20th Tony Awards

20th Tony Awards
20th Tony Awards
Date	June 16, 1966
Location	Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center
Hosted by	George Abbott and Ginger Rogers
Most wins	Man of La Mancha (5)
Most nominations	Sweet Charity (9)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS Radio
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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]

DateJune 16, 1966

LocationRainbow Room, Rockefeller Center

Hosted byGeorge Abbott and Ginger Rogers

Most winsMan of La Mancha (5)

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Best Play	Best Musical
Marat/Sade – Peter Weiss Inadmissible Evidence – John Osborne Philadelphia, Here I Come! – Brian Friel The Right Honourable Gentleman – Michael Dyne	Man of La Mancha Mame Skyscraper Sweet Charity
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Hal Holbrook – Mark Twain Tonight!* as Mark Twain** Roland Culver – Ivanov as Pavel Lebedev Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as Gareth O'Donnell Nicol Williamson – Inadmissible Evidence as Bill Maitland	*Rosemary Harris – The Lion in Winter* as Eleanor of Aquitaine** Sheila Hancock – Entertaining Mr Sloane as Kath Kate Reid – Slapstick Tragedy as Celeste/Molly Lee Remick – Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Richard Kiley – Man of La Mancha* as Don Quixote/Cervantes** Jack Cassidy – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Max Mencken John Cullum – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Dr. Mark Bruckner Harry Secombe – Pickwick as Pickwick	*Angela Lansbury – Mame* as Mame Dennis** Barbara Harris – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Daisy/Melinda Julie Harris – Skyscraper as Georgina Gwen Verdon – Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
*Patrick Magee – Marat/Sade* as Marquis de Sade** Burt Brinckerhoff – Cactus Flower as Igor Larry Haines – Generation as Stan Herman Eamon Kelly – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as S. B. O'Donnell	*Zoe Caldwell – Slapstick Tragedy* as Polly** Glenda Jackson – Marat/Sade as Charlotte Corday Mairin D. O'Sullivan – Philadelphia, Here I Come! as Madge Brenda Vaccaro – Cactus Flower as Toni
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
*Frankie Michaels – Mame* as Patrick Dennis** Roy Castle – Pickwick as Sam Weller John McMartin – Sweet Charity as Oscar Michael O'Sullivan – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Dr. Abner Sedgwick	*Beatrice Arthur – Mame* as Vera Charles** Helen Gallagher – Sweet Charity as Nickie Patricia Marand – It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman as Lois Lane Charlotte Rae – Pickwick as Mrs. Bardell
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Peter Brook – Marat/Sade Hilton Edwards – Philadelphia, Here I Come! Ellis Rabb – You Can't Take It with You Noel Willman – The Lion in Winter	Albert Marre – Man of La Mancha Cy Feuer – Skyscraper Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity Gene Saks – Mame
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
Man of La Mancha – Mitch Leigh (music) and Joe Darion (lyrics) Sweet Charity – Cy Coleman (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Mame – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever – Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)	Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity Jack Cole – Man of La Mancha Michael Kidd – Skyscraper Onna White – Mame
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Howard Bay – Man of La Mancha William Eckart and Jean Eckart – Mame David Hays – Drat! The Cat! Robert Randolph – Anya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity	Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss – Marat/Sade Loudon Sainthill – The Right Honourable Gentleman^[2] Howard Bay and Patton Campbell – Man of La Mancha Irene Sharaff – Sweet Charity

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