11th Tony Awards

11th Tony Awards
11th Tony Awards
Date	April 21, 1957
Location	Waldorf-Astoria; New York City, New York
Hosted by	Bud Collyer
Television/radio coverage
Network	none

The 11th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 21, 1957.^[1] The Master of Ceremonies was Bud Collyer.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1956 season before February 28, 1957 are eligible.

Original plays

Affair of Honor
Auntie Mame
The Best House in Naples
Child of Fortune
A Clearing in the Woods
Diary of a Scoundrel
Double in Hearts
Eugenia
Girls of Summer
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Happiest Millionaire
Harbor Lights
The Hidden River
A Hole in the Head
Holiday for Lovers
Intermezzo
Le Chien du Jardinier
Les Adieux
The Little Glass Clock
Long Day's Journey into Night
The Loud Red Patrick
The Lovers
Mister Johnson
Night of the Auk
Pictures in the Hallway
The Potting Shed
Protective Custody
The Reluctant Debutante
Separate Tables
Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove
The Sleeping Prince
Small War on Murray Hill
Speaking of Murder
Table by the Window
Table Number Seven
Too Late the Phalarope
The Tunnel of Love
Uncle Willie
A Very Special Baby
Visit to a Small Planet
Waiting for Godot
Wake Up, Darling
The Waltz of the Toreadors

Original musicals

Bells Are Ringing
Candide
Cranks
Happy Hunting
Li'l Abner
The Littlest Revue
The Most Happy Fella
Mr. Wonderful
My Fair Lady
New Faces of 1956
Shangri-La
That Girl at the Bijou

Play revivals

The Apple Cart
Christophe Colomb
Feu la Mere de Madame
Goodbye Again
Les Nuits de la Colere
Macbeth
Major Barbara
Measure for Measure
The Misanthrope
A Month in the Country
Saint Joan
Richard II
Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
Troilus and Cressida
Volpone

Ceremony

The presenters were Faye Emerson, Tom Ewell, Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, Nancy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Beatrice Lillie, Nancy Olson, Elaine Perry, Cliff Robertson, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.^[1]

Performers were George Gaines and Michael King. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra. Due to a union dispute, there was no television broadcast, which had been scheduled for WCBS-TV Channel 2.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Long Day's Journey into Night – Eugene O'Neill The Potting Shed – Graham Greene Separate Tables – Terence Rattigan The Waltz of the Toreadors – Jean Anouilh with English version by Lucienne Hill	My Fair Lady Bells Are Ringing Candide The Most Happy Fella
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Fredric March – Long Day's Journey into Night* as James Tyrone** Maurice Evans – The Apple Cart as King Magnus Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Reluctant Debutante as Jimmy Broadbent Eric Portman – Separate Tables as Mr. Malcolm / Major Pollock Ralph Richardson – The Waltz of the Toreadors as General St. Pé Cyril Ritchard – Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton	*Margaret Leighton – Separate Tables* as Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-Bell** Florence Eldridge – Long Day's Journey into Night as Mary Cavan Tyrone Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame as Auntie Mame Sybil Thorndike – The Potting Shed as Mrs. Callifer
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady* as Henry Higgins** Fernando Lamas – Happy Hunting as Duke of Granada Robert Weede – The Most Happy Fella as Tony	*Judy Holliday – Bells Are Ringing* as Ella Peterson** Julie Andrews – My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle Ethel Merman – Happy Hunting as Liz Livingstone
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
*Frank Conroy – The Potting Shed* as Father William Callifer** Eddie Mayehoff – Visit to a Small Planet as General Tom Powers William Podmore – Separate Tables as Mr. Fowler Jason Robards – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone, Jr.	*Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame* as Agnes Gooch** Anna Massey – The Reluctant Debutante as Jane Broadbent Beryl Measor – Separate Tables as Miss Cooper Mildred Natwick – The Waltz of the Toreadors as Mme. St. Pé Phyllis Neilson-Terry – Separate Tables as Mrs. Railton-Bell Diana Van der Vlis – The Happiest Millionaire as Cordelia Biddle
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
*Sydney Chaplin – Bells Are Ringing* as Jeff Moss** Robert Coote – My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle	*Edie Adams – Li'l Abner* as Daisy Mae** Virginia Gibson – Happy Hunting as Beth Livingstone Irra Petina – Candide as The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia Jo Sullivan – The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella
Best Director	Best Choreography
Moss Hart – My Fair Lady Joseph Anthony – A Clearing in the Woods / The Most Happy Fella Harold Clurman – The Waltz of the Toreadors Peter Glenville – Separate Tables José Quintero – Long Day's Journey into Night	Michael Kidd – Li'l Abner Hanya Holm – My Fair Lady Dania Krupska – The Most Happy Fella Bob Fosse & Jerome Robbins – Bells Are Ringing
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Oliver Smith – My Fair Lady Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head / Small War on Murray Hill Ben Edwards – The Waltz of the Toreadors George Jenkins - The Happiest Millionaire / Too Late the Phalarope Donald Oenslager – Major Barbara Oliver Smith – Auntie Mame / A Clearing in the Woods / Candide / Eugenia / My Fair Lady / Visit to a Small Planet	Cecil Beaton – My Fair Lady Cecil Beaton – The Little Glass Clock / My Fair Lady Alvin Colt – Li'l Abner / The Sleeping Prince Dorothy Jeakins – Major Barbara / Too Late the Phalarope Irene Sharaff – Candide / Happy Hunting / Shangri-La / Small War on Murray Hill
Best Conductor and Musical Director	Best Stage Technician
Franz Allers – My Fair Lady Herbert Greene – The Most Happy Fella Samuel Krachmalnick – Candide	Howard McDonald (posthumous), carpenter – Major Barbara Thomas Fitzgerald, sound man – Long Day's Journey into Night Joseph Harbuck, carpenter - Auntie Mame

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: My Fair Lady
6 nominations: Long Day's Journey into Night, The Most Happy Fella and Separate Tables
5 nominations: Candide and The Waltz of the Toreadors
4 nominations: Auntie Mame, Bells Are Ringing and Happy Hunting
3 nominations: Li'l Abner, Major Barbara, The Potting Shed and A Visit to a Small Planet
2 nominations: A Clearing in the Woods, The Happiest Millionaire, The Reluctant Debutante, Small War on Murray Hill and Too Late the Phalarope

The following productions received multiple awards.

6 wins: My Fair Lady
2 wins: Bells Are Ringing, Li'l Abner and Long Day's Journey into Night

References

^ ^a ^b Zolotow, Sam. " 'Fair Lady' Wins 6 'Tony' Awards: Winners of Annual 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 22, 1957, p.29
^ "Ceremonies see 1957" Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016

External links

The American Theatre Wing Tony Awards

[sam-1] Zolotow, Sam. " 'Fair Lady' Wins 6 'Tony' Awards: Winners of Annual 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 22, 1957, p.29

[2] "Ceremonies see 1957" Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016

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Tony Awards
American Theatre Wing The Broadway League EGOT Triple Crown of Acting Records
Play	Best Play Revival Direction Leading Actor Leading Actress Featured Actor Featured Actress Costume Design Lighting Design Scenic Design Sound Design
Musical	Best Musical Revival Direction Leading Actor Leading Actress Featured Actor Featured Actress Book Choreography Costume Design Lighting Design Orchestrations Original Score Scenic Design Sound Design
Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award
Retired	Author Conductor and Musical Director Costume Design* Director* Lighting Design* Newcomer Revival* Scenic Design* Special Theatrical Event Stage Technician
Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020/21 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Nominee demographics	African-American Asian Other countries
* Divided into separate awards for plays and musicals