30th Tony Awards
30th Tony Awards | |
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Date | April 18, 1976 |
Location | Shubert Theatre New York City, New York |
Hosted by | Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | ABC |
The 30th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Shubert Theatre on April 18, 1976, and broadcast by ABC television. Hosts were Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere.[1]
The ceremony[]
Presenters: Alan Arkin, Clifton Davis, Bonnie Franklin, Celeste Holm, Cloris Leachman, Michele Lee, Jerry Lewis, Hal Linden, Mary Martin, Mike Nichols, Christopher Plummer, Vanessa Redgrave, Marlo Thomas, Leslie Uggams.[1]
The theme of the show was "The Ones That Got Away", a medley of memorable songs from past musicals that did not win the Tony. Richard Burton performed a scene from Hamlet.[1]
The medley included songs from:
- Annie Get Your Gun
- High Button Shoes
- Where's Charley?
- Miss Liberty
- Call Me Madam
- Paint Your Wagon
- Wish You Were Here
- Can-Can
- Peter Pan
- Mr Wonderful
- Bells Are Ringing
- West Side Story
- Flower Drum Song
- Gypsy
- Camelot
- Milk And Honey
- Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
- Funny Girl
- Do I Hear a Waltz?
- Sweet Charity
- Walking Happy
- How Now, Dow Jones
- Hair
- Purlie
- The Rothschilds
- Grease
- Pippin
- Gigi
- Shenandoah
Musicals represented:[1]
- A Chorus Line ("I Hope I Get It"/"One" - Company)
- Bubbling Brown Sugar ("Sweet Georgia Brown" - Vivian Reed, Lonnie McNeil, Newton Winters)
- Chicago ("All I Care About" - Jerry Orbach and Company)
- Pacific Overtures ("Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea" - Mako and Company)
Winners and nominees[]
Source:BroadwayWorld[2]
Winners are in bold
Best Play | Best Musical |
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Best Book of a Musical | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
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Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
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Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
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Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
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Best Choreography | Best Scenic Design |
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Best Costume Design | Best Lighting Design |
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Special awards[]
- Lawrence Langner Award Winner (Lifetime Achievement in Theatre) - George Abbott
- Regional Theatre Award - The Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. (This award takes note of the company's balanced program of distinguished revivals and a broad spectrum of new works and American premieres of important foreign plays.)
- Mathilde Pincus, for outstanding service to the Broadway musical theatre
- Thomas H. Fitzgerald, to the gifted lighting technician of countless Broadway shows and many Tony telecasts. (Posthumous)
- Circle in the Square, for twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.
- Richard Burton
Multiple nominations and awards[]
These productions had multiple nominations:
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The following productions received multiple awards.
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References[]
- ^ a b c d "Ceremony 1976" tonyawards.com, accessed May 30, 2016
- ^ "1976 Tony Award Winners" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 30, 2011
External links[]
- Tony Awards ceremonies
- 1976 in theatre
- 1976 awards in the United States
- 1976 theatre awards
- 1976 in New York City