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Lane in New York City, November 2005 |
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| Born | Joseph Lane February 3, 1956 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American comic actor of the stage and screen. The City of New York Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He is perhaps best known for his roles as Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical (as well as the film) The Producers, and his voice work in The Lion King and Stuart Little. The Birdcage is a 1996 Comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman Max Bialystock is a fictional character in Mel Brooks ' 1968 movie The Producers, played by Zero Mostel. The Producers is a Comedy - musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 Published in 1945, Stuart Little was E B White 's first children's story
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Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents. Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. [1][2] He was named after his uncle, a Jesuit priest. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order [3] His father, Daniel, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was eleven; his mother, Nora, was a manic-depressive housewife and secretary who died in 2000. A truck driver (Commonly called a trucker, driver or Teamster in the United States and Canada, a truckie or Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions [4][5][6] He has two brothers, Robert and Daniel. Lane attended Roman Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory High School where he was selected Best Actor in 1974. Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Saint Peter's Preparatory School is a private all-male Jesuit
His brother Dan accompanied him to what was supposed to be his first day at St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia. Saint Joseph's College or Saint Joseph College may refer to Asia Saint Joseph College Malang When they arrived, they learned the drama scholarship Lane had won didn't cover enough of the expenses for him to stay. They went back home. "I remember him saying to me, 'College is for people who don't know what they want to do,'" Dan Lane recalls. Because there already was a Joseph Lane registered with Actors Equity, he changed his name to Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the musical Guys and Dolls. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Actors' Equity Association (AEA commonly referred to as Actors' Equity Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on He moved to New York City where, after a long struggle, his career began to take off, with off-Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre, and the Manhattan Theatre Club, and his 1982 Broadway debut in a revival of Noel Coward's Present Laughter with George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, and Christine Lahti. The City of New York Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Second Stage Theatre is a contemporary American Off-Broadway theater company The Roundabout Theatre Company is the largest Non-profit theatre company based in New York City. The Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC is a theater club in Manhattan, New York. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Present Laughter is a comedic play written by Noel Coward in 1939 and first staged in 1942 as part of a double bill with his lower middle-class George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer. Katherine Burton (born September 10 1957) is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning British actress. Dana Robins Ivey (born August 14, 1942) is an American Character actress. Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American Emmy Award - and two-time Golden Globe Award -winning actress and Academy
His second Broadway appearance was in the 1983 box-office failure Merlin, starring Chita Rivera, and magician Doug Henning. Merlin was a musical based on a concept by popular Illusionist Doug Henning and Barbara De Angelis written by Richard Levinson Chita Rivera (born on January 23, 1933) is an American actress Dancer, and Singer best known for her roles in Musical theater Douglas James Henning (May 3 1947 &ndash February 7 2000 was a Canadian magician, Illusionist and Escape artist. This was followed by The Wind in the Willows as Toad, Some Americans Abroad at Lincoln Center, and On Borrowed Time at Circle in the Square Theatre with George C. On Borrowed Time is a 1939 film about the role death plays in life and how we cannot live without it The Circle in the Square Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 235 West 50th Street in midtown Manhattan. Scott again. In 1992, he starred in the revival of Guys and Dolls, receiving his first Tony nomination, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, playing the character who lent him his name, opposite Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince. Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe - and SAG -winning American Actor, Musician Faith Prince (born August 5, 1957) is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway.
His professional association with his close friend the playwright Terrence McNally includes roles in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata [Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards], Bad Habits, Love! Valour! Compassion! [ Obie Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards ], and Dedication (Drama Desk nomination). A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Terrence McNally (born 3 November 1939) is an American Playwright, considered one of the leading American dramatists still writing today Lips Together Teeth Apart is a play by Terrence McNally. A Gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two The Lisbon Traviata is a 1989 play by Terrence McNally. It focuses on two of the Playwright 's favorite subjects Gay relationships and The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and Lucille Lortel ( December 16, 1900 – April 4, 1999) was an American actress and theater producer who is remembered as the namesake Bad Habits is play by Terrence McNally. The Comedy is comprised of what originally were written as two one-act plays set in sanatoriums. Love! Valour! Compassion! is a 1994 play by Terrence McNally, directed by Joe Mantello. The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and Dedication (Lat dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim to announce is to immerse oneself with sincerity into a certain subject or properly the setting apart The early 1990s began a highly successful stretch of Broadway shows for Lane. In 1993, he portrayed Sid Caesar-like Max Prince in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, inspired by Simon's early career writing sketches for Your Show of Shows. Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy Award -winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American Playwright and Screenwriter Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a play by Neil Simon. Inspired by Simon's early career experience as a junior jokesmith (along with his brother Danny, Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute Sketch comedy Television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC, from 1950 In 1996, he starred in the highly successful revival of Stephen Sondheim and Larry Gelbart's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, for which he won a Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and
His association with Sondheim continued when he appeared with Victor Garber in the workshop of Wise Guys (later Bounce) and again in 2004 when he revised the original book for and starred in the Broadway debut of the composer's The Frogs at Lincoln Center. Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a six-time Emmy Award -nominated Canadian film stage and television Actor and Singer Bounce (now titled Road Show) is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by John Weidman that premiered The Frogs is a musical "freely adapted" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from The Frogs, an Ancient He also sang a song written especially for him by Sondheim in the film The Birdcage. The Birdcage is a 1996 Comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman In 1999 he starred in the Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside, with Jean Smart and Harriet Harris. The Man Who Came to Dinner is a Comedy in three acts by George S Jean E Smart (born September 13, 1951) is a multiple Emmy Award -winning American Film and television actress. Prior to that he starred in the Encores production of Do, Re, Mi. Encores EP is a live EP by Dire Straits, released shortly after their live album On the Night.
