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font-style: italic;">American Utopia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Utopia_(film).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Byrne and his supporting musicians standing onstage with the bottom of the photo melting into a wave"><img alt="Byrne and his supporting musicians standing onstage with the bottom of the photo melting into a wave" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/American_Utopia_%28film%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="326" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Official poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Spike Lee</li> <li>David Byrne</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data">David Byrne</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Kuras" title="Ellen Kuras">Ellen Kuras</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Adam Gough</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">David Byrne</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HBO_Films" title="HBO Films">HBO Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participant_(company)" title="Participant (company)">Participant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Road_Entertainment" title="River Road Entertainment">River Road Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40_Acres_and_a_Mule_Filmworks" title="40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks">40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RadicalMedia" title="RadicalMedia">RadicalMedia</a></li> <li>Todomundo</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> (United States)<br /><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> (International)<sup id="cite_ref-dl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 10, 2020<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2020-09-10</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/2020_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2020 Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto</a>)</li> <li>October 17, 2020<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2020-10-17</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">105 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$275,304<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>American Utopia</b></i> is a 2020 American <a href="/wiki/Concert_film" title="Concert film">concert film</a> directed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>, from a screenplay by <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a>. The film is a live recording of a <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> performance of the show adapted from the touring show that supported the <a href="/wiki/American_Utopia" title="American Utopia">album of the same name</a>. The film features selections from that album, as well as songs from throughout Byrne's career. Byrne performed alongside eleven musicians, all of whom used wireless or portable equipment. Frequent collaborator <a href="/wiki/Annie-B_Parson" title="Annie-B Parson">Annie-B Parson</a> served as choreographer. </p><p>It had its world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2020 Toronto International Film Festival">2020 Toronto International Film Festival</a> on September 10, 2020. The film received critical acclaim. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All provide percussion; all except Byrne provide backing vocals. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a> – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars</li> <li>Chris Giarmo – dancing, melodica</li> <li>Tendayi Kuumba – dancing</li> <li>Karl Mansfield – keyboards, musical director</li> <li>Angie Swan – electric guitar</li> <li>Bobby Wooten III – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauro_Refosco" title="Mauro Refosco">Mauro Refosco</a> – drums, musical director</li> <li>Tim Keiper – drums</li> <li>Gustavo Di Dalva – drums</li> <li>Jacquelene Acevedo – drums</li> <li>Daniel Freedman – drums</li> <li>Stephane San Juan – drums</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Songs">Songs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Here" (from <i><a href="/wiki/American_Utopia" title="American Utopia">American Utopia</a></i>)</li> <li>"I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Rei_Momo" title="Rei Momo">Rei Momo</a></i>)</li> <li>"Don't Worry About the Government" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads:_77" title="Talking Heads: 77">Talking Heads: 77</a></i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lazy_(X-Press_2_song)" title="Lazy (X-Press 2 song)">Lazy</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Muzikizum" title="Muzikizum">Muzikizum</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/X-Press_2" title="X-Press 2">X-Press 2</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Must_Be_the_Place_(Naive_Melody)" title="This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)">This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Speaking_in_Tongues_(Talking_Heads_album)" title="Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)">Speaking in Tongues</a></i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Zimbra" title="I Zimbra">I Zimbra</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Fear_of_Music" title="Fear of Music">Fear of Music</a></i>)</li> <li>"Slippery People" (from <i>Speaking in Tongues</i>)</li> <li>"I Should Watch TV" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Love_This_Giant" title="Love This Giant">Love This Giant</a></i>)</li> <li>"Everybody's Coming to My House" (from <i>American Utopia</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Once_in_a_Lifetime_(Talking_Heads_song)" title="Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)">Once in a Lifetime</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Remain_in_Light" title="Remain in Light">Remain in Light</a></i>)</li> <li>"Glass, Concrete & Stone" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Grown_Backwards" title="Grown Backwards">Grown Backwards</a></i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Toe_Jam_(song)" title="Toe Jam (song)">Toe Jam</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/I_Think_We%27re_Gonna_Need_a_Bigger_Boat" title="I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat">I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/The_Brighton_Port_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="The Brighton Port Authority">The Brighton Port Authority</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Born_Under_Punches_(The_Heat_Goes_On)" title="Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)">Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)</a>" (from <i>Remain in Light</i>)</li> <li>"I Dance Like This" (from <i>American Utopia</i>)</li> <li>"Bullet" (from <i>American Utopia</i>)</li> <li>"Every Day Is a Miracle" (from <i>American Utopia</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blind_(Talking_Heads_song)" title="Blind (Talking Heads song)">Blind</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Naked_(Talking_Heads_album)" title="Naked (Talking Heads album)">Naked</a></i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burning_Down_the_House" title="Burning Down the House">Burning Down the House</a>" (from <i>Speaking in Tongues</i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hell_You_Talmbout" title="Hell You Talmbout">Hell You Talmbout</a>" (by <a href="/wiki/Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e" title="Janelle Monáe">Janelle Monáe</a>)</li> <li>"One Fine Day" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Everything_That_Happens_Will_Happen_Today" title="Everything That Happens Will Happen Today">Everything That Happens Will Happen Today</a></i>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Road_to_Nowhere" title="Road to Nowhere">Road to Nowhere</a>" (from <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Creatures" title="Little Creatures">Little Creatures</a></i>)</li> <li>"Everybody's Coming to My House: Detroit" (End Credits)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2020, it was announced <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> had directed a filmed version of the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> performance <i><a href="/wiki/American_Utopia" title="American Utopia">American Utopia</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a>, with <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> distributing.