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26th Tony Awards

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The ceremony
Winners and nominees
Special awards
References
External links

{{Infobox award
| name = 26th Tony Awards
| image =
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| date = April 23, 1972
| location = The Broadway Theatre, New York City, New York
| host = Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov
| network = ABC
| previous = 25th
| main = Tony Awards
| next = 27th
}}

The 26th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on April 23, 1972, from The Broadway Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov.

The ceremony

Presenters were Richard Benjamin, Ingrid Bergman, Claire Bloom, Arlene Dahl, Sandy Duncan, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Joel Grey, Arthur Hill, Hal Holbrook, Jean Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon.

Performers were Desi Arnaz, Janet Blair, Larry Blyden, Alfred Drake, Helen Gallagher, Lisa Kirk, Hal Linden, Barbara McNair, Ethel Merman, and Constance Towers.

Musicals represented:

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death ("Put a Curse on You" - Company)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Medley - Jeff Fenholt, Yvonne Elliman and Company)
No, No, Nanette ("You Can Dance With Any Girl" - Helen Gallagher and Bobby Van / "I Want to Be Happy" - Ruby Keeler and Company)

Special Tony Awards were presented to Ethel Merman and Richard Rodgers. For Rodgers, there was a medley from his works, from Garrick Gaieties to Do I Hear A Waltz, with the composer accepting his award to the tune of "The Sound of Music." With the assistance of Hal Linden and Larry Blyden, Merman herself sang selections from her performances, including "I Got Rhythm" and "Everything's Comin' Up Roses."^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Sticks and Bones – David Rabe Old Times – Harold Pinter The Prisoner of Second Avenue – Neil Simon Vivat! Vivat Regina! – Robert Bolt	*Two Gentlemen of Verona* Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Follies Grease
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
John Guare and Mel Shapiro – Two Gentlemen of Verona Melvin Van Peebles – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death James Goldman – Follies Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey – Grease	Follies – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Melvin Van Peebles (music and lyrics) Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) Two Gentlemen of Verona – Galt MacDermot (music) and John Guare (lyrics)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Cliff Gorman – Lenny* as Lenny Bruce** Tom Aldredge – Sticks and Bones as Ozzie Donald Pleasence – Wise Child as Mrs. Artminster Jason Robards – The Country Girl as Frank Elgin	*Sada Thompson – Twigs* as Various Characters** Eileen Atkins – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as Elizabeth I Colleen Dewhurst – All Over as The Mistress Rosemary Harris – Old Times as Anna
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Phil Silvers – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* as Pseudolus** Clifton Davis – Two Gentlemen of Verona as Valentine Barry Bostwick – Grease as Danny Zuko Raúl Juliá – Two Gentleman of Verona as Proteus	*Alexis Smith – Follies* as Phyllis Rogers Stone** Jonelle Allen – Two Gentlemen of Verona as Silvia Dorothy Collins – Follies as Sally Durant Plummer Mildred Natwick – 70, Girls, 70 as Ida Dodd
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Vincent Gardenia – The Prisoner of Second Avenue* as Harry Edison** Douglas Rain – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as William Cecil Lee Richardson – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as Lord Bothwell Joe Silver – Lenny as Various Characters	*Elizabeth Wilson – Sticks and Bones* as Harriet** Cara Duff-MacCormick – Moonchildren as Shelly Mercedes McCambridge – The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks as Lucy Lake Frances Sternhagen – The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window as Mavis Parodus Bryson
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Larry Blyden – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* as Hysterium** Timothy Meyers – Grease as Kenickie Gene Nelson – Follies as Buddy Plummer Ben Vereen – Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot	*Linda Hopkins – Inner City* as Various Characters** Adrienne Barbeau – Grease as Betty Rizzo Bernadette Peters – On the Town as Hildy Esterhazy Beatrice Winde – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death as Various Characters
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Mike Nichols – The Prisoner of Second Avenue Jeff Bleckner – Sticks and Bones Gordon Davidson – The Trial of the Catonsville Nine Peter Hall – Old Times	Harold Prince and Michael Bennett – Follies Gilbert Moses – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Mel Shapiro – Two Gentlemen of Verona Burt Shevelove – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Best Choreography	Best Scenic Design
Michael Bennett – Follies Patricia Birch – Grease Jean Erdman – Two Gentlemen of Verona	Boris Aronson – Follies John Bury – Old Times Kert Lundell – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Robin Wagner – Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design
Florence Klotz – Follies Theoni V. Aldredge – Two Gentlemen of Verona Randy Barceló – Jesus Christ Superstar Carrie F. Robbins – Grease	Tharon Musser – Follies Martin Aronstein – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death John Bury – Old Times Jules Fisher – Jesus Christ Superstar

Special awards

The Theatre Guild—American Theatre Society, for its many years of service to audiences for touring shows.
Fiddler on the Roof, on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Presented to Harold Prince
Ethel Merman
Richard Rodgers

References

1. ^O'Connor, John.New York Times, April 25, 1972,p.86

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

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