ANALYSIS    AIR DATE: June 3, 2002  Stage Scene   For a
discussion of the recent Tony awards and the state of American
theater, Gwen Ifill talks to Carey Perloff, artistic director of
the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and
playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who won a Tony and a Pulitzer
Prize in 1989 for her play, "The Heidi Chronicles."  GWEN IFILL:
Last night's Tony awards were a study in contrasts. The big
winner: An extravagant musical reinvention of an old Julie
Andrews movie.  MARY TYLER MOORE: And the 2002 Tony Award for
best new musical goes to "Thoroughly Modern Millie."  GWEN
IFILL: "Thoroughly Modern Millie," an old-fashioned story of a
small-town girl in the big city, won six Tonys, including best
musical, and best actress for newcomer Sutton Foster.   GWEN
IFILL: The runner-up in the musical category was "Urinetown," a
satire with an unlikely title, that got its start on the lower
east side of Manhattan.  SPOKESPERSON: Tony goes to "Urinetown:
The Musical."  GWEN IFILL: "Urinetown," a