The 42nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 1988, at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury.
| 42nd Tony Awards | ||||
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| Date | June 5, 1988 | |||
| Location | Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York | |||
| Hosted by | Angela Lansbury | |||
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| Network | CBS | |||
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Musicals represented were:[1]
Plays represented were:[1]M. Butterfly, Scene with John Lithgow and BD 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.
A tribute to the late Michael Bennett was performed by Donna McKechnie of the original Chorus Line and the three original Dreamgirls, Terry Burrell, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph.[2]
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.
Winners are in bold
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These productions had multiple nominations:
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The following productions received multiple awards.
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