In addition to the McNally plays, Lane has appeared in numerous other Off Broadway productions, including Love (the musical version of Murray Schisgal's Luv), Measure For Measure in Central Park, The Film Society, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks", In a Pig's Valise, Trumbo, She Stoops to Conquer, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Murray Schisgal (born November 25, 1926) is an award-winning American Playwright and Screenwriter. Luv is a play by Murray Schisgal. A mix of absurdist humor and traditional Broadway comedy more in the Neil Simon vein Luv concerns two Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 She Stoops to Conquer is a Comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar first performed in London in 1773 A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from In 1994 he voiced a spunky and cute little meerkat named Timon in the The Lion King.
Lane performed in 1995's The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The Wizard of Oz in Concert Dreams Come True was a 1995 musical performance based on the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The Children's Defense Fund is a child advocacy and research group founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT), and issued on CD and video in 1996. Lane won his second Tony Award for his portrayal of Max Bialystock in the musical version of Mel Brooks's The Producers, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Max Bialystock is a fictional character in Mel Brooks ' 1968 movie The Producers, played by Zero Mostel. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist The Producers is a Comedy - musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and He later replaced Richard Dreyfuss in the role at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane at the last minute and went on to win the Olivier Award as Best Actor in a Musical. Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29 1947 is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, known for a number of film television and theater roles such London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre He recreated his performance for the film version, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner
Lane has performed two roles originated by Zero Mostel, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Max Bialystock in The Producers. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel ( February 28 1915 – September 8 1977) was an American Actor of stage and He declined the role of Tevye in the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler On The Roof because he didn't want to be seen as always following in Mostel's footsteps. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set Coincidentally, both of Lane's Tony Awards were for Mostel's roles.
In 2005, Lane rejoined Broderick for a wildly successful limited run of The Odd Couple. The Odd Couple was a 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series as well as other derivative works and spin offs In 2006, he changed gears to take on a primarily dramatic role in a revival of Simon Gray's Butley. Simon James Holliday Gray CBE ( October 21, 1936 – August 7, 2008) was a prolific postwar British playwright whose work was performed Butley is a 1971 play by Simon Gray. The title character a literary professor and T He and Broderick were awarded adjacent stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a joint ceremony on January 9, 2006. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. They were also immortalized as Max and Leo at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. He is currently starring in the new David Mamet play, November, directed by Joe Mantello. David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and November is a 2007 play written by American playwright David Mamet. Joseph Mantello (born 27 December 1962) is an American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked,
When he was 21 and told his mother he was gay, her reply was: "I'd rather you were dead. " Lane shot back: "I knew you'd understand. "[7]
Lane, who came out publicly after the death of Matthew Shepard, jokingly describes himself as "one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades. Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1 1976 – October 12 1998 was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was murdered near Laramie " [8] When he was asked once by a reporter whether he was gay, rather than providing a blunt yes-or-no answer, he famously declared, "I'm 40, single and I work a lot in the musical theatre. You do the math. " He has been a long-time board member of and fundraiser for B'way Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and he has been honored by The Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and The Trevor Project for his work in the gay community.
He resides in New York, has a long-time partner, and remains very good friends with Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks and Ernie Sabella. Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American award-winning film and stage Actor who is best known for his roles as the title character Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Ernie Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor Biography and career Born in Westchester New York, Sabella graduated
He has received three nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards, in 1995 for Disney's Timon and Pumbaa and in 2000 for Disney's Teacher's Pet. Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional Meerkat and Warthog duo first introduced in Disney 's popular 1994 animated film The Lion King Teacher's Pet was a Disney Animated Television series about a Dog who lives like a little Boy. He has also received two Emmy nominations for guest appearances on Frasier and Mad About You. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 In 1999 he won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series.
