21st Tony Awards

The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network. This was the Awards ceremony's inaugural broadcast on U.S. network television. The hosts were Mary Martin and Robert Preston. This year also marked the first joint presentation of the awards by the American Theatre Wing with The Broadway League (formerly The League of American Theatres and Producers).

Presenters were: Lauren Bacall, Harry Belafonte, Carol Burnett, Marge and Gower Champion, Kirk Douglas, John Forsythe, Jill Haworth, Angela Lansbury, Mayor John V. Lindsay, David Merrick, Zero Mostel, Lynn Redgrave, Lee Remick, and Barbra Streisand.

The ceremony featured performances from the following musicals:
*Cabaret "Wilkommen" - Joel Grey and Company;
*The Apple Tree "Movie Star"/"Gorgeous" - Barbara Harris and Larry Blyden;
*I Do! I Do! "Nobody's Perfect" - Mary Martin and Robert Preston;
*Walking Happy "Walking Happy" - Norman Wisdom and Company

Award winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter
*"A Delicate Balance" by Edward Albee
*"Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer
*"The Killing of Sister George" by Frank Marcus

Best Musical----
*"Cabaret", Book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. Produced by Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell
*"I Do! I Do!", Book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. Produced by David Merrick
*"The Apple Tree", Book by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Produced by Stuart Ostrow
*"Walking Happy", Book by Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings, music by James Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Produced by Cy Feuer and Ernest M. Martin

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Paul Rogers ("The Homecoming")
*Hume Cronyn ("A Delicate Balance")
*Donald Madden ("Black Comedy")
*Donald Moffat ("Right You Are" and "The Wild Duck")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Beryl Reid ("The Killing of Sister George")
*Eileen Atkins ("The Killing of Sister George")
*Vivien Merchant ("The Homecoming")
*Rosemary Murphy ("A Delicate Balance")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Robert Preston ("I Do! I Do!")
*Alan Alda ("The Apple Tree")
*Jack Gilford ("Cabaret")
*Norman Wisdom ("Walking Happy")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Barbara Harris (The Apple Tree)
*Lotte Lenya ("Cabaret")
*Mary Martin ("I Do! I Do!")
*Louise Troy ("Walking Happy")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Ian Holm ("The Homecoming")
*Clayton Corzatte ("The School for Scandal")
*Stephen Elliot ("Marat/Sade")
*Sydney Walker ("The Wild Duck")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Marian Seldes ("A Delicate Balance")
*Camila Ashland ("Black Comedy")
*Brenda Forbes ("The Loves of Cass McGuire")
*Maria Tucci ("The Rose Tattoo")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Joel Grey ("Cabaret")
*Leon Bibb ("A Hand is on the Gate")
*Gordon Dilworth ("Walking Happy")
*Edward Winter ("Cabaret")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Peg Murray ("Cabaret")
*Leland Palmer ("A Joyful Noise")
*Josephine Premice ("A Hand is on the Gate")
*Susan Watson ("A Joyful Noise")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Peter Hall ("The Homecoming")
*John Dexter ("Black Comedy")
*Donald Driver ("Marat/Sade")
*Alan Schneider ("A Delicate Balance")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Harold Prince ("Cabaret")
*Gower Champion ("I Do! I Do!")
*Mike Nichols ("The Apple Tree")
*Jack Sydow ("Annie Get Your Gun")

Best Choreography----
*Ron Field ("Cabaret")
*Michael Bennett ("A Joyful Noise")
*Danny Daniels ("Walking Happy" and "Annie Get Your Gun")
*Lee Theodore ("The Apple Tree")

Award for Composer and Lyricist----
*John Kander and Fred Ebb ("Cabaret")
*Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick ("The Apple Tree")
*Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen ("Walking Happy")
*Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt ("I Do! I Do!")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Patricia Zipprodt ("Cabaret")
*Nancy Potts ("The Wild Duck" and "The School for Scandal")
*Tony Walton ("The Apple Tree")
*Freddy Wittop ("I Do! I Do!")

Best Scenic Design----
*Boris Aronson ("Cabaret")
*John Bury ("The Homecoming")
*Oliver Smith ("I Do! I Do!")
*Alan Tagg ("Black Comedy")

ee also

Tony Awards

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards official site]