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7th Annual Friends
of New York Theatre Awards
Presented June 25, 2000 at Swing 46:
Swing! wins for Outstanding
Revue or Unique Theatrical Experience
By Allyson
June 26, 2000
The FANY Awards
presentation was held last night at Swing 46. Presenters included Ruth Williamson (Epic
Proportions, The Music Man), Jane Summerhays (The Wild Party) and Tony
Vincent (Jesus Christ Superstar). Nominees present included:
Rosemary Harris, who received a standing ovation for her win in the category of
Outstanding Leading Acress in a Play for Waiting in the Wings;
Ruth Williamson (also a presenter), who won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Play for Epic Proportions;
Director David Esbjornson, who won for Outstanding Direction of a Play for The
Ride Down Mt. Morgan;
Tony Vincent, Jesus Christ Superstar;
Katy Selverstone, who won for Outstanding Broadway debut for The Ride Down Mt.
Morgan;
Marc Kudisch of The Wild Party who accepted the Outstanding Scenic Design
and Outstanding Costume Design awards for The Wild Party;
Michael Berresse of Kiss Me, Kate, who won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Musical and accepted the awards on behalf of Brian Stokes Mitchell for Best Leading Actor
in a Musical and well as for Kiss Me, Kate, which won Outstanding Revival;
Karen Ziemba, Sean Martin Hingston and Deborah Yates of Contact, as well as
co-creator John Weidman. Karen Ziemba accepted awards on behalf of Susan Stroman and
Contact for Outstanding Choreography, and later won for Best Supporting Actress in a
Musical; John Weidman accepted for Contact's win for Outstanding Musical.
~Allyson
Hosted by Bill Tatum
Opening Number
performed by Jeff Buxbaum, Shavonne Conroy, Nora Mae Lang, Greg Skura and Bill Tatum
The Awards (Winners
are marked in red)
Presenter ~ Ruth Williamson
Outstanding Scenic Design
Michael Brown, The Price
Bob Crowley, Aida
Robin Wagner, Kiss Me, Kate
Robin Wagner, The Wild Party
Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, Marie Christine
Toni-Leslie James, The Wild Party
Martin Pakledinaz, Kiss Me, Kate
John David Ridge, Ring Round the Moon
Outstanding Lighting Designer
Paul Constable, Amadeus
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, The Wild Party
Peter Kaczorowski, Contact
Natasha Katz, Aida
Presenters ~ Jane Summerhays & Brian d'Arcy James
Outstanding Director: Play
Howard Davies, The Iceman Cometh
David Esbjornson, The Ride Down Mt.
Morgan
David Leveaux, The Real Thing
Matthew Warchus, True West
Outstanding Choreographer
Kathleen Marshall, Kiss Me, Kate
Arlene Phillips, Saturday Night Fever
Susan Stroman, Contact
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Swing
Outstanding Director: Musical
Michael Blakemore, Kiss Me, Kate
Graciela Daniele, Marie Christine
Richard Nelson, The Dead
Susan Stroman, Contact
Presenters ~ Nora Mae Lang & Tony Vincent
Outstanding Supporting Actor: Play
Anthony Cummings, Waiting in the Wings
Daniel Davis, Wrong Mountain
Clarke Peters, The Iceman Cometh
Raphael Sbarge, Voices in the Dark
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Play
Frances Conroy, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Marian Seldes, Ring Round the Moon
Ruth Williamson, Epic Proportions
Sarah Woodward, The Real Thing
Outstanding Leading Actor: Play
Michael Cumpsty, Copenhagen
Philip Seymour Hoffman, True West
Kevin Spacey, The Iceman Cometh
Patrick Stewart, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Outstanding Leading Actress: Play
Olympia Dukakis, Rose
Rosemary Harris, Waiting in the
Wings
Judith Ivey, Voices in the Dark
Cherry Jones, The Moon for the Misbegotten
Presenter ~ Kellie Overbey
Outstanding Broadway Debut
Jody J. Abrahams, Kat and the Kings
Christopher Ashley, Voices in the Dark
Gabriel Byrne, The Moon for the Misbegotten
Cindy Katz, Amadeus
Katy Selverstone, The Ride Down Mt.
Morgan
Outstanding Individual Performance
Everett Bradley, Swing
Ann Hampton Callaway, Swing
Michael Gruber, Swing
Barry Humphreys, Dame Edna: The
Royal Tour
Presenters ~ Kelly Bishop & John Bolton
Outstanding Supporting Actor: Musical
Michael Berresse, Kiss Me, Kate
Sean Martin Hingston, Contact
Marc Kudisch, The Wild Party
Stephen Spinella, The Dead
Tony Vincent, Jesus Christ Superstar
Outstanding Supporting Actress: Musical
Gretha Boston, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
Eartha Kitt, The Wild Party
Sherie René Scott, Aida
Deborah Yates, Contact
Karen Ziemba, Contact
Outstanding Leading Actor: Musical
Anthony Crivello, Marie Christine
Boyd Gaines, Contact
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kiss Me, Kate
Adam Pascal, Aida
Outstanding Leading Actress: Musical
Blair Brown, The Dead
Toni Collette, The Wild Party
Heather Headley, Aida
Marin Mazzie, Kiss Me, Kate
Audra McDonald, Marie Christine
Presenter ~ Christianne Noll
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Contact , John Weidman
The Dead , Richard Nelson
Marie Christine , Michael John LaChiusa
The Wild Party , Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe
Outstanding Score of a Musical
Marie Christine , Michael John LaChiusa
Kat and the Kings , Taliep Peterson & David Kramer
Squonk , Jackie Dempsey & Jana Losey
The Wild Party , Michael John
LaChiusa
Presenters ~ Alice Ripley
& Robert Cuccioli
Outstanding Revue or Unique Theatrical
Experience
Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
Much Ado About Everything
Riverdance
Swing!
Outstanding Revival
The Iceman Cometh
Kiss Me, Kate
A Moon for the Misbegotten
The Real Thing
Outstanding Play
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan by Arthur Miller
True West by Sam Shepard
Waiting in the Wings by Noel
Coward & Jeremy Sams
Outstanding Musical
Contact
James Joyce’s The Dead
Kat and the Kings
Marie Christine
The Wild Party
Closing Remarks
Dancing
Billy Grey and the Swinging Hot Shots
The Seventh Annual FANY Awards
Host: Bill Tatum
Producer: Steve Ridgeway
Press Representative: Jonathan Herzog
Awards Hosts: Jason Zamreta
Guests Services: Stephen Dolginoff, Margaret Flangan, Ken Nero
Opening Number "FANY Awards 2000"
Arrangement and Lyrics: Steve Ridgeway
Additonal Lyrics: Jonathan Herzog
Staged by: Bill Tatum
Staff for Swing 46
Proprietors: Judith and John Akhtar
Manager: AJ
