Tony Award / Best Theater Event

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Since 2001, when the will Tony awards the prize for the Best Theater Event (Best Special Theatrical Event) awarded. The category came about because of a dispute because 2000 won Contact for Best Musical , but the show used pre-recorded music and had no vocals. In 1999 and 2000 a special tone was given as the Special Tony Award For a Live Theatrical Presentation . In 2004, 2006 and 2008 no prize was awarded in this category.

Winner & Nominees

year Theater event Award winners Other nominees
2001 Blast! Cook Group Inc. and Star of Indiana no
2002 Elaine Stritch: At Liberty John Schreiber , Creative Battery , Margo Lion , Robert Cole, Dede Harris / Mort Swinsky , Cheryl Wiesenfeld , The Public Theater and New York Shakespeare Festival Bea Arthur on Broadway, Just Between Friends - Daryl Roth , M. Beverly Bartner and USA Ostar Theatricals
Barbara Cook in Mostly Sondheim - Lincoln Center Theater , André Bishop and Bernard Gersten
Sexaholix ... a love story - Tate Entertainment Group, Inc.
2003 Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway Russell Simmons , Stan Lathan , Jonathan Reinis , Richard Martini , Larry Magid , Allen Spivak , Kimora Lee Simmons , Jeffrey Chartier , Stacy Carter, and Island Def Jam Music Group Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home - Eric Krebs , Jonathan Reinis , CTM Productions , Anne Strickland Squadron , Michael Viner , David Friedson , Adam Friedson , Allen Spivak / Larry Magid , M. Kilburg Reedy
The Play What I Wrote - David Pugh , Joan Cullman , Mike Nichols , Hamilton South, Charles Whitehead and Stuart Thompson
Prune Danish - Jyll Rosenfeld and Jon Stoll
2005 Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays Janice Crystal , Larry Magid and Face Productions Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance - Creative Battery , Harley Medcalf and Boxjellyfish LLC
Laugh Whore - Showtime Networks
Whoopi: The 20th Anniversary Show - Mike Nichols , Hal Luftig , Leonard Soloway , Steven M. Levy , Tom Leonardis , Eric Falkenstein and Amy Nederlander
2007 Jay Johnson: The Two and Only Roger Alan Gindi , Stewart F. Lane , Bonnie Comley , Dan Whitten , Herbert Goldsmith Productions , Ken Grossman , Bob Silver , Rhonda Silver , Michael A. Jenkins / Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc. and Wetrock Entertainment Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway - David J. Foster, Jared Geller , Ruth Hendel , Jonathan Reinis, Inc. , Billy Zavelson , Jamie Cesa , Anne Strickland Squadron , Jennifer Manocherian , Gary Allen, and Melvin Honowitz
2009 Liza's at The Palace ...! John Scher and Metropolitan Talent Presents, LLC; Jubilee Time Productions, LLC Slava's Snowshow - David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Marinoff Cohn, John Pinckard

Soul of Shaolin - Nederlander Worldwide Productions, LLC; Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group; China on Broadway
You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush - Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Steve Traxler, Home Box Office Inc., Gary Sanchez Productions, Bat-Barry Productions, Ken Davenport, Ergo Entertainment, Ronald Frankel, Jon B. Platt, James D. Stern , The Weinstein Company; Tara Smith / b. Swibel, Dede Harris / Sharon Karmazin, Arny Granat