29th Tony Awards

The 29th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on April 20, 1975 from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. Hosts/Performers/Presenters were Larry Blyden, George S. Irving, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, and Bobby Van.

The theme centered on the Winter Garden Theatre, where many of the greatest stars in theatrical history began their careers.

Presenters: Jack Albertson, Eve Arden, Fred Astaire, Milton Berle, Ray Bolger, Carol Channing, Clifton Davis, Buddy Ebsen, Jack Haley Sr., Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, John V. Lindsay, Cleavon Little, Walter Matthau, Vincente Minnelli, Carl Reiner, Rosalind Russell, Joe Smith, Jean Stapleton.

Performers: Clive Baldwin, Joey Faye, Angela Lansbury, Alexis Smith.

Musicals represented: The Winter Garden Scrapbook, saluting the stars and musicals that played at the historic theatre, including Mame ("Mame" - Angela Lansbury and Men); Follies ("The Story of Lucy and Jessie" - Alexis Smith and Dancers); and Gypsy ("Everything's Coming up Roses" - Angela Lansbury and Company).

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Production

Best Play

• Short Eyes by Miguel Pinero. Produced by Joseph Papp, New York Shakespeare Festival
• Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade. Produced by Morton Gottlieb
• Seascape by Edward Albee. Produced by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, and Clinton Wilder
• Equus by Peter Shaffer. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and Doris Cole Abrahams
• Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. Produced by Hillard Elkins, Lester Osterman Productions, Bernard Delfont, and Michael White
• The National Health by Peter Nichols. Produced by Circle in the Square, Ltd

Best Musical

• The Wiz Produced by Ken Harper
• Mack and Mabel Produced by David Merrick
• The Lieutenant Produced by Joseph Kutrzeba and Spofford Beadle
• Shenandoah Produced by Philip Rose, and Gloria and Louis K. Sher

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• John Kani and Winston Ntshona (Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island)
• Jim Dale (Scapino)
• Peter Firth (Equus)
• Henry Fonda (Clarence Darrow)
• Ben Gazzara (Hughie and Duet)
• John Wood (Sherlock Holmes)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Ellen Burstyn (Same Time, Next Year)
• Elizabeth Ashley (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
• Diana Rigg (The Misanthrope)
• Maggie Smith (Private Lives)
• Liv Ullmann (A Doll's House)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• John Cullum (Shenandoah)
• Joel Grey (Goodtime Charley)
• Raul Julia (Where's Charley?)
• Eddie Mekka (The Lieutenant)
• Robert Preston (Mack and Mabel)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Angela Lansbury (Gypsy)
• Lola Falana (Doctor Jazz)
• Bernadette Peters (Mack and Mabel)
• Ann Reinking (Goodtime Charley)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Frank Langella (Seascape)
• Larry Blyden (Absurd Person Singular)
• Leonard Frey (The National Health)
• Philip Locke (Sherlock Holmes)
• George Rose (My Fat Friend)
• Dick Anthony Williams (Black Picture Show)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Rita Moreno (The Ritz)
• Linda Miller (Black Picture Show)
• Geraldine Page (Absurd Person Singular)
• Carole Shelley (Absurd Person Singular)
• Elizabeth Spriggs (London Assurance)
• Frances Sternhagen (Equus)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Ted Ross (The Wiz)
• Tom Aldredge (Where's Charley?)
• John Bottoms (Dance With Me)
• Douglas Henning (The Magic Show)
• Gilbert Price (The Night That Made America Famous)
• Richard B. Shull (Goodtime Charley)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Dee Dee Bridgewater (The Wiz)
• Susan Browning (Goodtime Charley)
• Zan Charisse (Gypsy)
• Taina Elg (Where's Charley?)
• Kelly Garrett (The Night That Made America Famous)
• Donna Theodore (Shenandoah)

Craft

Best Direction of a Play

• John Dexter (Equus)
• Arvin Brown (The National Health)
• Frank Dunlop (Scapino)
• Ronald Eyre (London Assurance)
• Athol Fugard (Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island)
• Gene Saks (Same Time Next Year)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Geoffrey Holder (The Wiz)
• Gower Champion (Mack and Mabel)
• Grover Dale (The Magic Show)
• Arthur Laurents (Gypsy)

Best Choreography

• George Faison (The Wiz)
• Gower Champion (Mack and Mabel)
• Donald McKayle (Doctor Jazz)
• Margo Sappington (Where's Charley?)
• Robert Tucker (Shenandoah)
• Joel Zwick (Dance With Me)

Best Book of a Musical

• Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell, and Philip Rose
• Mack and Mabel by Michael Stewart
• The Lieutenant by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, and Chuck Strand
• The Wiz by William F. Brown

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

• The Wiz Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls
• Letter for Queen Victoria Music and lyrics by Alan Lloyd
• Shenandoah Music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell
• The Lieutenant Music and lyrics by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, and Chuck Strand

Best Scenic Design

• Carl Toms (Sherlock Holmes)
• Scott Johnson (Dance With Me)
• Tanya Moiseiwitsch (The Misanthrope)
• William Ritman (God's Favorite)
• Rouben Ter-Arutunian (Goodtime Charley)
• Robert Wagner (Mack and Mabel)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design

• Geoffrey Holder (The Wiz)
• Arthur Boccia (Where's Charley?)
• Raoul Pené Du Bois (Doctor Jazz)
• Willa Kim (Goodtime Charley)
• Tanya Moiseiwitsch (The Misanthrope)
• Patricia Zipprodt (Mack and Mabel)

Tony Award for Best Lighting Designer

• Neil Peter Jampolis (Sherlock Holmes)
• Chip Monk (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
• Abe Feder (Goodtime Charley)
• Andy Phillips (Equus)
• Thomas Skelton (All God's Chillun)
• James Tilton (Seascape)

Theatre Award '75 Winner

• Al Hirschfeld for 50 years of theatrical cartoons

External links

• Tony Awards Official Site