2002 Winners & Finalists List
Note: Before 2005, the TBAs were known as the National Broadway Theatre Awards.

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Best Musical

 

Winner

 

Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida

 

Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
Producer: Disney Theatrical Productions

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

• Blast!
Producers: Cook Group Incorporated, Star of Indiana, William A. Cook and James Mason

 

• Kiss Me, Kate
Producers: Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow

 

• Les Misérables
Producer: Cameron Mackintosh

 

• Mamma Mia!
Producers: Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal and David & Ed Mirvish

 

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

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Best Play

 

Winner

 

Copenhagen

 

Copenhagen
Author: Michael Frayn; Producers: James M. Nederlander, Roger Berlind, Scott Nederlander, Ray Larson, and Elizabeth Ireland McCann by arrangement with Michael Codron, Lee Dean, and the Royal National Theatre

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

• The Odd Couple (female version)
Author: Neil Simon. Producers: GoGiGo Productions, Inc.

 

• Stones in His Pockets
Author: Marie Jones. Producers:The Globe Theatres (Artistic Director - Jack O'Brien, Managing and Producing Director - Douglas C. Evans, Executive Director - Craig Noel) by special arrangement with Paul Elliott, Adam Kenwright, Pat Moylan, Ed and David Mirvish, and Azenberg/Pittelman

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Best Actor - Musical

 

Winner

 

 

Patrick Cassidy
as "Radames" in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

Theodore Bikel as "Tevye" in Fiddler on the Roof

 

Rex Smith as "Fred Graham/Petruchio" in Kiss Me, Kate

 

Randal Keith as "Jean Valjean" in Les Misérables

 

Ted Keegan as "The Phantom of the Opera" in The Phantom of the Opera

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Best Actress - Musical

 

Winner

 

Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida

 

Simone
as "Aida" in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

Holly Cruikshank as "Girl in the Yellow Dress" in Contact

 

Kelli Fournier as "Amneris" in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

 

Rachel York as "Lilli Vanessi/Katharine" in Kiss Me, Kate

 

Dee Hoty as "Donna Sheridan" in Mamma Mia!

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Best Actor - Play

 

Winner

Copenhagen

 
 

Len Cariou
as "Niels Bohr" in Copenhagen

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show and performer)

 

Hank Stratton as "Werner Heisenberg" in Copenhagen

 

Christopher Burns as "Jake Quinn" in Stones in His Pockets

 

Bronson Pinchot as "Charlie Conlon" in Stones in His Pockets

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Best Actress - Play

 

Winner

 

Copenhagen

 

Mariette Hartley
as "Margrethe Bohr" in Copenhagen

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by performer)

 

Barbara Eden as "Florence Unger" in The Odd Couple (Female Version)

 

Rita McKenzie as "Olive Madison" in The Odd Couple (Female Version)

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Best Song in a Musical

 

Winner

Les Miserables

 

"Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables
Music - Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics - Alain Boublil; English Lyrics - Herbert Kretzmer

   
 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

"Be Our Guest" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Music - Alan Menken; Lyrics - Howard Ashman)

 

"I Know the Truth" from Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (Music - Elton John; Lyrics - Tim Rice)

 

"Big Spender" from Fosse (Music - Cy Coleman; Lyrics - Dorothy Fields)

 

"Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia! (Music and Lyrics - Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus)

 

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

   
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Best Score

 

Winner

 

Les Miserables

 

Les Misérables
Music - Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics - Alain Boublil; English Lyrics - Herbert Kretzmer; Orchestrations: John Cameron

   
 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

• Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. Music - Elton John; Lyrics - Tim Rice; Orchestrations - Steve Margoshes, Guy Babylon & Paul Bogaev

 

• Kiss Me, Kate. Music and Lyrics - Cole Porter; Orchestrations - Don Sebesky

 

• Mamma Mia! Music and Lyrics - Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

 

• The Phantom of the Opera. Music - Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics - Charles Hart; Additional Lyrics - Richard Stilgoe; - Orchestrations: David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Best Direction

 

Winner

 

Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida

 

Robert Falls - Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

 

James Mason - Blast!

 

Susan Stroman - Contact

 

Richard Maltby, Jr. & Ann Reinking - Fosse

 

Michael Blakemore - Kiss Me, Kate

 

Trevor Nunn & John Caird - Les Misérables

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Best Choreography

 

Winner

 

Fosse

 

Bob Fosse - Fosse

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

Jim Moore, George Pinney & Jonathan Vanderkolff - Blast!

 

Susan Stroman - Contact

 

Anthony Van Laast - Mamma Mia!

 

Arlene Phillips - Saturday Night Fever

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Best Visual Presentation

 

Winner

 

Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida

 


Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
Scenic Design - Bob Crowley; Lighting Design - Natasha Katz

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

Blast! - Scenic Design: Mark Thompson, Lighting Design: Hugh Vanstone

 

Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Scenic Design: Stanley A. Meyer, Lighting Design: Natasha Katz

 

Les Misérables - Scenic Design: John Napier, Lighting Design: David Hersey

 

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

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Best Costumes

 

Winner

 

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

 

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

 

 

Finalists (in alphabetical order by show)

 

Bob Crowley - Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

 

Martin Pakledinaz - Kiss Me, Kate

 

Andreane Neofitou - Les Misérables

 

• Maria Björnson - The Phantom of the Opera

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