The Ceremony
The opening number was "Broadway Divas", with Rosie O'Donnell and the Chicago dancers introducing: Patti LuPone ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita); Jennifer Holliday ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls); and Betty Buckley ("Memory" from Cats).
Musicals represented:
- Ragtime ("Ragtime" - Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald and Company)
- The Sound of Music ("Wedding"/"Do-Re-Mi"/"The Sound of Music" Finale - Rebecca Luker and Company)
- 1776 ("Sit Down, John" - Richard Poe and Company)
- The Lion King ("Circle of Life" - Tsidii Le Loka and Company)
- Cabaret ("Willkommen" - Alan Cumming and Company)
- Side Show ("I Will Never Leave You" - Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel ("Into the Fire" - Douglas Sills and Company)
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