{"product_id":"tony-awards-6071998","title":"TONY AWARDS - 6\/07\/1998","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTONY AWARDS - 6\/07\/1998\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 52nd Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 7, 1998 at Radio City Music Hall and was broadcast by CBS television. A documentaries segment was telecast on PBS television. The ceremony was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, who hosted a total of three times (1997, 1998, and 2000).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ceremony is notable for its Best Direction of a Play and Best Direction of a Musical winners both being female, the first time a female has won either award. The writer of the Best Play winner was also female, the second female winner of the award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusicals represented:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRagtime (\"Ragtime\" - Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald and Company)\u003cbr\u003eThe Sound of Music (\"Wedding\"\/\"Do-Re-Mi\"\/\"The Sound of Music\" Finale - Rebecca Luker and Company)\u003cbr\u003e1776 (\"Sit Down, John\" - Richard Poe and Company)\u003cbr\u003eThe Lion King (\"Circle of Life\" - Tsidii Le Loka and Company)\u003cbr\u003eCabaret (\"Willkommen\" - Alan Cumming and Company)\u003cbr\u003eSide Show (\"I Will Never Leave You\" - Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner)\u003cbr\u003eThe Scarlet Pimpernel (\"Into the Fire\" - Douglas Sills and Company)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TV Museum DVDs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48935147864121,"sku":"qwd1789909765057","price":8.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/6614\/2521\/files\/tony-awards---6071998_1.jpg?v=1789909769","url":"https:\/\/mineralsunc.shop\/products\/tony-awards-6071998","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}