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55th Tony Awards

The 55th Annual Tony Awards was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 3, 2001 and broadcast by CBS. "The First Ten" awards ceremony was telecast on PBS television . The event was co-hosted by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. The Producers, starring Lane and Broderick, won 12 awards (every award it was eligible to win), breaking the 37-year-old record set by Hello, Dolly! to become the most awarded show in Tony Awards history.[citation needed] Mel Brooks's win made him the eighth person to become an EGOT.

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 2000–01 season before May 3, 2001 are eligible.

Presenters: Joan Allen, Dick Cavett, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Dame Edna, Edie Falco, Kathleen Freeman, Gina Gershon, Heather Headley, Cherry Jones, Jane Krakowski, Marc Kudisch, Eric McCormack, Audra McDonald, Reba McEntire, Donna McKechnie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bernadette Peters, Natasha Richardson, Doris Roberts, Gary Sinise, Lily Tomlin, Henry Winkler, and three "Broadway Babies" (Meredith Patterson, Bryn Bowling, and Carol Bentley).

The musicals that performed were:

Plays were also presented:

Winners are in bold

Source: BroadwayWorld

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