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Ext medium shot pan across from Radio City Music Hall to fans; 2. Medium shot girls from 'Hairspray' performing on the red carpet;3. Wide shot of the red carpet;4. SOUNDBITE, BETH FOWLER, NOMINATED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Ext medium shot pan across from Radio City Music Hall to fans; \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot girls from 'Hairspray' performing on the red carpet;\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of the red carpet;\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE, BETH FOWLER, NOMINATED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL FOR THE BOY FROM OZ (ENGLISH): (Talking about Hugh Jackman hosting the Awards for the second year in row):\u003cbr/\u003e\"This time I think it's even more delicious because he has really won broadway this year and he really has earned being up there this year. He was delightful up there last year but tonight this is his street.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot Beth Fowler with the Rockettes.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the Tony's recognises people who perform in so many different ways, straight dramas or musical theatre and it celebrates live theatrical performance which nothing else does. And there really is nothing else like live theatrical performance.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot of cast from Avenue Q; (Winner of Best Musical)\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up of Anne Heche;\u003cbr/\u003e\"The theatre is the oldest art in the world and so to be able to celebrate this night with all of these people here for the theatre is really incredible because it's a smaller community than film or television,  so it's really supporting an art that's a very small wonderful part of the world. It's great.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot of Kristin Chenoweth and Anne Heche;\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE, KRISTIN CHENOWETH, NOMINATED FOR BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL FOR WICKED (ENGLISH):\"We have live entertainment and we have broadway actors and actresses and there's nobody more talented than us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE, TAYE DIGGS AND IDINA MENZEL (Taye Diggs presented. IDINA MENZEL WINNER OF BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL FOR WICKED) IDINA:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just think that actors want  to do live theatre, there's nothing like it. Movies and TV are great but there's nothing like a live audience and they just want to support that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Medium shot of Patrick Stewart zoom out to a wide shot;\u003cbr/\u003e\"They're celebrations, they're reunions. They are an opportunity to look like this. I didn't think my son and I have ever looked so smart on the same night together. I think we are too. I think we'd be a real catch tonight actually, you could get a package deal on the two of us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of paparazzi;\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would love to do theatre, maybe that's why I'm here, to secure my next role.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot of Scarlett Johansson;\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium shot of Nicole Kidman walking down the red carpet;\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a smaller world, we all know one another, we're all very excited about one another. I think some of the Oscars and the Emmy's, you don't always know everybody in the room, so it can be a more intimidating and it's certainly a thrilling experience. But this is a very insular and a very special world which we are hoping by the end of tonight more people, will see and will cultivate a better audience. It's a very special night.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Medium shot of Sarah Jessica Parker;\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well Hugh of course was a theatre star long before he was a Hollywood film actor, so , and an awful lot of actors and actresses that become film stars started off in theatre, that's their origin, so the really great actors are always an amalgam of both I think.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot of Tony Bennett, zoom inot a medium shot;\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's our tradition, this is theatre and these are shows that will go on and on forever, it's our tradition, it's the arts.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Medium shot Renee Zellweger arriving;\u003cbr/\u003e25. Medium shot Sean P. Diddy Combs;\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's my first time at the Tony's, going some place I have never been and coming after all the hard work with my counterparts and them being nominated, so see them hopefully go up and win will be great.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Medium shot; Sean Combs\u003cbr/\u003eThe 58th annual Tony Awards were presented in New York City tonight. Some of the highlights include \"Avenue Q\" as the  winner of best musical, \u003cbr/\u003eAttended by the great and good in theatre land it was a starry affair as TV star Sarah Jessica Parker, who was one of the presenters told APTN:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a smaller world, we all know one another, we're all very excited about one another. I think some of the Oscars and the Emmy's, you don't always know everybody in the room, so it can be a more intimidating and it's certainly a thrilling experience. But this is a very insular and a very special world which we are hoping by the end of tonight more people, will see and will cultivate a better audience. It's a very special night.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePhylicia Rashad became the first black actress to win the Tony for Leading Actress in a Play for \"A Raisin in the Sun\" and Doug Wright's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama \"I Am My Own Wife\" won best play .\u003cbr/\u003eIt was a busy year with 39 productions opening on Broadway during the 2003-2004 season, compared to 36 shows the previous 12 months. Grosses were up, too, from $721 million to $771 million, but so were ticket prices. \u003cbr/\u003eAttendance reached 11.61 million, an increase from 11.42 million a year ago, but still not as high as the 11.89 million during the season before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.\u003cbr/\u003eIf there was no universally acclaimed, megamusical such as \"The Producers\" or \"Hairspray,\" there were several high-profile successes. Besides \"Wicked,\" audiences flocked to the revival of \"A Raisin in the Sun,\" with hip-hop mogul Sean Combs the main box-office draw.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Tony winners in 21 categories were chosen by 735 theater professionalsand journalists.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Tonys, officially known as the Antoinette Perry Awards, were foundedn 1947 by the Wing, which runs educational and charitable programs.\u003cbr/\u003eThe organization, which Perry headed during World War II, now oversees the Tonys with the League of American Theatres and Producers, an industry trade group.\u003cbr/\u003eComplete list of 2004 Tony winners announced Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York:\u003cbr/\u003eBEST PLAY: I Am My Own Wife.   BEST MUSICAL: Avenue Q.   BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY: Henry IV.   BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: Assassins.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Brian F. O'Byrne, Frozen.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Idina Menzel, Wicked.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Michael Cerveris, Assassins.   BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change.   BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Jack O'Brien, Henry IV.   BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Joe Mantello, Assassins.   BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q.   BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics): Avenue Q, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (music).\u003cbr/\u003eBEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Kathleen Marshall, Wonderful Town.   BEST SCENIC DESIGN: Eugene Lee, Wicked.   BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Susan Hilferty, Wicked.   BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Assassins.   BEST ORCHESTRATIONS: Michael Starobin, Assassins.   SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE: James M. 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