The 57th Annual Tony Awards was held at

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on June 8, 2003, and broadcast by CBS television. The event was hosted for the first time by Australian actor Hugh Jackman.

The ceremony

The ceremony was broadcast on national prime time television on CBS for three hours, rather than two hours on CBS and one hour on PBS, as had been done for several years previously. The television ratings were 5.4, down slightly from the 2002 telecast of 5.9. During the ceremony, at the end of their acceptance speech for '' Hairspray'', Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman kissed each other, making them the first public same-sex kiss at an awards show, predating

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and

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at the

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. Presenters included: Benjamin Bratt, Toni Braxton, Matthew Broderick,

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, Edie Falco, Joey Fatone, Laurence Fishburne, Sutton Foster,

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, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, John Leguizamo,

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, Julianna Margulies,

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, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve,

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, John Spencer, Marisa Tomei, Mike Wallace and

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. In addition,

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and

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, the stars of the national company of '' The Producers'', presented an award from the stage of Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. There were memorial tributes to cartoonist

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, writer

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, and lyricist Adolph Green. Shows that performed were: New Musicals: *'' Movin' Out'' -

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opened by performing "New York State of Mind" live from Times Square, leading to a medley of "River of Dreams", "Keeping the Faith" and "Only the Good Die Young" performed by the company of Movin' Out on stage at Radio City Music Hall. *'' Hairspray'' - Marissa Jaret Winokur, Matthew Morrison, Kerry Butler, Harvey Fierstein, and Mary Bond Davis led the company with "You Can't Stop the Beat" *'' A Year with Frog and Toad'' - Mark Linn-Baker and Jay Goede performed "Alone" Revivals: *'' Nine'' - Antonio Banderas performed "Guido's Song" with the company *'' La bohème'' - The company (including all 10 members of the principal ensemble) performed a medley from the opera *'' Gypsy'' - Bernadette Peters performed "Rose's Turn" *''

Man of La Mancha ''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay ''I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes ...

'' - Brian Stokes Mitchell performed "

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" with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Awards and nominees

''Winners are in bold'' Source:'' The New York Times''

Special awards

; Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre *The principal ensemble of ''La bohème'', including Mimis Lisa Hopkins, Ekaterina Solovyeva and Wei Huang; Rodolfos David Miller, Jesús Garcia and

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; Musettas Jessica Comeau and Chlöe Wright; and Marcellos Eugene Brancoveanu and Ben Davis *Paul Huntley *Johnson-Liff Casting Associates * The Acting Company ; Lifetime Achievement Tony Award *

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;Special Theatrical Event *Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway ; Regional Theatre Tony Award *

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(Minneapolis, MN)

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations: *''13 nominations:'' '' Hairspray'' *''10 nominations:'' '' Movin' Out'' *''8 nominations:'' '' Nine'' *''7 nominations:'' '' La bohème'' and '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' *''5 nominations:'' '' Amour'' and '' Dinner at Eight'' *''4 nominations:'' '' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'', '' Gypsy'' and ''

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'' *''3 nominations:'' '' Flower Drum Song'', ''

'' and '' A Year with Frog and Toad'' *''2 nominations:'' '' Enchanted April'', '' Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'', '' Medea'', '' Tartuffe'', '' Urban Cowboy'' and '' Vincent in Brixton'' The following productions received multiple awards. *''8 wins:'' '' Hairspray'' *''3 wins:'' '' La bohème'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' and ''

'' *''2 wins:'' '' Movin' Out'' and '' Nine''

Notes

The thirty composers nominated for '' Urban Cowboy'' were Jeff Blumenkrantz,

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, Jason Robert Brown, Danny Arena, Sara Light,

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, Jerry Silverstein,

Martie Maguire Martha Elenor Maguire (née Erwin, previously Seidel; October 12, 1969) is an American musician who is a founding member of both the all-female alternative country band The Chicks and country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She won awards in na ...

, Wayland D. Holyfield, Bob Lee House, Carl L. Byrd, Pevin Byrd-Munoz, Luke Reed, Roger Brown, Jerry Chesnut, Marcus Hummon, Clint Black, James Hayden Nicholas, Tommy Conners, Skip Ewing, Charles Daniels, Tom Crain, Fred Edwards, Taz DiGregorio, Jim Marshall,

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, Wanda Mallette, Patti Ryan, Ronnie Dunn and Bob Morrison.

References

External links

Tony Awards Official Site
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