Here is the complete list of winners (in bold) for the 1998 Antoinette Perry Awards:
BEST MUSICAL
THE LION KING
Ragtime
Scarlet Pimpernel
Side Show
BEST PLAY
ART by Yasmina Reza
Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh
Golden Child by David Henry Hwang
Freak by John Leguizamo
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
CABARET
The Sound of Music
1776
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
The Diary of Anne Frank
Ah, Wilderness!
The Chairs BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
NATASHA RICHARDSON, Cabaret
Betty Buckley, Triumph of Love
Marin Mazzie, Ragtime
Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, Side Show
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
ALAN CUMMING, Cabaret
Peter Friedman, Ragtime
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime
Douglas Sills, The Scarlet Pimpernel
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
ANTHONY LAPAGLIA, A View From The Bridge
Richard Briers, The Chairs
John Leguizamo, Freak
Alfred Molina, Art
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
MARIE MULLEN, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Jane Alexander, Honour
Allison Janney, A View From the Bridge
Geraldine McEwan, The Chairs
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
GARRY HYNES, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Matthew Warchus, Art
Michael Mayer, A View From the Bridge
Simon McBurney, The Chairs
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
JULIE TAYMOR, The Lion King
Frank Galati, Ragtime
Scott Ellis, 1776
Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, Cabaret
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
GARTH FAGAN, The Lion King
The Forever Tango Dancers, Forever Tango
Graciela Daniele, Ragtime
Rob Marshall, Cabaret
BEST SCORE
LYNN AHRENS and STEPHEN FLAHERTY, Ragtime
Paul Simon and Derek Walcott, The Capeman
Henry Krieger and Bill Russell, Side Show
Elton John, Tim Rice, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer, The Lion King
BEST BOOK
TERRENCE MCNALLY, Ragtime
Nan Knighton, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, The Lion King
Bill Russell, Side Show
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
TOM MURPHY, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Brian F. O'Byrne, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Sam Trammell, Ah, Wilderness!
Max Wright, Ivanov
BEST PEFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
ANNA MANAHAN, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Enid Graham, Honour
Linda Lavin, The Diary of Anne Frank
Julyana Soelistyo, The Golden Child
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
RON RIFKIN, Cabaret
Gregg Edelman, 1776
John McMartin, High Society
Samuel E. Wright, The Lion King
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
AUDRA MCDONALD, Ragtime
Anna Kendrick, High Society
Tsidii Le Loka, The Lion King
Mary Louise Wilson, Cabaret
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
RICHARD HUDSON, The Lion King
Bob Crowley, The Capeman
Eugene Lee, Ragtime
Quay Brothers, The Chairs
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
JULIE TAYMOR The Lion King
William Ivey Long, Cabaret
Santo Loquasto, Ragtime
Martin Pakledinaz, Golden Child
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
DONALD HOLDER, The Lion King
Paul Anderson, The Chairs
Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari, Cabaret
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Ragtime
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
WILLIAM DAVID BROHN, Ragtime
Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler, The Lion King
Michael Gibson, Cabaret Stanley Silverman, The Capeman
A special Tony for regional theatre was presented to the Denver Center Theatre Company, accompanied by a $25,000 grant from Clairol. Jane Seymour presented the Award to the theatre, founded in 1979. Artistic director Donovan Marley and chairman Donald R. Seawell accepted the prize, with Seawell punning on Clairol's "Nice n' easy" slogan.
Other special awards went to theatrical attorney, Edward E. Colton and set designer, Ben Edwards.
A Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre was also given to the International Theatre Institute of the United States.
