The42ndAnnualTonyAwards

The 42nd Tony Awards were held on June 5, 1988 at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury. (Angela Lansbury has hosted or co-hosted more Tony Award ceremonies than any other individual, with five telecasts: 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, and 1989).At these Tony Awards, the longest-running musical on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, competed for awards and received the season's Best Musical award.Stephen Sondheim has won more Tony Awards than any other composer, with seven Tony Awards: Best Music and Best Lyrics for Company (1971); and Best Score for Follies (1972), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd (1979), Into the Woods (1988) and Passion (1994).Musicals represented were: A Chorus Line; Anything Goes; Dreamgirls; Into the Woods; The Phantom of the Opera; Romance/Romance; and Sarafina!Plays represented were: M. Butterfly (Scene with John Lithgow and B. D. Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Scene with Mel Winkler , Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo); A Walk in the Woods (Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky); and Speed-the-Plow (Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver).---------------------Winners & Nominees (for musical)·Best Musical**The Phantom of the OperaInto the WoodsRomance/RomanceSarafina!·Best Revival**Anything GoesA Streetcar Named DesireCabaretDreamgirls·Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical**Michael Crawford (Phantom of the Opera)Scott Bakula (Romance/Romance)David Carroll (Chess)Howard McGillin (Anything Goes)·Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical**Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods)Alison Fraser (Romance/Romance)Judy Kuhn (Chess)Patti Lupone (Anything Goes)·Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical**Bill McCutcheon (Anything Goes)Anthony Heald (Anything Goes)Werner Klemperer (Cabaret)Robert Westenberg (Into the Woods)·Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical**Judy Kaye (The Phantom of the Opera)Leleti Khumalo (Sarafina!)Alyson Reed (Cabaret)Regina Resnik (Cabaret)·Best Direction of a Musical**Harold Prince for The Phantom of the OperaJames LapineMbongeni NgemaJerry Zaks·Best Choreography**Michael Smuin for Anything GoesLar LubovitchGillian LynneNdaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema·Best Book of a Musical**Into the Woods by James LapineThe Gospel at Colonus by Lee BreuerThe Phantom of the Opera by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd WebberRomance/Romance by Barry Harman·Best Original Score Written for the Theatre**Into the Woods Music and lyrics by Stephen SondheimThe Phantom of the Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard StilgoeRomance/Romance Music by Keith Herrmann, lyrics by Barry HarmanSarafina! Music and lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakela·Best Scenic Design**Maria Björnson (The Phantom of the Opera)Eiko IshiokaTony StraigesTony Walton·Tony Award for Best Costume Design**Maria Björnson (The Phantom of the Opera)Ann Hould-WardEiko IshiokaTony Walton·Tony Award for Best Lighting Design**Andrew Bridge for The Phantom of the OperaPaul GalloRichard NelsonAndy Phillips