TONY AWARDS1961 - 1980

A HISTORY OF BROADWAY

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1961 - 15th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 16, 1961Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom

Actor – Richard Burton “Camelot” Actress – Elizabeth Seal “Irma la Douce” (Julie Andrews was nominated for

“Camelot” but didn’t win) Choreographer – Gower Champion

“Bye Bye, Birdie” Featured Actor – Dick Van Dyke “Bye

Bye, Birdie”

1961 cont. Featured Actress – Tammy Grimes

“Unsinkable Molly Brown” (Chita Rivera was nominated for “Birdie” but didn’t win) Director – Gower Champion “Birdie” Musical – “Bye Bye, Birdie”

(Lee Adams and Charles Strouse)

1962 - 16th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 29, 1962Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom

Actor – Robert Morse “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”

Actress – Anna Marie Alberghetti “Carnival” and Diahann Carroll “No Strings” – they tied

Choreographer – Agnes de Mille “Kwamina” and Joe Layton “No Strings”

1962 cont. Director – Abe Burrows “How to

Succeed” Musical “How to Succeed in Business..”

(Frank Loesser)

1963 - 17th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 28, 1963Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom

Actor – Zero Mostel “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”

Actress – Vivien Leigh “Tovarich” Choreographer – Bob Fosse “Little Me” Director – George Abbott “Funny Thing” Musical “A Funny Thing Happened….”

(Stephen Sondheim) (“Oliver!” was nominated but didn’t win)

1964 - 18th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, May 24, 1964New York Hilton

Actor – Bert Lahr “Foxy” Actress – Carol Channing “Hello Dolly” Choreographer – Gower Champion

“Hello Dolly” Director – Gower Champion “Dolly” Musical – “Hello Dolly” (Jerry Herman)

1965 - 18th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, June 13, 1965Astor Hotel

Actor – Zero Mostel “Fiddler on the Roof” Actress – Liza Minnelli “Flora, the Red

Menace” Choreographer – Jerome Robbins “Fiddler on the Roof” Director – Jerome Robbins “Fiddler” Musical – “Fiddler on the Roof” (Jerry Bock

and Sheldon Harnick)

1966 - 20th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Thursday, June 16, 1966The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center

First Afternoon Awards Ceremony

Broadcast on Radio Station WCBS

1966 Actor – Richard Kiley “Man of La

Mancha” Actress – Angela Lansbury “Mame”

(Gwen Verdon was nominated for “Sweet Charity” but didn’t win)

Featured Actress – Bea Arthur “Mame” Choreographer – Bob Fosse “Sweet

Charity”

1966 cont. Director – Albert Marre “Man of La

Mancha” Musical “Man of La Mancha” (Mitch

Leigh and Joe Darion)

1967 - 21st ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, March 26, 1967Shubert Theatre

First nationwide Tony Award telecastBroadcast live on the ABC Television Network

Sponsored by American Airlines

Hosts: Mary Martin, Robert Preston

1967 Actor – Robert Preston “I Do! I Do!” Actress – Barbara Harris “The Apple

Tree” (Mary Martin was nominated for “I Do! I Do!” but didn’t win)

Featured Actor – Joel Gray “Cabaret” Featured Actress – Peg Murray

“Cabaret”

1967 cont. Choreographer – Ron Field “Cabaret” Director – Harold Prince “Cabaret” Musical – “Cabaret” (John Kander and

Fred Ebb)

1968 - 22nd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 21, 1968Shubert Theatre

Hosts: Angela Lansbury and Peter UstinovAssisted by: Jack BennyNarrator: Alfred Drake

The Tony Award Medallion is now mounted on a pedestal.

1968 cont. Actor – Robert Goulet – “The Happy

Time” Actress – Patricia Routledge “Darling of

the Day” and Leslie Uggams “Hallelujah, Baby” – they tied

Choreographer – Gower Champion “The Happy Time” Director – Gower Champion “The Happy

Time”

1968 cont. Musical – “Hallelujah, Baby” (Jule Styne,

Betty Comden and Adolph Green)

1969 - 23rd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 20, 1969Mark Hellinger Theatre

1969 marked the first year scenes from the nominated plays were presented.

Hosts: Diahann Carroll and Alan King

1969 cont. Actor – Jerry Orbach “Promises,

Promises” (Joel Gray was nominated for “George M!” but didn’t win)

Actress – Angela Lansbury “Dear World”

1969 cont. Choreographer – Joe Layton “George

M!” Director – Peter Hunt “1776” Musical – “1776” (Sherman Edwards)

1970 - 24th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 19, 1970Mark Hellinger Theatre

This year's awards ceremony marked the TV singing debut of stars Katharine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall, who were both nominated for Best Musical Actress.

