20th Tony Awards

20th Tony Awards
20th Tony Awards
Date	June 16, 1966
Location	Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center
Hosted by	George Abbott and Ginger Rogers
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS Radio

The 20th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast on June 16, 1966, from the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center on radio station WCBS. This was the first afternoon Tony Awards ceremony. The Masters of Ceremonies were George Abbott and Ginger Rogers. The ceremony was sponsored by the League of New York Theatres in conjunction with the American Theatre Wing, which had previously solely arranged the ceremony.^[1]

The ceremony

Presenters: Lauren Bacall, Herschel Bernardi, Sandy Dennis, Henry Fonda, Phil Ford, Mimi Hines, Ray Milland, Barry Nelson, Mike Nichols, Thelma Oliver, April Olrich, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Simon

Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Marat/Sade – Peter Weiss Inadmissible Evidence – John Osborne Philadelphia, Here I Come! – Brian Friel The Right Honourable Gentleman – Michael Dyne	Man of La Mancha Mame Skyscraper Sweet Charity
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Hal Holbrook – Mark Twain Tonight* as Mark Twain** Roland Culver – Ivanov as Pavel Lebedev Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as Gareth O'Donnell Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence as Bill Maitland	*Rosemary Harris – The Lion in Winter* as Eleanor of Aquitaine** Sheila Hancock – Entertaining Mr Sloane as Kath Kate Reid – Slapstick Tragedy as Celeste/Molly Lee Remick – Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Richard Kiley – Man of La Mancha* as Don Quixote/Cervantes** Jack Cassidy – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Max Mencken John Cullum – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Dr. Mark Bruckner Harry Secombe – Pickwick as Pickwick	*Angela Lansbury – Mame* as Mame Dennis** Barbara Harris – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Daisy/Melinda Julie Harris – Skyscraper as Georgina Gwen Verdon – Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Patrick Magee – Marat/Sade* as Marquis de Sade** Burt Brinckerhoff – Cactus Flower as Igor Larry Haines – Generation as Stan Herman Eamon Kelly – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as S. B. O'Donnell	*Zoe Caldwell – Slapstick Tragedy* as Polly** Glenda Jackson – Marat/Sade as Charlotte Corday Mairin D. O'Sullivan – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as Madge Brenda Vaccaro – Cactus Flower as Toni
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Frankie Michaels – Mame* as Patrick Dennis** Roy Castle – Pickwick as Sam Weller John McMartin – Sweet Charity as Oscar Michael O'Sullivan – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Dr. Abner Sedgwick	*Beatrice Arthur – Mame* as Vera Charles** Helen Gallagher – Sweet Charity as Nickie Patricia Marand – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Lois Lane Charlotte Rae – Pickwick as Mrs. Bardell
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Peter Brook – Marat/Sade Hilton Edwards – Philadelphia, Here I Come! Ellis Rabb – You Can't Take It with You Noel Willman – The Lion in Winter	Albert Marre – Man of La Mancha Cy Feuer – Skyscraper Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity Gene Saks – Mame
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
Man of La Mancha – Mitch Leigh (music) and Joe Darion (lyrics) Sweet Charity – Cy Coleman (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Mame – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)	Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity Jack Cole – Man of La Mancha Michael Kidd – Skyscraper Onna White – Mame
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Howard Bay – Man of La Mancha William Eckart and Jean Eckart – Mame David Hays – Drat! The Cat! Robert Randolph – Anya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity	Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss – Marat/Sade Loudon Sainthill – The Right Honourable Gentleman^[2] Howard Bay and Patton Campbell – Man of La Mancha Irene Sharaff – Sweet Charity

Special awards

Helen Menken (posthumous), for a lifetime of devotion and dedicated service to the Broadway theatre.

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

9 nominations: Sweet Charity
8 nominations: Mame
7 nominations: Man of La Mancha
5 nominations: Marat/Sade, Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Skyscraper
3 nominations: It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Pickwick
2 nominations: Cactus Flower, Inadmissible Evidence, The Lion in Winter, The Right Honourable Gentleman and Slapstick Tragedy

The following productions received multiple awards.

5 wins: Man of La Mancha
4 wins: Marat/Sade
3 wins: Mame

References

↑ Zolotow, Sam. the New York Times, "5 Tonys Awards to 'LaMancha'", June 17, 1966, p.37
↑ "Australia Dancing — Sainthill, Loudon (1919–1969)". Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2010-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Tony Awards official site

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[1] Zolotow, Sam. the New York Times, "5 Tonys Awards to 'LaMancha'", June 17, 1966, p.37

[2] "Australia Dancing — Sainthill, Loudon (1919–1969)". Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2010-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Tony Awards
American Theatre Wing The Broadway League EGOT Triple Crown of Acting
Play	Best Play Best Revival of a Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Sound Design of a Play
Musical	Best Musical Best Revival of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Scenic Design in a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical
Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award
Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician
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