31st Tony Awards

The 31st Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on June 5, 1977 from the Shubert Theatre in New York City. Hosts-Performers-Presenters were Jack Albertson, Beatrice Arthur, Buddy Ebsen, Damon Evans, Jean Stapleton, and Leslie Uggams. Additional presenters-performers were Jane Alexander, Alan Arkin, Lauren Bacall, Valerie Harper, Barry Manilow, Robert Preston, Tony Randall, and Lily Tomlin.

The theme of the show was survival; each host performed a solo, with songs of determination and perseverance, including "I'm Still Here," "Before the Parade Passes By," "Don't Rain On My Parade," "September Song," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "New York City Rhythm," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "Being Alive."

Musicals represented: "Annie" ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile"/"Easy Street"/"Tomorrow" - Andrea McArdle, Dorothy Loudon and Company); "Happy End" ("Bilboa Song" - Company); "I Love My Wife" ("I Love My Wife"/"Married Couple Seeks Married Couple"/"Hey There, Good Times" - Company); "Side by Side by Sondheim" ("I'm Still Here" - Millicent Martin).

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold "

Production

Best Play----
*"The Shadow Box" by Michael Cristofer. Produced by Allan Francis, Ken Marsolais, Lester Osterman, and Leonard Soloway
*"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange. Produced by Joseph Papp
*Otherwise Engaged" by Simon Gray. Produced by Michael Codron, Frank Milton, and James M. Nederlander
*"Streamers" by David Rabe. Produced by Joseph Papp

Best Musical----
*"Annie". Produced by Lewis Allen, Mike Nichols, Irwin Meyer, and Stephen R. Friedman
*"Happy End". Produced by Michael Harvey and The Chelsea Theatre Center
*"I Love My Wife". Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby in association with Joseph Kipness
*"Side by Side by Sondheim". Produced by Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell

Most Innovative Production of a Revival----
*"Porgy and Bess". Produced by Sherwin M. Goldman and Houston Grand Opera
*"Guys and Dolls". Produced by Moe Septee in association with Victor H. Potamkin, Carmen F. Zollo, and Ashton Springer
*"The Cherry Orchard". Produced by Joseph Papp
*"Threepenny Opera". Produced by Joseph Papp

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*Al Pacino ("The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel")
*Tom Courtenay ("Otherwise Engaged")
*Ben Gazzara ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")
*Ralph Richardson ("No Man's Land")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Julie Harris ("The Belle of Amherst")
*Colleen Dewhurst ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")
*Liv Ullmann ("Anna Christie")
*Irene Worth ("The Cherry Orchard")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*Barry Bostwick ("The Robber Bridegroom")
*Robert Guillaume ("Guys and Dolls")
*Raul Julia ("Threepenny Opera")
*Reid Shelton ("Annie")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*Dorothy Loudon ("Annie")
*Clamma Dale ("Porgy and Bess")
*Ernestine Jackson ("Guys and Dolls")
*Andrea McArdle ("Annie")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*Jonathan Pryce ("Comedians")
*Bob Dishy ("Sly Fox")
*Joe Fields ("The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel")
*Laurence Luckinbill ("The Shadow Box")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Trazana Beverley ("For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf")
*Patricia Elliott ("The Shadow Box")
*Rose Gregorio ("The Shadow Box")
*Mary McCarty ("Anna Christie")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Lenny Baker ("I Love My Wife")
*David Kernan ("Side by Side by Sondheim")
*Larry Marshall ("Porgy and Bess")
*Ned Sherrin ("Side by Side by Sondheim")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Delores Hall ("Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God")
*Ellen Green ("Threepenny Opera")
*Millicent Martin ("Side by Side by Sondheim")
*Julie N. McKenzie ("Side by Side by Sondheim")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*Gordon Davidson ("The Shadow Box")
*Ulu Grosbard ("American Buffalo")
*Mike Nichols ("Comedians")
*Mike Nichols ("Streamers") Best Direction of a Musical----
*Gene Saks ("I Love My Wife")
*Vinnette Carroll ("Your Arm's too Short to Box With God")
*Martin Charnin ("Annie")
*Jack O'Brien ("Porgy and Bess")

Best Choreography----
*Peter Gennaro ("Annie")
*Talley Beatty ("Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God")
*Patricia Birch ("Music Is")
*Onna White ("I Love My Wife")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"Annie" by Thomas Meehan
*"Happy End" by Elisabeth Hauptmann. Adaptation by Michael Feingold
*"I Love My Wife" by Michael Stewart
*"Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God" by Vinnette Carroll

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"Annie". Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin.
*"Godspell". Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
*"I Love My Wife". Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart.
*"Happy End". Music by Kurt Weil, lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. Adapted by Michael Feingold.

Best Scenic Design----
*"'David Mitchell ("Annie")
*Santo Loquasto ("American Buffalo")
*Santo Loquasto ("The Cherry Orchard")
*Robert Randolph ("Porgy and Bess")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("Annie")(tie)
*Santo Loquasto ("The Cherry Orchard")(tie)
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("Annie")
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("Threepenny Opera")
*Santo Loquasto ("The Cherry Orchard")
*Nancy Potts ("Porgy and Bess")

Tony Award for Best Lighting Designer----
*Jennifer Tipton ("The Cherry Orchard")
*John Bury ("No Man's Land")
*Pat Collins ("Threepenny Opera")
*Neil Peter Jampolis ("The Innocents")

pecial awards

*Regional Theatre Award - Mark Taper Forum
*Lawrence Langner Award - Cheryl Crawford
*Lily Tomlin
*Barry Manilow
*Diana Ross
*National Theatre For the Deaf
*Equity Library Theatre

ee also

Tony awards

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards Official Site]