardens) / Christine Ebersole -- Spring awakening medley (Spring awakening) / Spring awakening company -- I'm here (The color purple) / Fantasia.
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Titles are from onscreen title cards.
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Credits at end of video streaming file.
Opening number: Composer Marvin Hamlish accompanies the cast of the revival of A chorus line as they perform in the street in front of Radio City Music Hall. A presentation (A chorus line themed) of presenters and performers included head shots.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Ricky Kirshner and Greg Weiss, executive producers ; Greg Weiss, director ; Elizabeth I. McCann, managing producer ; Joey Parnes, coordinating producer ; [Elliot Lawrence, music director] ; Dave Boone, writer ; [Randy Thomas, announcer].
Performer (note)
Award recipients: Featured actor in a play, Billy Crudup / Coast of Utopia -- Featured actor in a musical, John Gallagher Jr. / Spring awakening -- Librettist, Steven Sater / Spring awakening -- Original score, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater / Spring awakening -- Featured actress in a musical, Mary Louise Wilson / Grey gardens -- Choreography, Bill T. Jones / Spring awakening -- Featured actress in a play, Jennifer Ehle / Coast of Utopia -- Director of a play, Jack O'Brien / Coast of Utopia -- Special theatrical event, Jay Johnson / The two and only -- Director of a musical, Michael Mayer / Spring awakening -- Play revival, Journey's end (accepted by Bill Haber) -- Musical revival, Company (accepted by Steven Baruch) -- Actress in a play, Julie White / Little dog laughed -- Actor in a play, Frank Langella / Frost/Nixon -- Best play, Coast of Utopia (accepted by Tom Stoppard, André Bishop, and Bernard Gersten) -- Actor in a musical, David Hyde Pierce / Curtains -- Actress in a musical, Christine Ebersole / Grey gardens -- Best musical, Spring awakening (accepted by Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce).
Creative Arts Tony Awards recipients: Orchestrations, Duncan Sheik / Spring awakening -- Lighting design in a play, Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz / The coast of Utopia -- Lighting design in a musical, Kevin Adams / Spring awakening -- Costume design in a play, Catherine Zuber / The coast of Utopia -- Costume design in a musical, William Ivey Long / Grey gardens -- Scenic design in a play, Bob Crowley and Scott Pask / The coast of Utopia -- Scenic design in a musical, Bob Crowley / Mary Poppins.
Regional Theater Tony Award recipient: Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) (accepted by Alliance Theatre's artistic director Susan [V.] Booth)
Presenters: Angela Lansbury, Harry Connick Jr., Claire Danes, David Hyde Pierce, Usher, Jane Krakowski, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Applegate, Zach Braff, Rainn Wilson, Jeff Daniels, Liev Schreiber, Patrick Wilson, Robert Sean Leonard, Kevin Spacey, Sam Waterston, Carla Gugino, Cynthia Nixon, Melina Kanakaredes, Felicity Huffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Heche, Marcia Gay Harden, Audra McDonald, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Dennehy, Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Tommy Tune, John Mahoney, Anika Noni Rose, John Turturro, Vanessa Wlliams, Christopher Plummer, Idina Menzel, Harry Smith, Donny Osmond, Marvin Hamlisch, Taye Diggs, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Judd Hirsch, Jane Alexander, Eddie Izzard, Phylicia Rashad, Mark Indelicato.
Performers: David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Michael McCormick, Karen Ziémba, Noah Racey, John Cullum, Audra McDonald, Ashley Brown, Gavin Lee, Raúl Esparza, Jane Krakowski, John Mahoney, Tommy Tune, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, Christine Ebersole, [Lea Michele], John Gallagher Jr., [Jonathan Groff], [Skylar Astin], Fantasia, and others.
Additional Remarks: John Kander, Sondra Gilman, Douglas B. Leeds.
Video clip interviewees ("A little bit of Broadway in everyone"): Heidi Klum, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Wolfgang Puck, Judge Judy Scheindlin, Alex Rodriguez.
