The Sunshine Boys(opened December 8, 1997) 230
performances (revival)
A View from the Bridge(opened December 14, 1997)
239 performances (revival)
1998 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play, Round-
about Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen
Richard, Roger Berlind, James M. Nederlander,
Nathaniel Kramer, Elizabeth Ireland McCann,
Roy Gabay, and Old Ivy Productions (producers);
Best Actor in a Play, Anthony LaPaglia
Plays Opening in 1998
Ragtime (opened January 18, 1998) 861 perfor-
mances
1998 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Mu-
sical, Audra McDonald; Best Book of a Musical,
Terrence McNally; Best Original Musical Score,
Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
1998 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Musical Runner-Up, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn
Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
Art(opened March 1, 1998) 600 performances
1998 Tony Award: Best Play, Yasmina Reza (play-
wright) and David Pugh, Sean Connery, and Joan
Cullman (producers)
1998 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Play, Yasmina Reza
The Sound of Music(opened March 12, 1998) 532
performances (revival)
Cabaret (opened March 15, 1998) 2,227 perfor-
mances (revival)
1998 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Musical,
Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes,
and Ellen Richard (producers); Best Actor in a
Musical, Alan Cumming; Best Actress in a Musi-
cal, Natasha Richardson; Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, Ron Rifkin
1998 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Spe-
cial Citation
The Beauty Queen of Leenane(opened April 22, 1998)
372 performances
1998 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play, Marie
Mullen; Best Featured Actor in a Play, Tom
Murphy; Best Featured Actress in a Play, Anna
Manahan; Best Director of a Play, Garry Hynes
1998 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Play Runner-Up, Martin McDonagh (playwright)Side Man(opened June 25, 1998) 517 performances
1999 Tony Awards: Best Play, Warren Leight
(playwright) and Weissberger Theater Group, Jay
Harris, Peter Manning, Roundabout Theatre
Company, Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Ron
Kastner, James Cushing, and Joan Stein (produc-
ers); Best Featured Actor in a Play, Frank WoodSwan Lake(opened October 8, 1998) 124 perfor-
mances
1999 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical,
Matthew Bourne; Best Choreographer, Matthew
BourneFootloose(opened October 22, 1998) 737 perfor-
mancesLittle Me(opened November 12, 1998) 101 perfor-
mances (revival)
1999 Tony Award: Best Actor in a Musical, Martin
ShortPeter Pan(opened November 23, 1998) 215 perfor-
mances (revival)Parade (opened December 17, 1998) 84 perfor-
mances
1999 Tony Awards: Best Book of a Musical, Alfred
Uhry; Best Original Musical Score, Jason Robert
Brown (music and lyrics)
1999 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Musical, Jason Robert Brown and Alfred UhryPlays Opening in 1999
Fosse(opened January 14, 1999) 1,101 performances
1999 Tony Award: Best Musical, Livent Inc. (pro-
ducer, U.S.)You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown(opened February
4, 1999) 150 performances (revival)
1999 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Musi-
cal, Roger Bart; Best Featured Actress in a Musi-
cal, Kristin ChenowethDeath of a Salesman(opened February 10, 1999) 275
performances (revival)
1999 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play, DavidThe Nineties in America Entertainment: Major Broadway Plays and Awards 975