一个昏昏沉沉的午后，爱丽丝（费欧娜·弗勒顿 Fiona Fullerton 饰）在森林里遇见了一只匆匆忙忙赶路的兔子（迈克尔·克劳福德 Michael Crawford 饰），好奇的姑娘忍不住跟在兔子的后面，一不留神跌入了兔子洞之中，穿越来到了一个古怪的国度。
凶残而粗暴的红心女王（弗劳拉·罗博森 Flora Robson 饰）是这个国度的统治者，她稍有不如意便会大发雷霆，最大的兴趣爱好就是砍头。在疯帽匠（罗伯特·赫普曼 Robert Helpmann 饰）的帮助下，爱丽丝挺身而出决定对抗红心女王的统治。与此同时，爱丽丝还必须找到回家的路，如果她在这个世界里逗留的太久的话，她也许永远都没有办法回家了。

A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.

The 42nd Tony Awards were held on June 5, 1988 at the Minskoff Theatre and broadcast live on CBS, hosted by Angela Lansbury. (Angela Lansbury has hosted or co-hosted more Tony Award ceremonies than any other individual, with five telecasts: 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, and 1989).
At these Tony Awards, the longest-running musical on Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, competed for awards and received the season's Best Musical award.
Stephen Sondheim has won more Tony Awards than any other composer, with seven Tony Awards: Best Music and Best Lyrics for Company (1971); and Best Score for Follies (1972), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd (1979), Into the Woods (1988) and Passion (1994).
Musicals represented were: A Chorus Line; Anything Goes; Dreamgirls; Into the Woods; The Phantom of the Opera; Romance/Romance; and Sarafina!
Plays represented were: M. Butterfly (Scene with John Lithgow and B. D. Wong; Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Scene with Mel Winkler , Ed Hall and Delroy Lindo); A Walk in the Woods (Scene with Sam Waterston and Robert Prosky); and Speed-the-Plow (Scene with Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver).
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Winners & Nominees (for musical)
·Best Musical
**The Phantom of the Opera
Into the Woods
Romance/Romance
Sarafina!
·Best Revival
**Anything Goes
A Streetcar Named Desire
Cabaret
Dreamgirls
·Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
**Michael Crawford (Phantom of the Opera)
Scott Bakula (Romance/Romance)
David Carroll (Chess)
Howard McGillin (Anything Goes)
·Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
**Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods)
Alison Fraser (Romance/Romance)
Judy Kuhn (Chess)
Patti Lupone (Anything Goes)
·Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
**Bill McCutcheon (Anything Goes)
Anthony Heald (Anything Goes)
Werner Klemperer (Cabaret)
Robert Westenberg (Into the Woods)
·Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
**Judy Kaye (The Phantom of the Opera)
Leleti Khumalo (Sarafina!)
Alyson Reed (Cabaret)
Regina Resnik (Cabaret)
·Best Direction of a Musical
**Harold Prince for The Phantom of the Opera
James Lapine
Mbongeni Ngema
Jerry Zaks
·Best Choreography
**Michael Smuin for Anything Goes
Lar Lubovitch
Gillian Lynne
Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema
·Best Book of a Musical
**Into the Woods by James Lapine
The Gospel at Colonus by Lee Breuer
The Phantom of the Opera by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Romance/Romance by Barry Harman
·Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
**Into the Woods Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The Phantom of the Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe
Romance/Romance Music by Keith Herrmann, lyrics by Barry Harman
Sarafina! Music and lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakela
·Best Scenic Design
**Maria Björnson (The Phantom of the Opera)
Eiko Ishioka
Tony Straiges
Tony Walton
·Tony Award for Best Costume Design
**Maria Björnson (The Phantom of the Opera)
Ann Hould-Ward
Eiko Ishioka
Tony Walton
·Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
**Andrew Bridge for The Phantom of the Opera
Paul Gallo
Richard Nelson
Andy Phillips