18th Tony Awards

18th Tony Awards
18th Tony Awards
Date	May 24, 1964
Location	New York Hilton; New York City, New York
Hosted by	Sidney Blackmer
Television/radio coverage
Network	WWOR-TV

The 18th Annual Tony Awards took place on May 24, 1964, in the New York Hilton in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WWOR-TV (Channel 9) in New York City.^[1] The host was Sidney Blackmer and the Masters of Ceremonies were Steve Lawrence and Robert Preston.

The ceremony

Presenters: George Abbott, Lauren Bacall, Anne Bancroft, Harry Belafonte, Constance Bennett, Georgia Brown, David Burns, Richard Burton, Mindy Carson, Peggy Cass, Barbara Cook, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Ford, Robert Goulet, Arthur Hill, Robert Horton, Shirley Knight, Carol Lawrence, Hal March, Mercedes McCambridge, Roddy McDowall, Molly Picon, Lee Remick, Cyril Ritchard, Paul Scofield, Martha Scott, Zachary Scott, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon.

Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Luther – John Osborne The Ballad of the Sad Café – Edward Albee Barefoot in the Park – Neil Simon Dylan – Sidney Michaels	Hello, Dolly! Funny Girl High Spirits She Loves Me
Best Producer (Dramatic)	Best Producer (Musical)
Herman Shumlin – The Deputy Lewis M. Allen and Ben Edwards – The Ballad of the Sad Café George W. George and Frank Granat – Dylan Saint Subber – Barefoot in the Park	David Merrick – Hello, Dolly! City Center Light Opera Company – West Side Story Harold Prince – She Loves Me Ray Stark – Funny Girl
Best Book (Musical)	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Michael Stewart – Hello, Dolly! Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz – The Girl Who Came to Supper Joe Masteroff – She Loves Me Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray – High Spirits	Hello, Dolly! – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) High Spirits – Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray (music and lyrics) 110 in the Shade – Harvey Schmidt (music) and Tom Jones (lyrics) Funny Girl – Jule Styne (music) and Bob Merrill (lyrics)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Alec Guinness – Dylan* as Dylan Thomas** Richard Burton – Hamlet as Hamlet Albert Finney – Luther as Martin Jason Robards, Jr. – After the Fall as Quentin	*Sandy Dennis – Any Wednesday* as Ellen Gordon** Elizabeth Ashley – Barefoot in the Park as Corie Bratter Colleen Dewhurst – The Ballad of the Sad Café as Amelia Evans Julie Harris – Marathon '33 as June Havoc
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Bert Lahr – Foxy* as Foxy** Sydney Chaplin – Funny Girl as Nick Arnstein Bob Fosse – Pal Joey as Joey Evans Steve Lawrence – What Makes Sammy Run? as Sammy Glick	*Carol Channing – Hello, Dolly!* as Dolly Gallagher Levi** Beatrice Lillie – High Spirits as Madame Arcati Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl as Fanny Brice Inga Swenson – 110 in the Shade as Lizzie Curry
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
*Hume Cronyn – Hamlet* as Polonius** Lee Allen – Marathon '33 as Patsy Michael Dunn – The Ballad of the Sad Café as Cousin Lyman Larry Gates – A Case of Libel as Boyd Bendix	*Barbara Loden – After the Fall* as Maggie** Rosemary Murphy – Any Wednesday as Dorothy Cleves Kate Reid – Dylan as Caitlin Thomas Diana Sands – Blues for Mister Charlie as Juanita
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
*Jack Cassidy – She Loves Me* as Stephen Kodaly** Will Geer – 110 in the Shade as H. C. Curry Danny Meehan – Funny Girl as Eddie Ryan Charles Nelson Reilly – Hello, Dolly! as Cornelius Hackl	*Tessie O'Shea – The Girl Who Came to Supper* as Ada Cockle** Julienne Marie – Foxy as Celia Kay Medford – Funny Girl as Rose Brice Louise Troy – High Spirits as Ruth Condomine
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Mike Nichols – Barefoot in the Park June Havoc – Marathon '33 Alan Schneider – The Ballad of the Sad Café Herman Shumlin – The Deputy	Gower Champion – Hello, Dolly! Joseph Anthony – 110 in the Shade Noël Coward – High Spirits Harold Prince – She Loves Me
Best Choreography	Best Conductor and Musical Director
Gower Champion – Hello, Dolly! Danny Daniels – High Spirits Carol Haney – Funny Girl Herbert Ross – Anyone Can Whistle	Shepard Coleman – Hello, Dolly! Lehman Engel – What Makes Sammy Run? Charles Jaffe – West Side Story Fred Werner – High Spirits
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Oliver Smith – Hello, Dolly! Raoul Pene Du Bois – The Student Gypsy, or The Prince of Liederkranz Ben Edwards – The Ballad of the Sad Café David Hays – Marco Millions	Freddy Wittop – Hello, Dolly! Irene Sharaff – The Girl Who Came to Supper Beni Montresor – Marco Millions Rouben Ter-Arutunian – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Special award

Eva Le Gallienne, celebrating her 50th year as an actress, honored for her work with the National Repertory Theatre.

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: Hello, Dolly!
8 nominations: Funny Girl and High Spirits
6 nominations: The Ballad of the Sad Café
5 nominations: She Loves Me
4 nominations: Barefoot in the Park, Dylan and 110 in the Shade
3 nominations: The Girl Who Came to Supper and Marathon '33
2 nominations: After the Fall, Any Wednesday, The Deputy, Foxy, Hamlet, Luther, Marco Millions, West Side Story and What Makes Sammy Run?

The following productions received multiple awards.

10 wins: Hello, Dolly!

References

^ Zolotow, Sam. " 'Hello, Dolly!' Wins Half of Theater Wing's 20 Tonys: Osborne's 'Luther' Is Named Season's Best Drama" The New York Times (abstract, requires subscription), May 25, 1964, p. 42

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

[1] Zolotow, Sam. " 'Hello, Dolly!' Wins Half of Theater Wing's 20 Tonys: Osborne's 'Luther' Is Named Season's Best Drama" The New York Times (abstract, requires subscription), May 25, 1964, p. 42

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