27th Tony Awards

27th Tony Awards
Date	March 25, 1973
Location	Imperial Theatre, New York City, New York
Host	Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm, Sandy Duncan and Jerry Orbach
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 27th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on March 25, 1973 from the Imperial Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm and co-hosts were Sandy Duncan and Jerry Orbach.

The ceremony

The opening was a song-and-dance medley performed by Gwen Verdon, Paula Kelly, Helen Gallagher and Donna McKechnie.^[1]

The theme was the global reach of Broadway. The "Wide World of Broadway" featured narrations by Rex Harrison, Walter Slezak, Rossano Brazzi, Yul Brynner and Peter Ustinov, who brought the viewers to: Vienna: West Side Story; Tokyo: The King and I; Milan: Ciao, Rudy; Paris: Hello, Dolly!; London: Show Boat; Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Man of La Mancha; and Wichita Falls, Texas: My Fair Lady.

Musicals represented:

Pippin ("Magic To Do"- Ben Vereen and Company)

A new series of awards was started this year, termed "Theater Awards '73", renewable annually. (New York Times, McCandlish Phillips, p. 52, 3/26/73)

This was the fourth time that Julie Harris won a Tony Award (and her sixth nomination); she won a total of five with a sixth for Lifetime Achievement.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
That Championship Season – Jason Miller Butley – Simon Gray The Changing Room – David Storey The Sunshine Boys – Neil Simon	A Little Night Music Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Pippin Sugar
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Hugh Wheeler – A Little Night Music Micki Grant – Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Melvin Van Peebles – Don't Play Us Cheap Roger O. Hirson – Pippin	A Little Night Music – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope – Micki Grant (music and lyrics) Much Ado About Nothing – Peter Link (music) Pippin – Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Alan Bates – Butley* as Ben Butley** Jack Albertson – The Sunshine Boys as Willie Clark Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Jockey Club Stakes as Marquis of Candover Paul Sorvino – That Championship Season as Phil Romano	*Julie Harris – The Last of Mrs. Lincoln* as Mary Todd Lincoln** Jane Alexander – 6 Rms Riv Vu as Annie Miller Colleen Dewhurst – Mourning Becomes Electra as Christine Mannon Kathleen Widdoes – Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Ben Vereen – Pippin* as The Leading Player** Len Cariou – A Little Night Music as Frederick Egerman Robert Morse – Sugar as Jerry Brock Peters – Lost in the Stars as Stephen Kumalo	*Glynis Johns – A Little Night Music* as Desiree Armfeldt** Leland Palmer – Pippin as Fastrada Debbie Reynolds – Irene as Irene O'Dare Marcia Rodd – Shelter as Maud
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*John Lithgow – The Changing Room* as Kenny Kendal** Barnard Hughes – Much Ado About Nothing as Dogberry John McMartin – Don Juan as Sganarelle Hayward Morse – Butley as Joseph Keyston	*Leora Dana – The Last of Mrs. Lincoln* as Elizabeth Edwards** Maya Angelou – Look Away as Elizabeth Keckley Katherine Helmond – The Great God Brown as Margaret Penelope Windust – Elizabeth I as Elizabeth the Player Queen
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*George S. Irving – Irene* as Madame Lucy** Laurence Guittard – A Little Night Music as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm Avon Long – Don't Play Us Cheap as David Gilbert Price – Lost in the Stars as Absalom Kumalo	*Patricia Elliott – A Little Night Music* as Charlotte Malcolm** Hermione Gingold – A Little Night Music as Madame Armfeldt Patsy Kelly – Irene as Mrs. O'Dare Irene Ryan – Pippin as Berthe
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
A.J. Antoon – That Championship Season A.J. Antoon – Much Ado About Nothing Alan Arkin – The Sunshine Boys Michael Rudman – The Changing Room	Bob Fosse – Pippin Vinnette Carroll – Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Gower Champion – Sugar Harold Prince – A Little Night Music
Best Choreography	Best Scenic Design
Bob Fosse – Pippin Gower Champion – Sugar Peter Gennaro – Irene Donald Saddler – Much Ado About Nothing	Tony Walton – Pippin Boris Aronson – A Little Night Music David Jenkins – The Changing Room Santo Loquasto – That Championship Season
Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design
Florence Klotz – A Little Night Music Theoni V. Aldredge – Much Ado About Nothing Miles White – Tricks Patricia Zipprodt – Pippin	Jules Fisher – Pippin Martin Aronstein – Much Ado About Nothing Ian Calderon – That Championship Season Tharon Musser – A Little Night Music

Special awards

John Lindsay, Mayor of New York City (construction of legitimate theaters)
Actors' Fund of America (honored for 90 years of assistance to needy and elderly theater people)
Shubert Organization (for nearly 75 years of activity as well as for the Shubert Foundation)

Source: (New York Times, McCandlish Phillips, p. 52, 3/26/73)

References

↑ O'Connor, John.New York Times, March 27, 1973, p. 95
↑ Internet Broadway Database listing

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

Tony Awards

American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design of a Play Best Lighting Design of a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design of a Play Best Sound Design of a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Director Best Revival Best Special Theatrical Event Best 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

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