24th Tony Awards

The 24th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by NBC television on April 19, 1970, from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1969–1970 season before April 9, 1970 are eligible.

Original plays

• Angela
• Borstal Boy
• Brightower
• Butterflies Are Free
• Child's Play
• The Chinese and Dr. Fish
• Cop-Out
• Criss-Crossing
• The Gingham Dog
• Gloria and Esperanza
• Grin and Bare It!
• Home Fires
• Indians
• Last of the Red Hot Lovers
• Love Is a Time of Day
• The Mundy Scheme
• My Daughter, Your Son
• No Place to Be Somebody
• Norman, Is That You?
• Operation Sidewinder
• Paris Is Out!
• A Patriot for Me
• The Penny Wars
• Postcards
• Sheep on the Runway
• Songs from Milk Wood
• A Teaspoon Every Four Hours
• Watercolor

Original musicals

• Applause
• Billy
• Blood Red Roses
• Buck White
• Coco
• Cry For Us All
• Gantry
• Georgy
• Jimmy
• La Strada
• Look to the Lilies
• Minnie's Boys
• Oh! Calcutta!
• Purlie
• Trumpets of the Lord

Play revivals

• Camino Real
• Candida
• A Flea in Her Ear
• The Front Page
• Hamlet
• Harvey
• Henry V
• Sganarelle
• The Miser
• Our Town
• Private Lives
• Three Men on a Horse
• Three Sisters
• The Time of Your Life
• Tiny Alice

The ceremony

Presenters: Clive Barnes, Mia Farrow, Elliott Gould, Claire Bloom, Michael Caine, Jack Cassidy, David Frost, Cary Grant, Patricia Neal, George C. Scott, James Stewart, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.

Musicals represented:

• Applause ("Applause" - Bonnie Franklin and Company/"Welcome to the Theatre" and "Applause" (reprise) - Lauren Bacall and Company)
• Coco ("Always Mademoiselle" - Katharine Hepburn and Company)
• Purlie ("I Got Love" - Melba Moore/"Walk Him up the Stairs" - Cleavon Little and Company)

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Special awards

• Sir Noël Coward for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre
• Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
• New York Shakespeare Festival, for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays
• Barbra Streisand – Star of the Decade

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 11 nominations: Applause
• 7 nominations: Coco
• 6 nominations: Child's Play
• 5 nominations: Purlie
• 4 nominations: Last of the Red Hot Lovers
• 3 nominations: Borstal Boy, Butterflies Are Free and Indians
• 2 nominations: Billy, The Chinese and Dr. Fish, Cry for Us All, Georgy and A Patriot for Me

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 5 wins: Child's Play
• 4 wins: Applause
• 2 wins: Coco and Purlie

References

External links

• Tony Awards Official Site