20th Tony Awards explained

20th Tony Awards
Date:June 16, 1966
Location:Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center
Host:George Abbott and Ginger Rogers
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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

! style="background:silver; width:50%;"Best Play! style="background:silver; width:50%;"Best Musical
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Direction of a Play! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Direction of a Musical
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Choreography
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Scenic Design! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"Best Costume Design

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:

The following productions received multiple awards.

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Sam Zolotow|Zolotow, Sam]
  2. Web site: Australia Dancing — Sainthill, Loudon (1919–1969) . 2010-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219103948/http://australiadancing.org/subjects/3981.html . 2011-02-19 . usurped .