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cinematographers <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Kuras" title="Ellen Kuras">Ellen Kuras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Declan_Quinn" title="Declan Quinn">Declan Quinn</a> utilized <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> <a href="/wiki/CineAlta" title="CineAlta">Venice</a> digital cameras to capture the performance.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film had its world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2020 Toronto International Film Festival">2020 Toronto International Film Festival</a> on September 10, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It screened at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival" title="New York Film Festival">New York Film Festival</a> on October 3, 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/BFI_London_Film_Festival" title="BFI London Film Festival">BFI London Film Festival</a> on October 14, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was broadcast in the United States and Canada on HBO and made available for streaming through <a href="/wiki/HBO_Max" class="mw-redirect" title="HBO Max">HBO Max</a> (U.S.) and <a href="/wiki/Crave_(streaming_service)" title="Crave (streaming service)">Crave</a> (Canada) on October 17, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> distributed the film in all other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-dl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film received a <a href="/wiki/Limited_release" class="mw-redirect" title="Limited release">limited theatrical release</a> in the United States throughout September 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>American Utopia</i> received critical acclaim. It holds a 98% approval rating on review aggregator website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, based on 135 reviews, with an average of 8.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Helmed in elegant and exhilarating style by Spike Lee, <i>David Byrne's American Utopia</i> is a concert film that doubles as a joyously cathartic celebration."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film holds a rating of 92 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erik Adams of <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> devotes a lengthy review to <i>American Utopia</i> as "the right movie for 2020", noting how Byrne balances hope in a tumultuous world, writing, "The key to <i>American Utopia</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s resonance isn’t so much one of joy versus despair as it is connection versus isolation".<sup id="cite_ref-avc_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avc-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Utopia_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Date of ceremony </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th class="unsortable" scope="col"><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association" title="Chicago Film Critics Association">Chicago Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2020" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2020">December 21, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Documentary" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary">Best Documentary Film</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Film_Critics_Circle" title="Florida Film Critics Circle">Florida Film Critics Circle Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards_2020" title="Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2020">December 21, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Film" title="Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Film">Best Documentary Film</a> </td> <td><i>American Utopia</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society" title="San Diego Film Critics Society">San Diego Film Critics Society Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_2020" title="San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2020">January 11, 2021</a> </td> <td>Best Use of Music </td> <td><i>American Utopia</i> </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Runner-up </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association" title="Toronto Film Critics Association">Toronto Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2020" title="Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2020">February 7, 2021</a> </td> <td>Allan King Documentary Award </td> <td>Spike Lee </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Runner-up </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/63rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="63rd Annual Grammy Awards">March 14, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Theater_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album">Best Musical Theater Album</a> </td> <td><i>American Utopia on Broadway</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Directors Guild of America Award">Directors Guild of America Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/73rd_Directors_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="73rd Directors Guild of America Awards">April 10, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Variety_Specials" title="Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Variety Specials">Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials</a> </td> <td>Spike Lee </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="American Cinema Editors Awards">American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Awards_2021" title="American Cinema Editors Awards 2021">April 17, 2021</a> </td> <td>Best Edited Variety Talk/Sketch Show or Special </td> <td>Adam Gough </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/73rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="73rd Primetime Emmy Awards">September 19, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Variety_Special_(Pre-Recorded)" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)">Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Skoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Skoll">Jeff Skoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Linde" title="David Linde">David Linde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Weyermann" title="Diane Weyermann">Diane Weyermann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Len_Blavatnik" title="Len Blavatnik">Len Blavatnik</a>, David Bither, Charlie Cohen, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Deutsch" title="Kurt Deutsch">Kurt Deutsch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pohlad" title="Bill Pohlad">Bill Pohlad</a>, Christa