The Ceremony
Presenters: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Tyne Daly, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Steve Guttenberg, Audrey Hepburn, Raul Julia, Jackie Mason, Shirley MacLaine, James Naughton, Penn & Teller, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin, Denzel Washington.
Musicals represented:
- Miss Saigon ("The American Dream" - Jonathan Pryce and Company)
- Once on This Island ("The Human Heart"/"Mama Will Provide" - La Chanze, Lillias White and Company)
- The Secret Garden (Medley - Company)
- The Will Rogers Follies ("Will-A-Mania"/"Favorite Son" - Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman and Company)
Special Salute:
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("The Year of the Musical Actor"/"I Believe in You" - Robert Morse)
- Fiddler on the Roof ("If I Were a Rich Man" - Topol)
- Bye Bye Birdie ("Rosie" - Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking (a live remote from Seattle))
- My Fair Lady
- Camelot (Julie Andrews)
- The Phantom of the Opera ("Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford)
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