2001 Winners & Finalists List
Note: Before 2005, the TBAs were known as the National Broadway Theatre Awards.

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Best Musical

 

Winner

 

 

Ragtime
(Producer: SFX Theatrical Group)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

The Phantom of the Opera
(Producers: Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc.)

 

Rent
(Producers: Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop)

 

The Scarlet Pimpernel
(Producer: Radio City Entertainment, Ted Forstmann)

 

Swing!
(Producers: Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Steven Baruch, Tom Viertel, International Concert Attractions, Rodger Hess, Timothy Childs, Jujamcyn Theatres, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glick, Douglas L. Meyer, James D. Stern, TV Asahi/Hankyu, Mars Theatrical Productions)

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Best Play

 

Winner

 

 

Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
(Author: Barry Humphries; Producers: Leonard Soloway, Chase Mishkin, Steven M. Levy, Jonathan Reinis)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

King Hedley II
(Author: August Wilson. Producers: Sageworks, Benjamin Mordecai, Jujamcyn Theatres, Manhattan Theatre Club in association with Kardana-Swinsky Productions)

 

The Vagina Monologues
(Author: Eve Ensler. Producers: David Stone, Willa Shalit, Nina Essman, Dan Markley/Mike Skipper, The Araca Group)

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Best Actor - Musical

 

Winner

 

 

David Pittu as "Leo Frank" (Parade)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Jon Peterson as "Emcee" (Cabaret)

 

Ted Keegan as "The Phantom of the Opera" (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

Ron Bohmer as "Percy" (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

 

Charlie Marcus (Performer) (Swing!)

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Best Actor - Play

 

Winner

 

 

Barry Humphries as "Dame Edna" (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour)

 

 

Finalist (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Hal Linden as "Gabe" (The Gathering)
Brian Stokes Mitchell as "King Hedley II" (King Hedley II)

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Best Actress - Musical

 

Winner

 

 

Louise Pitre as "Donna Sheridan" (Mamma Mia!)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Andrea McArdle as "Sally Bowles" (Cabaret)

 

Andrea Burns as "Lucille Frank" (Parade)

 

Rebecca Pitcher as "Christine Daaé" (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

Amy Bodnar as "Marguerite" (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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Best Actress - Play

 

Winner

 

 

Sherri Parker Lee (Performer) (The Vagina Monologues)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Viola Davis as "Tonya" (King Hedley II)

 

Leslie Uggams as "Ruby" (King Hedley II)

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Best Song in a Musical

 

Winner

 

 

"’Til We Reach That Day (1st Act Finale)" - Music: Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

"Bring Him Home" - Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics: Alain Boublil, English Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables)

 

"The Music of the Night" - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics: Charles Hart, Additional Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

"Seasons of Love" - Music and Lyrics: Jonathan Larson (Rent)

 

"Into the Fire" - Music: Frank Wildhorn, Lyrics: Nan Knighton (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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Best Score

 

Winner

 

 

Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics: Alain Boublil, English Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics: Charles Hart, Additional Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe, Orchestrations: David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

Music: Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime)

 

Music and Lyrics: Jonathan Larson (Rent)

 

Music and Lyrics: Various Artists (Swing!)

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Best Direction

 

Winner

 

 

Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall (Cabaret)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Trevor Nunn & John Caird (Les Misérables)

 

Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!)

 

Frank Galati (Ragtime)

 

Robert Longbottom (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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Best Choreography

 

Winner

 

 

Bob Fosse (Fosse)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Rob Marshall (Cabaret)

 

Lars Bethke (Fame - The Musical)

 

Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas (Stomp)

 

Lynne Taylor-Corbett (Swing!)

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Best Visual Presentation

 

Winner

 

 

Scenic Design: Stanley A. Meyer, Lighting Design: Natasha Katz (Disney’s Beauty & the Beast)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Scenic Design: Kenneth Foy, Lighting Design: Jason Kantrowitz (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour)

 

Scenic Design: John Napier, Lighting Design: David Hersey (Les Misérables)

 

Scenic Design: Maria Björnson, Lighting Design: Andrew Bridge (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

Scenic Design: Andrew Jackness, Lighting Design: Natasha Katz (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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Best Costumes

 

Winner

 

 

Ann Hould-Ward (Disney’s Beauty & the Beast)

 

 

Finalists (In alphabetical order by show)

 

Stephen Adnitt (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour)

 

Maria Björnson (The Phantom of the Opera)

 

Santo Loquasto (Ragtime)

 

Jane Greenwood (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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