40ns Premis Tony

La 40a cerimònia dels premis Tony es va celebrar l'1 de juny de 1986 al Minskoff Theatre i va ser transmesa per la cadena de televisió CBS.

40ns Premis Tony

40° 46′ N, 73° 59′ O
Tipus	cerimònia dels Premis Tony
Data	1986
Número d'edició	40
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Localització	Minskoff Theatre (Nova York)
Retransmès per	Columbia Broadcasting System

La cerimònia

El número inicial era "Wanna Sing A Show Tune". El número especial era "Forty Years of Broadway Show Music", que incloïa cançons de musicals com Annie, Big River, Finian's Rainbow, Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles i Sweet Charity. El final va ser la companyia cantant "Give My Regards to Broadway".^[1][2]

També hi va haver vinyetes d'obres teatrals guanyadores del premi Tony.^[1][2][3]

Els presentadors i intèrprets van ser: Debbie Allen, Susan Anton, Bea Arthur, Nell Carter, Agnes de Mille, José Ferrer, Sandy Duncan, Phyllis Frelich, Helen Hayes, Michael Kidd, Cleo Laine, Jack Lemmon, Hal Linden, John V. Lindsay, Dorothy Loudon, Karen Morrow, Bernadette Peters, Stefanie Powers, Juliet Prowse, Tony Randall, Lee Roy Reams, Ann Reinking, Lee Remick, Alfonso Ribeiro, Chita Rivera, John Rubinstein, Rex Smith, Marlo Thomas, Leslie Uggams, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston, Ben Vereen, David Wayne, Tom Wopat.^[2][4]

Els musicals que van actuar van ser Big Deal ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar" - Company); Song & Dance ("Unexpected Song" - Bernadette Peters); Tango Argentino (fragments de ball - Company); i The Mystery of Edwin Drood ("There You Are"/"Don't Quit While You're Ahead" - George Rose i Company).^[2][1]

Guanyadors i nominats

Els guanyadors estan indicats en negreta

Millor obra	Millor musical
I'm Not Rappaport – Herb Gardner Benefactors – Michael Frayn Blood Knot – Athol Fugard The House of Blue Leaves – John Guare	The Mystery of Edwin Drood Big Deal Song and Dance Tango Argentino
Millor revival	Millor llibret
Sweet Charity Hay Fever The Iceman Cometh Loot	Rupert Holmes - The Mystery of Edwin Drood Bob Fosse - Big Deal Betty Comden i Adolph Green - Singin' in the Rain Jane Iredale - Wind in the Willows
Millor actor protagonista	Millor actriu protagonista
Judd Hirsch – I'm Not Rappaport com Nat Hume Cronyn – The Petition com General Sir Edmund Milne Ed Harris – Precious Sons com Fred Jack Lemmon – Long Day's Journey into Night com James Tyrone	Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe com Various Characters Rosemary Harris – Hay Fever com Judith Bliss Mary Beth Hurt – Benefactors com Sheila Jessica Tandy – The Petition com Lady Elizabeth Milne
Millor actor protagonista de musical	Millor actriu protagonista de musical
George Rose – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com Mayor Thomas Sapsea/Mr. William Cartwright Don Correia – Singin' in the Rain com Don Lockwood Cleavant Derricks – Big Deal com Charley Maurice Hines – Uptown…It's Hot! com Performer	Bernadette Peters – Song and Dance com Emma Debbie Allen – Sweet Charity com Charity Cleo Laine – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com The Princess Puffer/Miss Angela Prysock Chita Rivera – Jerry's Girls com Performer
Millor actor de repartiment	Millor actriu de repartiment
John Mahoney – The House of Blue Leaves com Artie Shaughnessy Peter Gallagher – Long Day's Journey into Night com Edmund Tyrone Charles Keating – Loot com McLeavy Joseph Maher – Loot com Truscott	Swoosie Kurtz – The House of Blue Leaves com Bananas Shaughnessy Stockard Channing – The House of Blue Leaves com Bunny Flingus Bethel Leslie – Long Day's Journey into Night com Mary Cavan Tyrone Zoë Wanamaker – Loot com Fay
Millor actor de repartiment de musical	Millor actriu de repartiment de musical
Michael Rupert – Sweet Charity com Oscar Christopher d'Amboise – Song and Dance com Joe John Herrera – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com Neville Landless/Mr. Victor Grinstead Howard McGillin – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com John Jasper/Mr. Clive Paget	Bebe Neuwirth – Sweet Charity com Nickie Patti Cohenour – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com Rosa Bud/Miss Deirdre Peregrine Jana Schneider – The Mystery of Edwin Drood com Helena Landless/Miss Janet Conover Elisabeth Welch – Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood com Performer
Millor banda sonora	Millor coreografia
The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Rupert Holmes (música i lletres) The News – Paul Schierhorn (música i lletres) Song and Dance – Andrew Lloyd Webber (música), Don Black (lletres) i Richard Maltby Jr. (lletres addicionals) Wind in the Willows – William P. Perry (música) i Roger McGough (lletres)	Bob Fosse – Big Deal Graciela Daniele – The Mystery of Edwin Drood Peter Martins – Song and Dance Tango Argentino Dancers – Tango Argentino
Millor direcció d'obra	Millor direcció de musical
Jerry Zaks – The House of Blue Leaves Jonathan Miller – Long Day's Journey into Night José Quintero – The Iceman Cometh John Tillinger – Loot	Wilford Leach – The Mystery of Edwin Drood Bob Fosse – Big Deal Richard Maltby Jr. – Song and Dance Claudio Segovia i Hector Orezzoli – Tango Argentino
Millor escenografia	Millor vestuari
Tony Walton – The House of Blue Leaves Ben Edwards – The Iceman Cometh David Mitchell – The Boys in Winter Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro	Patricia Zipprodt – Sweet Charity Willa Kim – Song and Dance Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro Ann Roth – The House of Blue Leaves
Millor il·luminació
Pat Collins – I'm Not Rappaport Jules Fisher – Song and Dance Paul Gallo – The House of Blue Leaves Thomas R. Skelton – The Iceman Cometh

Premi especial

• Al teatre regional - American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Multiples premis i nominacions

Aquestes produccions van tenir multiples nominacions:

• 11 nominacions: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• 8 nominacions: The House of Blue Leaves i Song and Dance
• 5 nominacions: Big Deal, Loot i Sweet Charity
• 4 nominacions: The Iceman Cometh i Long Day's Journey into Night
• 3 nominacions: I'm Not Rappaport i Tango Argentino
• 2 nominacions: Benefactors, Hay Fever, The Marriage of Figaro, The Petition, Singin' in the Rain i Wind in the Willows

Aquestes produccions van rebre multiples premis.

• 5 premis: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• 4 premis: The House of Blue Leaves i Sweet Charity
• 3 premis: I'm Not Rappaport

Referències

1. "Ceremony, 1986" Arxivat 2018-07-17 a Wayback Machine. tonyawards.com, accessed June 2, 2016
2. Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: A Backwards Glance—the 1986 Tony Awards PLUS McDonald and 'Evita' Recordings" Playbill, July 21, 2006, accessed June 2, 2016
3. Nemy, Enid. "Five Tonys Are Won By 'Drood'", The New York Times, June 2, 1986, p.C13
4. "The 40th Annual Tony Awards-1986" PlaybillVault, accessed June 2, 2016

Enllaços externs

• Tony Awards official site