48th Tony Awards

The 48th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on June 12, 1994. The hosts were Sir Anthony Hopkins and Amy Irving.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1993–1994 season before May 12, 1994 are eligible.
;Original plays

;Original musicals

;Play revivals

;Musical revivals

Camelot
Carousel
Damn Yankees
Grease
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
My Fair Lady
''She Loves Me''

Presenters

George Abbott, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Carol Burnett, Nell Carter, Glenn Close, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Keitel, Jack Klugman, Swoosie Kurtz, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Steve Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Rosie O'Donnell, Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Martin Short, Paul Sorvino, Jean Stapleton, Marlo Thomas, Gwen Verdon, Vanessa L. Williams

Musical Sequence

Victor Garber introduced scenes from the 1994 nominees for Best Revival of a Musical:

Grease ;
She Loves Me ;
Damn Yankees ;
Carousel.
Vanessa L. Williams on live remote from Toronto introduced Show Boat.

Musicals represented

This was the first year for several awards: the award for Best Revival was given separately for plays and musicals, and the "Lifetime Achievement Award". The first Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to husband-and-wife Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn by another husband-and-wife, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Angels in America: Perestroika – Tony Kushner * Broken Glass – Arthur Miller * The Kentucky Cycle – Robert Schenkkan * Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 – Anna Deavere Smith	Passion * Beauty and the Beast * Cyrano: The Musical * A Grand Night for Singing
Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical
An Inspector Calls * Abe Lincoln in Illinois * Medea * Timon of Athens	Carousel * Damn Yankees * Grease * She Loves Me
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: Perestroika as Prior Walter * Brian Bedford – Timon of Athens as Timon * Christopher Plummer – No Man's Land as Spooner * Sam Waterston – Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abraham Lincoln	Diana Rigg – Medea as Medea * Nancy Marchand – Black Comedy as Mrs. Furnival/Sophie * Joan Rivers – Sally Marr... and Her Escorts as Sally Marr * Anna Deavere Smith – Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 as Various Characters
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Boyd Gaines – She Loves Me as Georg Nowack * Victor Garber – Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate * Terrence Mann – Beauty and the Beast as The Beast * Jere Shea – Passion as Giorgio	Donna Murphy – Passion as Fosca * Susan Egan – Beauty and the Beast as Belle * Dee Hoty – The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public as Mona Stangley * Judy Kuhn – She Loves Me as Amalia Balash
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Jeffrey Wright – Angels in America: Perestroika as Belize/Various Characters * Larry Bryggman – Picnic as Howard Bevans * David Marshall Grant – Angels in America: Perestroika as Joe Pitt/Various Characters * Gregory Itzin – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters	Jane Adams – An Inspector Calls as Sheila Birling * Debra Monk – Picnic as Rosemary Sydney * Jeanne Paulsen – The Kentucky Cycle as Various Characters * Anne Pitoniak – Picnic as Helen Potts
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Jarrod Emick – Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy * Tom Aldredge – Passion as Dr. Tambourri * Gary Beach – Beauty and the Beast as Lumière * Jonathan Freeman – She Loves Me as Headwaiter	Audra McDonald – Carousel as Carrie Pipperidge Snow * Marcia Lewis – Grease as Miss Lynch * Sally Mayes – She Loves Me as Ilona Ritter * Marin Mazzie – Passion as Clara
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
James Lapine – Passion * Walter Bobbie – A Grand Night for Singing * Linda Woolverton – Beauty and the Beast * Koen van Dijk – Cyrano: The Musical	Passion – Stephen Sondheim * Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice * Cyrano: The Musical – Ad van Dijk and Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Bob Crowley – Carousel * Peter J. Davidson – Medea * Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls * Tony Walton – She Loves Me	Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast* David Charles and Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me * Jane Greenwood – Passion * Yan Tax – Cyrano: The Musical
Best Lighting Design	Best Choreography
Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls * Beverly Emmons – Passion * Jules Fisher – Angels in America: Perestroika * Natasha Katz – Beauty and the Beast	Sir Kenneth MacMillan – Carousel* Jeff Calhoun – Grease * Rob Marshall – Damn Yankees * Rob Marshall – She Loves Me
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Daldry – An Inspector Calls * Gerald Gutierrez – Abe Lincoln in Illinois * Michael Langham – Timon of Athens * George C. Wolfe – Angels in America: Perestroika	Nicholas Hytner – Carousel * Scott Ellis – She Loves Me * James Lapine – Passion * Robert Jess Roth – Beauty and the Beast

Special Tony Awards

Regional Theatre Award — McCarter Theatre
Lifetime Achievement Award — Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: ''Passion
9 nominations: Beauty and the Beast and She Loves Me
6 nominations: Angels in America: Perestroika
5 nominations: Carousel and An Inspector Calls
4 nominations: Cyrano: The Musical and Damn Yankees
3 nominations: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Grease, The Kentucky Cycle, Medea, Picnic and Timon of Athens
2 nominations: A Grand Night for Singing and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

The following productions received multiple awards.

5 wins: Carousel
4 wins: An Inspector Calls and Passion
3 wins: Angels in America: Perestroika''