Zofcin Workman, Jon Kamen, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sirulnick" title="Dave Sirulnick">Dave Sirulnick</a>, Meredith Bennett, Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Patrick Catullo, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Naegle" title="Sue Naegle">Sue Naegle</a>, Alec Sash, David Byrne and Spike Lee </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center" rowspan="6"><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/73rd_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards" title="73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards">September 11 and 12, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_for_a_Variety_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special">Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special</a> </td> <td>Spike Lee </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lighting_Design_/_Lighting_Direction_for_a_Variety_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special">Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special</a> </td> <td>Rob Sinclair and Brian Spett </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Music_Direction" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction">Outstanding Music Direction</a> </td> <td>Karl Mansfield </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Sound_Mixing_for_a_Variety_Series_or_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special">Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hsu_(sound_designer)" title="Paul Hsu (sound designer)">Paul Hsu</a>, Pete Keppler and Michael Lonsdale </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Technical_Direction,_Camerawork,_Video_Control_for_a_Special" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special">Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special</a> </td> <td>Peter Agliata, Kerwin DeVonish, Tim Ives, Ellen Kuras, Sam Levy, Charles Libin, Declan Quinn, Yousheng Tang, Gregor Tavenner and David Waterston </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/74th_Tony_Awards" title="74th Tony Awards">September 26, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" title="Special Tony Award">Special Tony Award</a> </td> <td><i>American Utopia</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/64th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="64th Annual Grammy Awards">January 31, 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Film" title="Grammy Award for Best Music Film">Best Music Film</a> </td> <td><i>American Utopia</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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(2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Huey_P._Newton_Story" title="A Huey P. Newton Story">A Huey P. Newton Story</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown:_All-American" title="Jim Brown: All-American">Jim Brown: All-American</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Levees_Broke" title="When the Levees Broke">When the Levees Broke</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Doin%27_Work" title="Kobe Doin' Work">Kobe Doin' Work</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Strange" title="Passing Strange">Passing Strange</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_God_Is_Willing_and_da_Creek_Don%27t_Rise" title="If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise">If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_25_(film)" title="Bad 25 (film)">Bad 25</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Journey_from_Motown_to_Off_the_Wall" title="Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall">Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rodney_King_(film)" title="Rodney King (film)">Rodney King</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pass_Over" title="Pass Over">Pass Over</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">American Utopia</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Bed-Stuy_Barbershop:_We_Cut_Heads" title="Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads">Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lumi%C3%A8re_and_Company" title="Lumière and Company">Lumière and Company</a></i> (1995, segment)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_New_York_City" title="The Concert for New York City">The Concert for New York City</a></i> (2001, segment "Come Rain or Come Shine")</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Minutes_Older" title="Ten Minutes Older">Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet</a></i> (2002, segment "We Wuz Robbed")</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Invisible_Children" title="All the Invisible Children">All the Invisible Children</a></i> (2005, segment "Jesus Children of America")</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films<br />produced</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_(1999_film)" title="The Best Man (1999 film)">The Best Man</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Basketball" title="Love & Basketball">Love & Basketball</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/3_A.M._(2001_film)" title="3 A.M. (2001 film)">3 A.M.</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_of_Las_Vegas" title="Saint John of Las Vegas">Saint John of Las Vegas</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_Nobody_%27til_Somebody_Kills_You" title="You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You">You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Grace_(2018_film)" title="Amazing Grace (2018 film)">Amazing Grace</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/See_You_Yesterday" title="See You Yesterday">See You Yesterday</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sucker_Free_City" title="Sucker Free City">Sucker Free City</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/She%27s_Gotta_Have_It_(TV_series)" title="She's Gotta Have It (TV series)">She's Gotta Have It</a></i> (2017–19)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NYC_Epicenters_9/11%E2%86%922021%C2%BD" title="NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½">NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/40_Acres_and_a_Mule_Filmworks" title="40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks">40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(musician)" title="Bill Lee (musician)">Bill Lee (father)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonya_Lewis_Lee" title="Tonya Lewis Lee">Tonya Lewis Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lee_(still_photographer)" title="David Lee (still photographer)">David Lee (brother)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joie_Lee" title="Joie Lee">Joie Lee (sister)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinqu%C3%A9_Lee" title="Cinqué Lee">Cinqué Lee (brother)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_D._Lee" title="Malcolm D. Lee">Malcolm D. 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A. MacDonald / <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Sardi_Sr." title="Vincent Sardi Sr.">Vincent Sardi Sr.