The Notion

"A chronicle of Japanese history, beginning with the 1853 incursion of American warships, under the command of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, into Japanese waters in order to open up trade with a nation that had been closed to foreigners for centuries. In particular, it concerns the relationship during the next fifteen years between Kayama, a minor samurai relegated to order the ships to leave, and Manjiro, a Japanese fisherman recently returned from the United States."

- Stephen Sondheim in Finishing the Hat - 

A Chorus Line won the following:

• Tony Award for Best Musical

• James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante: Drama Desk Award for Best Musical & Tony Award for Book of a Musical

• Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban: Tony Award for Musical Score & Drama Desk Award for Music

• Michael Bennett: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Direction

• Sammy Williams: Tony Award for Featured Actor

• Michael Bennett & Bob Avian: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Choreography

• Tharon Musser: Tony Award for Lighting Design

Other winners:

• George Rose: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Leading Actor (My Fair Lady)

• Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti: Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album (Bubbling Brown Sugar)

Joe Egg won the Drama Desk Award for Revival of a Play

Jay David Saks won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Show Album (Jerome Robbins' Broadway)

Jerry Springer: The Opera won the following:

• Chorus: Olivier Award for Supporting Performance

• Mike Walker: Olivier Award for Sound Design

Other winners:

• Michael Grandage: Olivier Award for Direction (Caligula)

• Christopher Oram: Olivier Award for Costume Design (Power)

The Light in the Piazza won the following:

• Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, & Bruce Coughlin: Tony Award for Orchestration

• Catherine Zuber: Tony Award for Costume Design

• Michael Yeargan: Tony Award for Scenic Design

Other winners:

• La Cage aux Folles: Tony & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical

• Tim Hatley: Outer Critics Circle Award for Costume Design (Monty Python's Spamalot)

Other winners:

• My Fair Lady: Drama Desk, Drama League, & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical

• Jonathan Tunick: Drama Desk Award for Orchestration (Carousel)

• Kai Harada: Drama Desk Award for Sound Design (The Band's Visit)

• Damon Daunno: Lortel Award for Leading Actor (The Lucky Ones)

• Sean Patrick Doyle: Lortel Award for Featured Actor (Jerry Springer: The Opera)