61st Tony Awards

61st Tony Awards
Official poster for the 61st annual Tony Awards
DateJune 10, 2007
LocationRadio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Hosted bynone
Most awardsSpring Awakening (8)
Most nominationsSpring Awakening (11)
Websitetonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership5.7 million[1]
Produced byRicky Kirshner
Glenn Weiss
Directed byGlenn Weiss
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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.

  1. ^ Porter, Rick (June 13, 2010). "Tony Awards Ratings History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Playbill News: 2006-2007 "Tony Nominations Announced; 'Spring Awakening' Garners 11 Noms" Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 2007
  3. ^ "List of nominees" Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com
  4. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Creative Arts Emmy Awards — Featuring Stritch Win — Broadcast Sept. 15" playbill.com, September 15, 2007

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