| The
2004 Tony Awards
Presented live from Radio City Music Hall
Sunday, June 6th on CBS.
 Michael
Cerveris was presented with the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor
in a Musical. "This is a picture I never thought I'd see,
me and Puff," Michael said with a laugh, referring to (presenter)
Mr. Combs. "Thanks for proving that you don't have to kill
somebody to get something like this. You can just pretend to on
Broadway."
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Assassins also received awards for Best Revival
of a Musical, Joe Mantello - Best Director of a Musical,
Michael Starobin- Best Orchestrations and Jules
Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer -Best Lighting Design.
Michael said of the nomination: " This is the best part of
the whole process as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't really feel
like a competition. It's just sort of a nice acknowledgement especially
this year, to be nominated with so many friends. This is such
an ensemble show. I would have happily not been nominated alone
if it meant we could all share one big acknowledgement as a company.
We depend on each other so much and support each other so much
and all of our performances are truly accumulations of what everyone
else is doing as well."
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photo: Aubrey Ruben
Michael
was also named as Best Featured Actor in a Musical
by the Outer Critics Association for his portrayal of John Wilkes
Booth in Assassins.
 From
"dynamic", "swashbuckling" and "matinee
idol" to "coldly compelling" "violence seems
to drip from his teeth when he speaks"..."the pinnacle
of the pantheon in this Satanic vaudeville". Since it's opening
last month, critics have singled out Michael's hauntingly complex
performance.
Other nominees in the Featured actor category include: John Cariani,
Fiddler on the Roof; Raúl Esparza, Taboo;
Michael McElroy, Big River and Michael's fellow assassin
Denis O'Hare (Charles Guiteau).
Assassins was nominated for a total of 7 awards
including: Best Revival of a Musical, Joe Mantello
for Best Directing in a Musical, Jules Fisher
& Peggy Eisenhauer for Outstanding Lighting Design,
Robert Brill for Best Scenic Design and Michael
Starobin for Best Orchestrations.
photo: Assassins cast rehearse for :Everybody's Got the Right
to be Happy"
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