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58th Tony Awards

The 58th Annual Tony Awards were held June 6, 2004 at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS television. Hugh Jackman was the host.

Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2003–04 season before May 6, 2004 are eligible. ;Original plays • Anna in the TropicsBobbi BolandDrowning CrowFrozen • ''Golda's Balcony'' • I Am My Own WifeMatchOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllPrymateThe Retreat from MoscowSix Dance Lessons in Six WeeksSixteen WoundedThe Violet Hour ;Original musicals • Avenue QBombay DreamsThe Boy from OzCaroline, or ChangeNever Gonna DanceTabooWicked ;Play revivals • The CaretakerCat on a Hot Tin RoofHenry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) • JumpersKing Lear"Master Harold"...and the BoysA Raisin in the SunSly FoxTwentieth Century ;Musical revivals • AssassinsBig RiverFiddler on the RoofLittle Shop of HorrorsWonderful Town ==The ceremony==
The ceremony
Hugh Jackman performed the opening number, "One Night Only" with the "Dynamites" from Hairspray, the "Radio" from Caroline, or Change, and the "Urchins" from Little Shop of Horrors, along with members of the casts of Avenue Q, The Boy from Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Wonderful Town, and Wicked, and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Tony Bennett performed "Lullaby of Broadway" and Mary J. Blige sang "What I Did for Love" from the Tony Awards Songbook. Presenters were: Carol Channing, Sean Combs, Taye Diggs, Edie Falco, Jimmy Fallon, Harvey Fierstein, Victor Garber, Joel Grey, Ethan Hawke, Anne Heche, Billy Joel, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Jane Krakowski, Peter Krause, Swoosie Kurtz, LL Cool J, Nathan Lane, Laura Linney, John Lithgow, Rob Marshall, Anne Meara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dame Helen Mirren, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anna Paquin, Bernadette Peters, Phylicia Rashad, Chita Rivera, John Rubenstein, Carole Bayer Sager, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Jerry Stiller, Sigourney Weaver, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Renée Zellweger. Shows that performed were: New Musicals • Avenue Q - The company performed "It Sucks to Be Me" • The Boy from Oz - Hugh Jackman and members of the company performed "Not the Boy Next Door", with a special appearance by Sarah Jessica ParkerCaroline, or Change - Tonya Pinkins performed "Lot's Wife" • Wicked - Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and members of the company performed "Defying Gravity" Revivals • Assassins - Members of the company performed "Everybody's Got the Right" • Fiddler on the Roof - Alfred Molina and company performed "Tradition"/"Bottle Dance" • Wonderful Town - Donna Murphy and members of the company performed "Swing!" ==Winners and nominations==
Winners and nominations
Winners are in bold ==Special awards==
Special awards
Source: Playbill • Regional Theatre Tony Award Winner - Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park • Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Winner - James M. NederlanderTony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Winners • The cast of the 2003 Broadway production of Big River • Nancy Coyne • Frances & Harry Edelstein and Vincent Sardi, Jr.Martha Swope ==Multiple nominations and awards==
Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations: • 10 nominations: Wicked7 nominations: Assassins6 nominations: Avenue Q, Caroline, or Change, Fiddler on the Roof and Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2) • 5 nominations: The Boy from Oz and Wonderful Town4 nominations: Frozen, Jumpers, A Raisin in the Sun and Taboo3 nominations: Big River, Bombay Dreams, I Am My Own Wife and The Retreat from Moscow2 nominations: Anna in the Tropics, King Lear, Never Gonna Dance and Twentieth Century The following productions received multiple awards. • 5 wins: Assassins3 wins: Avenue Q and Wicked2 wins: Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2), I Am My Own Wife and A Raisin in the Sun ==See also==
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