The Ceremony
Musicals represented were:
- A Chorus Line, "Music and the Mirror" - Donna McKechnie
- Anything Goes, "Anything Goes" - Patti LuPone and Company
- Dreamgirls, "One Night Only"/"Dreamgirls" - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Terry Burrell;
- Into the Woods, "Into the Woods"/"Children Will Listen" - Phylicia Rashad and Company;
- The Phantom of the Opera, Last verse of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Music of The Night" - Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford;
- Romance/Romance, "I'll Always Remember the Song"/"It's Not Too Late" - Scott Bakula, Alison Fraser and Company
- Sarafina!, "Sarafina!" - Company
Plays represented were: M. Butterfly, Scene with John Lithgow and B. D. Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Scene with Mel Winkler, Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo; A Walk in the Woods, Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky; and Speed-the-Plow, Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver.
A tribute to the late Michael Bennett was performed by Donna McKechnie of the original Chorus Line and the three original Dreamgirls, Theresa Burrell, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
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