Memorable Moments
Historical images from Tony Awards ceremonies and events.
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The late Isabelle Stevenson, longtime chairman of the American Theatre Wing (center), with 1995 special Tony Award recipient Carol Channing (left) and Carl Burnett at the 1995 Tony Awards.
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Host (and Tony-winner) Hugh Jackman performs at the 2004 Tony ceremony with Avenue Q's Rod and fellow Best Actor in a Musical nominee John Tartaglia.
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Bea Arthur (left) and Angela Lansbury at the 1987 Tony Awards ceremony, during which they performed "Bosom Buddies" from Mame. They each won Tony Awards in 1966 for that show.
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Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft at the 1993 Tony Awards ceremony.
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Savion Glover won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Choreography (for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk). He is pictured the following year with the 1997 winner, Ann Reinking (for Chicago).
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Christina Applegate feigning an accident at the 2005 Tony Awards.
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Dame Edna plants one on co-host Nathan Lane at the 2001 Tony Awards.
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Gwen Verdon (left) and Jean Stapleton flank legendary Broadway writer/director/producer George Abbott, who celebrated his 107th brithday at the 1994 Tony Awards.
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Lyricist/librettists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Best Score winners for The Will Rogers Follies at the 1991 Tony Awards.
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Daisy Eagan, a Tony-winner for her performance in The Secret Garden, 1991. The award was presented by Audrey Hepburn (left).
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Robert Goulet, Gary Beach, and Les Cagelles from La Cage aux Folles backstage at the 2005 Tony Awards
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Past Tony Award-winners Patricia Neal (left) and Julie Harris at a TonyAwards.com event in 2006.
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Librettist Terrence McNally (Best Book, left) with lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty (Best Score). The trio won Tony Awards in 1998 for Ragtime.
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The 50th annual Tony Awards ceremony, held at the Majestic Theatre, on June 2, 1996.
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Laurence Fishburne accepting a Tony Award in 1992 for his performance in August Wilson's Two Trains Running.
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From left: Zero Mostel (Best Actor in a Musical - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Vivien Leigh (Best Actress in a Musical - Tovarich), Uta Hagen (Best Actress in a Play - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and Arthur Hill (Best Actor in a Play - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) at the 1963 Tony Awards.
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American Theatre Wing leader Isabelle Stevenson was literally swept off her feet by Frank Langella at the 2003 Tony Awards.
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LL Cool J and Carol Channing presenting at the 2004 Tony Awards.
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Matthew Broderick and Patti LuPone announcing the nominations for the 50th annual Tony Awards in 1996.
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Wicked's Idina Menzel accepting her 2004 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical.
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2002 Tony winners John Lithgow (The Sweet Smell of Success) and Katie Finneran (Noises Off) on the Red Carpet.
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Brian Dennehy (Best Actor in a Play, Death of a Salesman) and Arthur Miller (Special Tony Award), 1999
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Matthew Broderick (left) and Nathan Lane hosted the 2001 Tony Awards telecast. They were both nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for their performances in The Producers. Lane won.
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Sutton Foster, shortly after winning her 2002 Tony Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie.
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Nominee and past-winner Andrea Martin posing with her seat-holder card at a rehearsal for the 2002 Tony Awards.
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Past Tony-winners Frances Sternhagen (left) and Leslie Uggams meetwhile taping Tony Memory interviews for TonyAwards.com in April, 2005. Sternhagen created the role of "Ethel Thayer" in the 1979 Broadway production of Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond. Uggams played the same role in 2005.
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Jerry Herman flanked by Carol Channing (left) and Angela Lansbury at the 1989 Tony Awards.
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From left: Tony-winner Maggie Smith, presenters Jessica Tandy and Matthew Broderick, and winner Robert Morse backstage at the 1990 Tony Awards.
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2001 Tony Award-nominees Blythe Danner (left) and Faith Prince sharing a fun moment at the 2001 nominees press event.
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1993 Tony Award winners, left to right: Ron Liebman (Angles in America), Madeleine Kahn (The Sisters Rosensweig), Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman), and Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spider Woman).
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(l to r) Winners Donna Murphy (The King and I), Nathan Lane (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Zoe Caldwell (Master Class) and George Grizzard (A Delicate Balance) at the 1996 Tony Awards.
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Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman celebrating their Tony Award for Best Original Score for Hairspray (2003).
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Vanessa Redgrave accepting a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night (2003).
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Left to right: 1989 Tony Award nominee Mikhail Baryshnikov (Metamorphoses) and winner Jerome Robbins (Jerome Robbins' Broadway).
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Past winner Matthew Broderick (Brighton Beach Memoirs - 1983; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 1995) presenting at the 2000 Tony Awards.
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Nathan Lane, costumed as Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria, performing at the 1996 Tony Awards ceremony.
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James Naughton, Tony Award winner for Chicago, with presenter Julie Andrews in 1997.
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Backstage at the 1989 Tony Awards: Presenters Carol Channing (left), Jerry Herman, and Colleen Dewhurst (right) with host Angela Lansbury (middle).
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Jason Robards Jr. and Robert Preston share the stage at the 1959 Tony Awards.
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(l to r) Tommy Tune (Grand Hotel), Tyne Daly (Gypsy), and James Naughton (City of Angels) with their Tony Awards at the 1990 ceremony.
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Backstage at the 1988 Tony Awards: Harold Prince (Best Director of a Musical, The Phantom of the Opera) and presenter Gregory Hines (right).
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From left: Gregory Hines (Jelly's Last Jam); Glenn Close (Death and the Maiden); Faith Prince (Guys and Dolls); and Judd Hirsch (Conversations with My Father), winners at the 1992 Tony Awards.
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Audra McDonald accepting her second Tony Award, for Master Class, in 1996.
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Tony Award nominees Stephanie D'Abruzzo and John Tartaglia of Avenue Q with Kate Monster and Princeton at the 2004 Tony Awards.
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Phylicia Rashad accepting her 2004 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun.
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Author Tony Kushner accepts the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play for Angels in America: Perestroika.
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Rosie O'Donnell hosted the Tony Awards telecast in 1997, 1998, and 2000. She is pictured here with Ryan Hefferen at the 1997 awards.
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Presenter Rosanne and Tony Award-winner Chuck Cooper (The Life) backstage at the 1997 Tony Awards.
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