1970 cont. Actor – Cleavon Little “Purlie” Actress – Lauren Bacall “Applause” Choreographer – Ron Field “Applause” Director – Ron Field “Applause” Musical – “Applause” (Charles Strouse

and Lee Adams)

1971 - 25th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, March 28, 1971Palace Theatre

Hosts: Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn

Presenters: Dick Cavett, Carol Channing, Ruby Keeler

1971 This year's theme was a unique

retrospective of highlights from 25 years of Tony-winning musicals and the stars who introduced them.

1971 Actor – Hal Linden “The Rothschilds” Actress – Helen Gallagher “No, No,

Nanette (revival)” Choreographer – Donald Saddler “No,

No, Nanette”

1971 cont. Director – Harold Prince “Company” Musical – “Company” (Stephen

Sondheim)

1972 - 26th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 23, 1972Broadway Theatre

Hosts: Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov

Special Tony Awards were presented to Ethel Merman and Richard Rodgers. A dual musical salute was the highlight of the evening's entertainment.

1972 Actor – Phil Silvers “A Funny Thing

Happened on the Way to the Forum” Actress – Alexis Smith “Follies” Choreographer – Michael Bennett

“Follies” Director – Harold Prince “Follies” Musical – “Two Gentlemen of Verona”

(Galt McDermot, John Guare)

1973 - 27th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, March 25, 1973Imperial Theatre

Hosts: Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm

Co-Hosts: Sandy Duncan, Jerry Orbach

Presenters: Helen Gallagher, Paula Kelly, Donna McKechnie, Gwen Verdon

1973 Actor – Ben Vereen “Pippin” Actress – Glynis Johns “A Little Night

Music”

Choreographer – Bob Fosse “Pippin” Director – Bob Fosse “Pippin” Musical – “A Little Night Music” (directed

by Hal Prince, music by Sondheim)

1974 - 28th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 21, 1974Shubert Theatre

Actor – Christopher Plummer “Cyrano” Actress – Virginia Capers “Raisin” Choreographer – Michael Bennet

“Seesaw” Director – Harold Prince “Candide” Musical – “Raisin” (Judd Woldin and

Robert Brittan)

1975 - 29th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 20, 1975Winter Garden Theatre

Actor – John Cullum “Shenandoah” Actress – Angela Lansbury “Gypsy” Choreographer – George Faison

“The Wiz” Director – Geoffrey Holder “The Wiz” Musical – “The Wiz” (Charlie Smalls)

1976 - 30th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 18, 1976Shubert Theatre

Actor – George Rose “My Fair Lady” Actress – Donna McKechnie “A Chorus

Line” Choreographer – Michael Bennet and Bob Avian “A Chorus Line” Director – Michael Bennet “A Chorus Line” Musical – “A Chorus Line”(Marvin Hamlisch

and Edward Kleban)

1977 - 31st ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, June 5, 1977Shubert Theatre

Actor – Barry Bostwick “The Robber Bridegroom”

Actress – Dorothy Loudon “Annie” (Andrea McArdle was nominated for the lead role in “Annie” but didn’t win. Miss Hannigan did!

Choreographer – Peter Gennaro “Annie” Director – Gene Saks “I Love my Wife”

1977 Musical – “Annie” (music by Charles

Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin)

1978 - 32nd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, June 4, 1978Shubert Theatre

Actor – John Cullum “On the Twentieth Century”

Actress – Liza Minelli “The Act” Choreographer – Bob Fosse “Dancin” Director – Richard Maltby “Ain’t

Misbehavin” Musical – “Ain’t Misbehavin”

1979 - 33rd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, April 21, 1974Shubert Theatre

Actor – Len Cariou “Sweeney Todd” Actress – Angela Lansbury “Sweeney

Todd” Choreographer – Michael Bennet and

Bob Avian “Ballroom” Director – Harold Prince “Sweeney

Todd” Musical – “Sweeney Todd” (Stephen

Sondheim)

1980 - 34th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® Sunday, June 8, 1980Mark Hellinger Theatre

Actor – Jim Dale “Barnum” Actress – Patti LuPone “Evita” Featured Actor – Mandy Patinkin “Evita” Choreographer – Tommy Tune and

Thommie Walsh “A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine”

1980 cont. Director – Harold Prince “Evita” Musical – “Evita” (Andrew Lloyd Weber

and Tim Rice)