21st Tony Awards

The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network. This was the Awards ceremony's inaugural broadcast on U.S. network television. The hosts were Mary Martin and Robert Preston. This year marked the first joint presentation of the awards by the American Theatre Wing with The Broadway League (formerly The League of American Theatres and Producers).

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1966–1967 season before February 20, 1967 are eligible.

Original plays

• Agatha Sue, I Love You
• The Astrakhan Coat
• Black Comedy
• Come Live with Me
• A Delicate Balance
• Don't Drink the Water
• The East Wind
• Hail Scrawdyke!
• Help Stamp Out Marriage!
• The Homecoming
• How's the World Treating You?
• The Investigation
• The Killing of Sister George
• Love in E-Flat
• The Loves of Cass McGuire
• Of Love Remembered
• The Paisley Convertible
• The Star-Spangled Girl
• My Sweet Charlie
• Those That Play the Clowns
• Under the Weather
• We, Comrades Three
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle
• White Lies
• Yerma

Original musicals

• The Apple Tree
• At the Drop of Another Hat
• Cabaret
• A Hand Is on the Gate
• I Do! I Do!
• A Joyful Noise
• Let's Sing Yiddish
• Walking Happy

Play revivals

• The Alchemist
• Dinner at Eight
• Marat/Sade
• Right You Are (If You Think You Are)
• The Rose Tattoo
• The School for Scandal
• The Wild Duck
• You Can't Take It with You

Musical revivals

• Annie Get Your Gun
• The Threepenny Opera

The ceremony

Presenters were: Lauren Bacall, Harry Belafonte, Carol Burnett, Marge and Gower Champion, Kirk Douglas, John Forsythe, Jill Haworth, Angela Lansbury, Mayor John V. Lindsay, David Merrick, Zero Mostel, Lynn Redgrave, Lee Remick and Barbra Streisand.

The ceremony featured performances from the following musicals:

• Cabaret ("Wilkommen" – Joel Grey and Company)
• The Apple Tree ("Movie Star"/"Gorgeous" – Barbara Harris and Larry Blyden)
• I Do! I Do! ("Nobody's Perfect" – Mary Martin and Robert Preston)
• Walking Happy ("Walking Happy" – Norman Wisdom and Company)

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 11 nominations: Cabaret
• 7 nominations: The Apple Tree and I Do! I Do!
• 6 nominations: The Homecoming and Walking Happy
• 5 nominations: Black Comedy and A Delicate Balance
• 3 nominations: A Joyful Noise, The Killing of Sister George and The Wild Duck
• 2 nominations: Annie Get Your Gun, A Hand Is on the Gate, Marat/Sade and The School for Scandal

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 8 wins: Cabaret
• 4 wins: The Homecoming

References

External links

• Tony Awards official site