Tony Moment clips: Billy Crystal with Hugh Jackman (both dueling Tony hosts)
Event (note)
Broadcast live by CBS Television Network at Radio City Music Hall, Rockerfeller Center, New York, N. Y. on June 10, 2007.
Title
The 61st Annual Tony Awards, June 10, 2007 / produced by [The American Theatre Wing] and White Cherry Entertainment.
Ricky Kirshner and Greg Weiss, executive producers ; Greg Weiss, director ; Elizabeth I. McCann, managing producer ; Joey Parnes, coordinating producer ; [Elliot Lawrence, music director] ; Dave Boone, writer ; [Randy Thomas, announcer].
Cast
Award recipients: Featured actor in a play, Billy Crudup / Coast of Utopia -- Featured actor in a musical, John Gallagher Jr. / Spring awakening -- Librettist, Steven Sater / Spring awakening -- Original score, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater / Spring awakening -- Featured actress in a musical, Mary Louise Wilson / Grey gardens -- Choreography, Bill T. Jones / Spring awakening -- Featured actress in a play, Jennifer Ehle / Coast of Utopia -- Director of a play, Jack O'Brien / Coast of Utopia -- Special theatrical event, Jay Johnson / The two and only -- Director of a musical, Michael Mayer / Spring awakening -- Play revival, Journey's end (accepted by Bill Haber) -- Musical revival, Company (accepted by Steven Baruch) -- Actress in a play, Julie White / Little dog laughed -- Actor in a play, Frank Langella / Frost/Nixon -- Best play, Coast of Utopia (accepted by Tom Stoppard, André Bishop, and Bernard Gersten) -- Actor in a musical, David Hyde Pierce / Curtains -- Actress in a musical, Christine Ebersole / Grey gardens -- Best musical, Spring awakening (accepted by Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce).
Creative Arts Tony Awards recipients: Orchestrations, Duncan Sheik / Spring awakening -- Lighting design in a play, Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz / The coast of Utopia -- Lighting design in a musical, Kevin Adams / Spring awakening -- Costume design in a play, Catherine Zuber / The coast of Utopia -- Costume design in a musical, William Ivey Long / Grey gardens -- Scenic design in a play, Bob Crowley and Scott Pask / The coast of Utopia -- Scenic design in a musical, Bob Crowley / Mary Poppins.
Regional Theater Tony Award recipient: Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) (accepted by Alliance Theatre's artistic director Susan [V.] Booth)
Presenters: Angela Lansbury, Harry Connick Jr., Claire Danes, David Hyde Pierce, Usher, Jane Krakowski, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Applegate, Zach Braff, Rainn Wilson, Jeff Daniels, Liev Schreiber, Patrick Wilson, Robert Sean Leonard, Kevin Spacey, Sam Waterston, Carla Gugino, Cynthia Nixon, Melina Kanakaredes, Felicity Huffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Heche, Marcia Gay Harden, Audra McDonald, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Dennehy, Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Tommy Tune, John Mahoney, Anika Noni Rose, John Turturro, Vanessa Wlliams, Christopher Plummer, Idina Menzel, Harry Smith, Donny Osmond, Marvin Hamlisch, Taye Diggs, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Judd Hirsch, Jane Alexander, Eddie Izzard, Phylicia Rashad, Mark Indelicato.
Performers: David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Michael McCormick, Karen Ziémba, Noah Racey, John Cullum, Audra McDonald, Ashley Brown, Gavin Lee, Raúl Esparza, Jane Krakowski, John Mahoney, Tommy Tune, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young, Christine Ebersole, [Lea Michele], John Gallagher Jr., [Jonathan Groff], [Skylar Astin], Fantasia, and others.
Additional Remarks: John Kander, Sondra Gilman, Douglas B. Leeds.
Video clip interviewees ("A little bit of Broadway in everyone"): Heidi Klum, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Wolfgang Puck, Judge Judy Scheindlin, Alex Rodriguez.
Tony Moment clips: Billy Crystal with Hugh Jackman (both dueling Tony hosts),
Event
Broadcast live by CBS Television Network at Radio City Music Hall, Rockerfeller Center, New York, N. Y. on June 10, 2007.