45th Tony Awards
The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991. The hosts were Julie Andrews and Jeremy Irons.
At these awards, Irons became the first celebrity to wear an AIDS awareness ribbon onscreen.
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1990–1991 season before May 2, 1991 are eligible.;Original plays
- I Hate Hamlet
- La Bête
- Lost in Yonkers
- Lucifer's Child
- Monster in a Box
- Our Country's Good
- Shadowlands
- Six [Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]
- The [Speed of Darkness (play)|The Speed of Darkness]
- Stand-Up Tragedy
- Taking Steps
- Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
- Bugs Bunny on Broadway
- Miss Saigon
- Once on This Island
- The [Secret Garden (musical)|The Secret Garden]
- Shōgun: The Musical
- Those Were the Days
- The [Will Rogers Follies]
;Musical revivals
The ceremony
Presenters: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Tyne Daly, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Steve Guttenberg, Audrey Hepburn, Raul Julia, Jackie Mason, Shirley MacLaine, James Naughton, Penn & Teller, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin, Denzel WashingtonMusicals represented: Miss Saigon Once on This Island The Secret Garden The Will Rogers Follies
Special Salute:How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie My Fair Lady and Camelot medley performed by Julie Andrews
- ''The [Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]''
Award winners and nominees
''Winners are in bold''Special Tony Awards
- Regional Theatre Award -- Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
- Tony Honor—Father George Moore
Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:- 11 nominations: ''Miss Saigon and The Will Rogers Follies
- 8 nominations: Once on This Island
- 7 nominations: The Secret Garden
- 6 nominations: Our Country's Good
- 5 nominations: La Bête and Lost in Yonkers
- 4 nominations: Six Degrees of Separation
- 2 nominations: Fiddler on the Roof, Oh, Kay!, Peter Pan, Shadowlands, Shōgun: The Musical, The Speed of Darkness and Those Were the Days
- 6 wins: The Will Rogers Follies
- 4 wins: Lost in Yonkers
- 3 wins: Miss Saigon and The Secret Garden''