2002 Awards
Tony Award (Wikipedia)
After a harsh year for the theatre industry the awards season once again brought with a mixed bag of emotions, with the theatre community rallying round to show support to each other for getting through the difficult season. Tributes were made to the victims of 9/11, and the Tony Awards ceremony showed NYC’s resistance to the world. At the Tony Awards, there was a special tribute for the composer Richard Rodgers featuring a medley of his most famous material. In London controversy arose over Martine McCutcheon taking home the Best Actress Award for missing a significant number of performances due to ill health.
| Category | Tony Awards | Olivier Awards |
| Best Play | The Goat, or Who is Sylvia (Edward Albee) | Jitney (August Wilson, National) |
| Best Musical | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Shockheaded Peter (Piccadilly) |
| Best Musical Revival | Into the Woods | My Fair Lady (National) |
| Best Actor | Alan Bates (Fortune’s Fool) | Rodger Allam (Privates on Parade, Donmar) |
| Best Actress | Lindsay Duncan (Private Lives) | Lindsay Duncan (Private Lives, Albery) |
| Best Actor (Musical) | John Lithgow (Sweet Smell of Success) | Phillip Quast (South Pacific, National) |
| Best Actress (Musical) | Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) | Martine McCutcheon (My Fair Lady, National) |
| Best Director | John Rando (Urinetown) | Michael Boyd (Histories, Young Vic) |
| Best Choreographer | Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie) | Matthew Bourne (My Fair Lady, National) |
2002 Tony Awards Tribute to Richard Rodgers