Also the winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Lucille Lortel Award for The Lisbon Traviata. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and The St Clair Bayfield Award was established in 1973 by the Actors' Equity Association in honor of St The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival
His television credits include One of the Boys with Mickey Rooney and Dana Carvey, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989), the title role in The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), the voice of the title character in the animated series Teacher's Pet, as well as Timon & Pumbaa and George and Martha, and guest appearances on Mad About You, Sex and the City, Frasier, Saturday Night Live as host, The Tony Awards as host and co-host four times, Great Performances- The Last Mile and as host for the 30th anniversary, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Absolutely Fabulous and 30 Rock. The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair accurate and The Trevor Project is an American non-profit organization that operates the only nationwide around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual One of the Boys was an American Television sitcom released in 1982 starring Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd is an NBC / Lifetime Comedy-drama that aired from 1987 - 1991 The title role in the Performing arts is the performance Part that gives the title to the piece as in Aida, Giselle, The Man Who Came to Dinner is a Comedy in three acts by George S The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney Animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 1999. George and Martha is an animated children's television show which comprises 26 episodes made in 1999 Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Great Performances is a Television series devoted to the Performing arts and has been aired on the U The Last Mile is a short (15 minute comedy-drama filmed play written by Terrence McNally for Public television 's Great Performances 20th Anniversary Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American Sitcom starring Seinfeld writer co-creator and executive producer Larry David as himself and Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey. He has starred in two television films, The Boys Next Door and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. The Boys Next Door is a 1996 Television movie about four mentally challenged men Norman ( Nathan Lane) Lucien ( Courtney B Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a play by Neil Simon. Inspired by Simon's early career experience as a junior jokesmith (along with his brother Danny, His attempts at a regular series of his own Encore! Encore! (1998) and Charlie Lawrence (2003), were ratings disappointments.
Lane provided the voice of Tom Morrow, the Audio-Animatronic host of Disneyland's Innoventions attraction. Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Hector Babenco. Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 Comedy Film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. He Said She Said is a 1991 Romantic comedy starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins and Sharon Stone. Frankie and Johnny is a 1991 American Motion picture. The original music score was composed by Marvin Hamlisch. Addams Family Values is a 1993 Academy Award and Golden Globe -nominated Sequel to the 1991 comedy Life with Mikey is a 1993 Comedy film starring Michael J Fox. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 Jeffrey is a 1995 American Gay Romantic comedy movie directed by Christopher Ashley. The Birdcage is a 1996 Comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman The Boys Next Door is a 1996 Television movie about four mentally challenged men Norman ( Nathan Lane) Lucien ( Courtney B MouseHunt is a 1997 Slapstick / Black comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski, scored by Alan Silvestri and released The Lion King II Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2 Simba's Pride) is an American Direct-to-video movie released by the Stuart Little is a 1999 Live-action Film, based on the novel of the same name. At First Sight is a 1999 American Film starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino, based on the essay To See and Not to Isn't She Great is a 2000 American Biographical film. A highly fictionalized account of the life and career of best-selling Author Titan AE is a 2000 Post-apocalyptic animated science fiction Adventure film from Fox Animation Studios Trixie is a 2000 Film that starred Emily Watson as private eye Beatrice Zurbo. Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a play by Neil Simon. Inspired by Simon's early career experience as a junior jokesmith (along with his brother Danny, Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 British / American Drama film with comedic undertones written and directed by Douglas Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 Film, directed by Rob Minkoff. It is a sequel to the 1999 film Stuart Little Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third Film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3 Hakuna Matata in some countries is an American Direct-to-video Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a 2004 Romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Kate Bosworth The Producers is a 2005 comedy - Musical film starring Uma Thurman and The Lion King 's Nathan Lane and Max Bialystock is a fictional character in Mel Brooks ' 1968 movie The Producers, played by Zero Mostel. Stuart Little 3 Call of the Wild is a 2006 Direct-to-video Film created by Mainframe Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Swing Vote is a 2008 Dramedy film about an entire US presidential election determined by the vote of one man Tom Morrow was a safety for three years with the American Football League 's Oakland Raiders.
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| Preceded by Philip Bosco for Lend Me a Tenor |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1989-1990 for The Lisbon Traviata |
Succeeded by Ron Rifkin for The Substance of Fire |
| Preceded by Matthew Broderick for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical 1996 for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
Succeeded by James Naughton for Chicago |
| Preceded by Brian Stokes Mitchell for Kiss Me, Kate |
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical 2001 for The Producers |
Succeeded by John Lithgow for Sweet Smell of Success |