</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vera Allen / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Beisman" title="Paul Beisman">Paul Beisman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joe_E._Brown" title="Joe E. Brown">Joe E. Brown</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" title="The Importance of Being Earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Dowling" title="Robert W. Dowling">Robert W. Dowling</a> / Experimental Theatre Inc. / Rosalind Gilder / <a href="/wiki/June_Lockhart" title="June Lockhart">June Lockhart</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Pierce_(backstage_doorman)" title="George Pierce (backstage doorman)">George Pierce</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> / Philip Faversham / <a href="/wiki/Brock_Pemberton" title="Brock Pemberton">Brock Pemberton</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ruth Green (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kook" title="Edward Kook">Edward Kook</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Lillie" title="Beatrice Lillie">Beatrice Lillie</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Proscenium Productions (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Fourth Street Chekov Theatre / <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">City Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="New York Public Library for the Performing Arts">The New York Public Library Theatre Collection</a> / The Shakespearewrights / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Shakespeare_Theatre" title="American Shakespeare Theatre">American Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Barrault" title="Jean-Louis Barrault">Jean-Louis Barrault</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hammerstein" title="Willie Hammerstein">William Hammerstein</a> / Joseph Harbuck / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Shyre" title="Paul Shyre">Paul Shyre</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Heims_Beck" title="Louise Heims Beck">Mrs. Martin Beck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russel_Crouse" title="Russel Crouse">Russel Crouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lindsay" title="Howard Lindsay">Howard Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/La_Plume_de_Ma_Tante" title="La Plume de Ma Tante">La Plume de Ma Tante</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III" title="John D. Rockefeller III">John D. Rockefeller III</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Atkinson" title="Brooks Atkinson">Brooks Atkinson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" title="Franco Zeffirelli">Franco Zeffirelli</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._McNeil_Lowry" title="W. McNeil Lowry">W. McNeil Lowry</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Miller" title="Gilbert Miller">Gilbert Miller</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Smith_(designer)" title="Oliver Smith (designer)">Oliver Smith</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Menken" title="Helen Menken">Helen Menken</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">APA-Phoenix Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier" title="Maurice Chevalier">Maurice Chevalier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich" title="Marlene Dietrich">Marlene Dietrich</a> / <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> / <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">The National Theatre Company of Great Britain</a> / The <a href="/wiki/Negro_Ensemble_Company" title="Negro Ensemble Company">Negro Ensemble Company</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ingram Ash / <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Norton" title="Elliot Norton">Elliot Norton</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Playbill" title="Playbill">Playbill</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Roger_L._Stevens" title="Roger L. Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Merman" title="Ethel Merman">Ethel Merman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a>-American Theatre Society (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">John Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Shubert_Organization" title="The Shubert Organization">Shubert Organization</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/A_Moon_for_the_Misbegotten" title="A Moon for the Misbegotten">A Moon for the Misbegotten</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / Harold Friedlander / <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Development_Fund" title="Theatre Development Fund">Theatre Development Fund</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_F._Wharton_(lawyer)" title="John F. Wharton (lawyer)">John F. Wharton</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre" title="Circle in the Square Theatre">Circle in the Square Theatre</a> / Thomas H. Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Mathilde_Pincus" title="Mathilde Pincus">Mathilde Pincus</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Crawford" title="Cheryl Crawford">Cheryl Crawford</a> / Equity Liberty Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf" title="National Theatre of the Deaf">National Theatre of the Deaf</a> / <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stan_Dragoti" title="Stan Dragoti">Stan Dragoti</a> and Charles Moss (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Walter F. Diehl / <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theater_Center" title="Eugene O'Neill Theater Center">Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Richard Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> / Hobe Morrison (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Warner Communications</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Feller" title="Peter Feller">Peter Feller</a> / <i>La Tragedie de Carmen</i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Council_on_the_Arts" title="New York State Council on the Arts">New York State Council on the Arts</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mason" title="Jackie Mason">Jackie Mason</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music" title="Brooklyn Academy of Music">Brooklyn Academy of Music</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1990–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma!" title="Oklahoma!">Oklahoma!</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Harvey Sabinson (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_B._Jacobs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard B. Jacobs">Bernard B. Jacobs</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Edward E. Colton / Ben Edwards (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> / Isabelle Stevenson (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage#2000–2009" title="Dame Edna Everage">Dame Edna: The Royal Tour</a></i> / T. Edward Hambleton (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gemignani" title="Paul Gemignani">Paul Gemignani</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> / Robert Whitehead (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cy_Feuer" title="Cy Feuer">Cy Feuer</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway</i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_M._Nederlander" title="James M. Nederlander">James M. Nederlander</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jones_(stage_actress)" title="Sarah Jones (stage actress)">Sarah Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marian_Seldes" title="Marian Seldes">Marian Seldes</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> / Philip J. Smith (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gersten" title="Bernard Gersten">Bernard Gersten</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a> / Paul Libin (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Greenwood" title="Jane Greenwood">Jane Greenwood</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. 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