Others felt, as the past Tony winner Jackie Mason put it, that the broadcast was "coming at them from a museum."

Ms. Murphy, a two-time Tony winner, is onstage for most of the two-and-half-hour production.

The cast is headed by John Glover, a Tony winner for "Love!

A Tony winner so close to closing its doors!

In line with what seems to be the new era of the family, a remarkable number of Tony winners made a point of thanking their children.

Tony winners got an even more pronounced bounce from the awards.

"Contact," last year's Tony winner for best musical, almost achieved fashion forwardness.

Angela Lansbury, herself a four-time Tony winner, will be the host, as she was last year.

Producers for the biggest Tony winners said they had experienced surges in ticket sales following the cermony.

His first venture was "Sleuth," the 1971 Tony winner, which was mounted for $150,000.