| Show 12S A&E Fnday June 4 1999 Tony Standard-Examin- er ‘AJ00E GET TOUR GUT: Adress Bernadette Peters (left) performs the title rote Both Peters and the Irving Berlin musical are nominated for Tony Awards races tight JUMCHITAKAHASH The Assocetsd Pres Revivals of plays by promise most suspense Sunday Miller O’Neill By MICHAEL KUCHWARA The Associated TOE ICEMAN COMETH: Actor Kevin Spacey Press says something about Broadway as a museum of theater that the race for 1999 Tony Awards is between venerable plays by theater icons Arthur Miller and Eugene O'Neill Revivals of Miller's “Death of a Salesman” and O'Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” and the competition between their two stars Bnan Dennehy and Kevin Spacey promise the most suspense Sunday when the silver medallions celebrating the best of the theater season are handed out Both productions have received strong reviews So have Dennehy's portrayal of Willy Loman Miller’s desperate believer in the American Dream and Spacey’s portrait of a man determined to puncture the alcohol-induce- d illusions of the denizens of Harry Hope’s bar The best new play? Most theater people expect a battle between “Side Man” a family play about jazz musicians in the 1950s and “Not About Nightingales” Tennessee Williams’ 1938 pnson melodrama unseen on stage until it was unearthed last year by Britain’s Royal National Theater But Patrick Marber’s dark cyber-se- x comedy “Closer”’ can’t be ruled out As for best musical - don’t ask It has been a disappointing year particularly after the excitement of “The Lion King” and “Ragtime” the previous season “Fosse” an homage to choreographer Bob Fosse is favored although there is some sentiment for “Parade” a senous love story set against the murder of a young girl m Georgia and the subsequent lynching of her accused killer The show unfortunately closed in February which will lessen its (right) performs the role of Hickey in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic Spacey is a top contender for best actor in the 1999 Tony Awards It down-and-o- ut JOAN MARCUS The Associated Press chances So what can one expect from Sunday night's extravaganza celebrated with an hour of entertainment and interviews on PBS’ KUED Channel 7 at 7 pm before KUTV Channel 2 (the local CBS affiliate) takes over for g two hours of major and snippets from nominated shows? prize-givin- Picking the winners petitioned to have Franz placed in the supporting category where she will win easily For featured actor-pla-y go with Frank Wood the tortured father in the potent family drama “Side Man” time: For best play pick “Closer” a smart funny sexy comedy by Patrick Marber for musical “Parade” a serious new work by a promising Jason young composer-lyriciRobert Brown and Alfred Uhry who wrote the book They will take Tonys for best score and book of a musical And its director Hal Prince will win as best director of a musical For best actress in a musical go with Bernadette Peters whose show “Annie Get Your Gun” also will wm as best musical revival Peters is a real star -and only has one Tony Award (“Song & Dance”) Sunday should give her two Make that a double for Brent Carver too He has a Tony Award for “Kiss of the Spider Woman” He should get another for his brilliant portrayal of an accused murderer in “Parade” As for featured performers in a musical - no contest The delicious Kristin Chenoweth who plays Sally Brown and the jaunty Roger Bart Snoopy in “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” have the prizes locked up May the best nominees win -which unfortunately is not always the case Out-on-a-li- wiMwiwiHwwwaw The perfect getaway is 69’ Near Temple Square Delta Centpr restaurants theaters and shopping closer than you think it' Salt Lake City - West Valley W'11? 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