46th Tony Awards

The 46th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre on May 31, 1992. The host was Glenn Close.

46th Tony Awards
Official poster for the 46th annual Tony Awards
Date	May 31, 1992
Location	Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Glenn Close
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The ceremony

Presenters:

• Alan Alda
• Alec Baldwin
• Carol Channing
• Kirk Douglas
• Michael Douglas
• Richard Dreyfuss
• Daisy Eagan
• Farrah Fawcett
• Vincent Gardenia
• Danny Gerard
• Danny Glover
• Gene Hackman
• Judd Hirsch
• Patti LuPone
• Liza Minnelli
• Ian McKellen
• Tony Randall
• Lynn Redgrave
• Freddie Roman
• Ron Silver
• Sigourney Weaver

Musicals represented:

• Crazy for You ("I Can't Be Bothered Now"/"Slap That Bass"/"Shall We Dance"/"I Got Rhythm" - Company)
• Falsettos ("Falsettoland"/"My Father's A Homo"/"Sitting Watching Jason Play Baseball" - Company)
• Five Guys Named Moe ("Five Guys Named Moe"/"Caledonia" - Company)
• Jelly's Last Jam ("That's How You Jazz" - Gregory Hines and Company)

Special Salute to Frank Loesser:

• The Most Happy Fella ("Happy to Make Your Acquaintance" - Spiro Malas, Sophie Hayden and Liz Larsen)
• Guys and Dolls ("Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat"/"Finale" - Company)

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Dancing at Lughnasa – Brian Friel Four Baboons Adoring the Sun – John Guare Two Shakespearean Actors – Richard Nelson Two Trains Running – August Wilson	Crazy for You Falsettos Five Guys Named Moe Jelly's Last Jam
Best Revival	Best Book of a Musical
Guys and Dolls The Most Happy Fella On Borrowed Time The Visit	William Finn and James Lapine – Falsettos Ken Ludwig – Crazy for You Clarke Peters – Five Guys Named Moe George C. Wolfe – Jelly's Last Jam
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Judd Hirsch – Conversations with My Father as Eddie Alan Alda – Jake's Women as Jake Alec Baldwin – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski Brian Bedford – Two Shakespearean Actors as William Charles Macready	Glenn Close – Death and the Maiden as Paulina Salas Escobar Jane Alexander – The Visit as Claire Zachanassian Stockard Channing – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun as Penny McKenzie Judith Ivey – Park Your Car in Harvard Yard as Kathleen Hogan
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Gregory Hines – Jelly's Last Jam as Jelly Roll Morton Harry Groener – Crazy for You as Bobby Child Nathan Lane – Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit Michael Rupert – Falsettos as Marvin	Faith Prince – Guys and Dolls as Miss Adelaide Jodi Benson – Crazy for You as Polly Baker Josie de Guzman – Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown Sophie Hayden – The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Larry Fishburne – Two Trains Running as Sterling Roscoe Lee Browne – Two Trains Running as Holloway Željko Ivanek – Two Shakespearean Actors as John Ryder Tony Shalhoub – Conversations with My Father as Charlie	Brid Brennan – Dancing at Lughnasa as Agnes Rosaleen Linehan – Dancing at Lughnasa as Kate Cynthia Martells – Two Trains Running as Risa Dearbhla Molloy – Dancing at Lughnasa as Maggie
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Scott Waara – The Most Happy Fella as Herman Bruce Adler – Crazy for You as Bela Zangler Keith David – Jelly's Last Jam as Chimney Man Jonathan Kaplan – Falsettos as Jason	Tonya Pinkins – Jelly's Last Jam as Anita Liz Larsen – The Most Happy Fella as Cleo Vivian Reed – The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club as Enchantress Barbara Walsh – Falsettos as Trina
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
Falsettos – William Finn (music and lyrics) Jelly's Last Jam – Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson (music) and Susan Birkenhead (lyrics) Metro – Janusz Stoklosa (music) and Agata Miklaszewska, Maryna Miklaszewska and Mary Bracken Phillips (lyrics) Nick & Nora – Charles Strouse (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics)	Susan Stroman – Crazy for You Terry John Bates – Dancing at Lughnasa Christopher Chadman – Guys and Dolls Hope Clarke, Ted L. Levy, and Gregory Hines – Jelly's Last Jam
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Patrick Mason – Dancing at Lughnasa Peter Hall – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun Jack O'Brien – Two Shakespearean Actors Daniel Sullivan – Conversations with My Father	Jerry Zaks – Guys and Dolls James Lapine – Falsettos Mike Ockrent – Crazy for You George C. Wolfe – Jelly's Last Jam
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Tony Walton – Guys and Dolls John Lee Beatty – A Small Family Business Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa Robin Wagner – Jelly's Last Jam	William Ivey Long – Crazy for You Jane Greenwood – Two Shakespearean Actors Toni-Leslie James – Jelly's Last Jam Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa
Best Lighting Design
Jules Fisher – Jelly's Last Jam Paul Gallo – Crazy for You Paul Gallo – Guys and Dolls Richard Pilbrow – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun

Special Tony Awards

• Regional Theatre Award - The Goodman Theatre of Chicago
• Tony Honor - The Fantasticks

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 11 nominations: Jelly's Last Jam
• 9 nominations: Crazy for You
• 8 nominations: Dancing at Lughnasa and Guys and Dolls
• 7 nominations: Falsettos
• 5 nominations: Two Shakespearean Actors
• 4 nominations: Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, The Most Happy Fella and Two Trains Running
• 3 nominations: Conversations with My Father
• 2 nominations: Five Guys Named Moe and The Visit

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 4 wins: Guys and Dolls
• 3 wins: Crazy for You, Dancing at Lughnasa and Jelly's Last Jam
• 2 wins: Falsettos

See also

• Drama Desk Awards
• 1992 Laurence Olivier Awards – equivalent awards for West End theatre productions
• Obie Award
• New York Drama Critics' Circle
• Theatre World Award
• Lucille Lortel Awards

External links

• Official Site Tony Awards