16th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 16th


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date = April 29, 1962
venue = Waldorf-Astoria New York City, New York
host = Ray Bolger
Robert Preston
network = WCBS-TV
last = 15th
next = 17th

The 16th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 29, 1962 in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV (Channel 2) in New York City. The Masters of Ceremonies were Ray Bolger and Robert Preston.

Presenters: Judith Anderson, Art Carney, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Olivia de Havilland, Albert Dekker, Anita Gillette, Hermione Gingold, Robert Goulet, Helen Hayes, Celeste Holm, Sally Ann Howes, Ron Husman, Hal March, Helen Menken, Geraldine Page, Hugh O'Brian, Elaine Perry, Tom Poston, Jason Robards.

The performer was Mimi Benzell.

Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Outstanding Play----
*"A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt. Produced by Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens
*"Gideon" by Paddy Chayefsky. Produced by Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor
*"The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter. Produced by Roger L. Stevens, Frederick Brisson, and Gilbert Miller
*"The Night of the Iguana" by Tennessee Williams. Produced by Charles Bowden and Viola Rubber

Outstanding Musical----
*"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Produced by Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin"Carnival". Book by Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch, music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. Produced by David Merrick.
*"Milk and Honey". Book by Don Appell, lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. Produced by Gerard Oestreicher
*"No Strings". Book by Samuel Taylor, music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers. Produced by Richard Rodgers in association with Samuel Taylor.

Tony Award for Producer (Dramatic)----
*Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens ("A Man for All Seasons")
*Charles Bowden and Viola Rubber ("The Night of the Iguana")
*Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor ("Gideon")
*David Merrick ("Ross") Tony Award for Producer (Musical)----
*Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Helen Bonfils, Haila Stoddard, and Charles Russel ("Sail Away")
*David Merrick ("Carnival")
*Gerard Oestriecher ("Milk and Honey")

Performance

Distinguished Dramatic Actor----
*Paul Scofield ("A Man for All Seasons")
*Fredric March ("Gideon")
*John Mills ("Ross")
*Donald Pleasence ("The Caretaker")

Distinguished Dramatic Actress----
*Margaret Leighton ("The Night of the Iguana")
*Gladys Cooper ("A Passage to India")
*Colleen Dewhurst ("Great Day in the Morning")
*Kim Stanley ("A Far Country")

Distinguished Musical Actor----
*Robert Morse ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Ray Bolger ("All American")
*Alfred Drake ("Kean")
*Richard Kiley ("No Strings")

Distinguished Musical Actress----
*Anna Maria Alberghetti ("Carnival")) (tie)
*Diahann Carroll ("No Strings")( tie)
*Molly Picon ("Milk and Honey")
*Elaine Stritch ("Sail Away")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actor----
*"'Walter Matthau ("A Shot in the Dark")
*Godfrey M. Cambridge ("Purlie Victorious")
*Joseph Campanella ("A Gift of Time")
*Paul Sparer (Ross)

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actress----
*Charles Nelson Reilly ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Orson Bean ("Subways Are for Sleeping")
*Severn Darden ("From the Second City")
*Pierre Olaf ("Carnival")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actor----
*Elizabeth Ashley ("Take Her, She's Mine")
*Zohra Lampert ("Look We've Come Through")
*Janet Margolin ("Daughter of Silence")
*Pat Stanely ("Sunday in New York")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actress----
*Phyllis Newman ("Subways Are for Sleeping")
*Elizabeth Allen ("The Gay Life")
*Barbara Harris ("From the Second City")
*Barbra Streisand ("I Can Get It for You Wholesale")

Craft

Outstanding Director (Dramatic)----
*Noel Willman ("A Man for All Seasons")
*Tyrone Guthrie ("Gideon")
*Donald McWhinie ("The Caretaker")
*Jose Quintero ("Great Day in the Morning")

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical----
*Abe Burrows ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Gower Champion ("Carnival")
*Joe Layton ("No Strings")
*Joshua Logan ("All American")

Tony Award for Best Composer----
*Richard Rodgers ("No Strings")
*Richard Adler ("Kwamina")
*Jerry Herman ("Milk and Honey")
*Frank Loesser ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")

Tony Award for Best Author (Musical) ----
*Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch ("Carnival")

Outstanding Choreographer----
*Joe Layton ("No Strings")
*Agnes de Mille ("Kwamina")
*Michael Kidd ("Subways Are for Sleeping")
*Dania Krupska ("The Happiest Girl in the World")

Scenic Designer----
*Will Steven Armstrong ("Carnival")
*Rouben Ter-Arutunian ("A Passage to India")
*David Hays ("No Strings")
*Oliver Smith ("The Gay Life") Costume Designer----
*Lucinda Ballard ("The Gay Life")
*Donald Brooks ("No Strings")
*Motley ("Kwamina")
*Miles White ("Milk and Honey")

Conductor and Musical Director----
*Elliot Lawrence ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Pembroke Davenport ("Kean")
*Herbert Green ("The Gay Life")
*Peter Matz ("No Strings")

ee also

Tony Awards

External links

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