41st Tony Awards

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1986–1987 season before May 4, 1987 are eligible.

;Original plays

• Asinamali!
• Broadway Bound
• Coastal Disturbances
• Cuba & His Teddy Bear
• Death and the King's Horseman
• Fences
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• A Month of Sundays
• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
• The Nerd
• The Regard of Flight
• Safe Sex
• Sleight of Hand
• Stepping Out
• Sweet Sue
• Wild Honey ;Original musicals
• Flamenco Puro
• Honky Tonk Nights
• Into the Light
• Les Misérables
• Me and My Girl
• Oh, Coward!
• Raggedy Ann
• Rags
• Smile
• Stardust
• Starlight Express ;Play revivals
• All My Sons
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• As You Like It
• Blithe Spirit
• The Front Page
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
• Macbeth
• Pygmalion
• Romeo and Juliet
• You Never Can Tell ;Musical revivals
• The Mikado

Ceremony

Presenters and performers: Jane Alexander, Bea Arthur, Richard Chamberlain, Glenn Close, Charles "Honi" Coles, Barbara Cook, Hume Cronyn, Bob Fosse, Mark Hamill, Helen Hayes, William Hurt, Bill Irwin, Judy Kuhn, Swoosie Kurtz, Dick Latessa, John Lithgow, Mary Martin, Walter Matthau, Andrea McArdle, Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Lynn Redgrave, Chita Rivera, George Rose, Jessica Tandy, Tommy Tune and Kathleen Turner.

Musicals and plays presented:

• Broadway Bound—scene with Linda Lavin and Jonathan Silverman;
• Coastal Disturbances—scene with Annette Bening and Timothy Daly;
• Fences—scene with James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance;
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses—scene with Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman;
• Rags – "Rags" – Judy Kuhn and Dick Latessa;
• Les Misérables – "At the End of the Day"/"One Day More" – Company;
• Me and My Girl – "The Lambeth Walk" – Robert Lindsay and Company;
• Starlight Express – "Starlight Express"/"Light at the End of the Tunnel" – Greg Mowry, Steve Fowler and Company;

Special performances and tributes included the song "Bosom Buddies" from Mame, performed by original cast-mates Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur. Finally, a tribute to George Abbott was introduced by Helen Hayes, with songs from Flora the Red Menace, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Boys from Syracuse, Damn Yankees, Where's Charley?, and The Pajama Game.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Special awards

• Regional Theatre Award – San Francisco Mime Troupe
• George Abbott, on the occasion of his 100th birthday
• Jackie Mason, for The World According to Me
• Lawrence Langner Award Winner (Lifetime Achievement in Theatre) – Robert Preston (posthumously)

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 13 nominations: Me and My Girl
• 12 nominations: Les Misérables
• 7 nominations: Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Starlight Express
• 6 nominations: Fences
• 5 nominations: Rags
• 4 nominations: Broadway Bound
• 3 nominations: All My Sons and Coastal Disturbances
• 2 nominations: The Front Page, The Mikado, Oh, Coward! and Pygmalion

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 8 wins: Les Misérables
• 4 wins: Fences
• 3 wins: Me and My Girl
• 2 wins: Broadway Bound

References

References

1. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331819/awards "Awards, 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987)"] InternetMovie Database, accessed April 29, 2011
2. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133967625.html "Ceremony, 1987"] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-05 tonyaward, accessed June 2, 2016)
3. There was a special salute to [[Robert Preston (actor). Robert Preston]], who died in March 1987. [[Bernadette Peters]] sang "Time Heals Everything" from ''[[Mack and Mabel]]'', [[Barbara Cook]] sang "Till There Was You" from ''[[The Music Man]]'', and [[Mary Martin]] sang "This House" from ''[[I Do! I Do! (musical)