| 61st Tony Awards | |
| Date: | June 10, 2007 |
| Location: | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York |
| Host: | none |
| Most Wins: | Spring Awakening (8) |
| Most Nominations: | Spring Awakening (11) |
| Network: | CBS |
| Ratings: | 5.7 million[1] |
| Producer: | Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
| Director: | Glenn Weiss |
| Previous: | 60th |
| Main: | Tony Awards |
| Next: | 62nd |
The 61st Annual Tony Award ceremony was held on June 10, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS television broadcasting live. The cut-off date for eligibility was May 9, meaning that to be qualified for the 2006-2007 season, shows must have opened before or on this date.
Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs announced the nominations on May 15, 2007.[2] [3]
This Tony Awards telecast won an Emmy Award, Outstanding Special Class Program, at the 59th Creative Arts Emmy Awards presented on September 8, 2007. Glenn Weiss, the director of the awards show, received a Directors Guild of America Awards nomination, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety (television).[4] Spring Awakening, won 8 awards including Best Musical, the most of the night.
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2006–07 season before May 10, 2007 are eligible.
As with the 2006 Tony Award ceremony, there was no formal host and the show was emceed by the presenters.
The opening number showed the cast of A Chorus Line in rehearsal clothing dancing and singing "I Hope I Get It," outside of Radio City Music Hall accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch on the piano, with the cast then ending on the stage in full gold costumes performing "One".
The following musicals or performers performed:[6]
*(Because it was a live TV performance, some of the lyrics to "The Bitch of Living" and "Totally Fucked" were altered for that night's performance.)
These productions had multiple nominations:
The following productions received multiple awards.