12th Tony Awards

Date

April 13, 1958

Location

Waldorf-Astoria
New York City

Hosted by

Bud Collyer

Television/radio coverage

Network

none

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The 12th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 13, 1958. Bud Collyer was the Master of Ceremonies. For the second year the program was not telecast, due to a strike against WCBS-TV.^[1]^[2]

The ceremony

Presenters: Sydney Chaplin, Greer Garson, Judy Holliday, Celeste Holm, Nancy Kelly, Mary Martin, Elsa Maxwell, Laurence Olivier, Tyrone Power, Martha Scott, Phil Silvers, Walter Slezak. Performers were Mindy Carson and Bill Hayes. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Sunrise at Campobello – Dore Schary The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – William Inge Look Back in Anger – John Osborne Look Homeward, Angel – Ketti Frings Romanoff and Juliet – Peter Ustinov The Rope Dancers – Morton Wishengrad Time Remembered – Jean Anouilh with English version by Patricia Moyes Two for the Seesaw – William Gibson	The Music Man Jamaica New Girl in Town Oh, Captain! West Side Story
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Ralph Bellamy – Sunrise at Campobello* as Franklin Delano Roosevelt** Richard Burton – Time Remembered as Prince Albert Hugh Griffith – Look Homeward, Angel as W.O. Gant Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer as Archie Rice Anthony Perkins – Look Homeward, Angel as Eugene Gant Peter Ustinov – Romanoff and Juliet as The General Emlyn Williams – A Boy Growing Up as Performer	*Helen Hayes – Time Remembered* as The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc** Wendy Hiller – A Moon for the Misbegotten as Josie Hogan Eugenie Leontovich – The Cave Dwellers as The Queen Siobhán McKenna – The Rope Dancers as Margaret Hyland Mary Ure – Look Back in Anger as Alison Porter Jo Van Fleet – Look Homeward, Angel as Eliza Gant
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Robert Preston – The Music Man* as Harold Hill** Eddie Foy Jr. – Rumple as Rumple Ricardo Montalbán – Jamaica as Koli Tony Randall – Oh, Captain! as Captain Henry St. James	*Thelma Ritter – New Girl in Town* as Marthy Owen (tie) Gwen Verdon – New Girl in Town as Anna Christopherson** (tie) Lena Horne – Jamaica as Savannah Beatrice Lillie – Ziegfeld Follies as Various Characters
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Henry Jones – Sunrise at Campobello* as Louis McHenry Howe** Sig Arno – Time Remembered as Ferdinand Theodore Bikel – The Rope Dancers as Dr. Jacobson Pat Hingle – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Rubin Flood George Relph – The Entertainer as Billy Rice	*Anne Bancroft – Two for the Seesaw* as Gittel Mosca** Brenda de Banzie – The Entertainer as Phoebe Rice Joan Blondell – The Rope Dancers as Mrs. Farrow Mary Fickett – Sunrise at Campobello as Eleanor Roosevelt Eileen Heckart – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Lottie Lacey
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*David Burns – The Music Man* as Mayor Shinn** Ossie Davis – Jamaica as Cicero Cameron Prud'Homme – New Girl in Town as Chris Iggie Wolfington – The Music Man as Marcellus Washburn	*Barbara Cook – The Music Man* as Marian Paroo** Susan Johnson – Oh, Captain! as Mae Carol Lawrence – West Side Story as Maria Jackie McKeever – Oh, Captain! as Mrs. Maud St. James Josephine Premice – Jamaica as Ginger
Best Director	Best Choreography
Vincent J. Donehue – Sunrise at Campobello Morton DaCosta – The Music Man Peter Hall – The Rope Dancers George Roy Hill – Look Homeward, Angel Elia Kazan – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Arthur Penn – Two for the Seesaw	Jerome Robbins – West Side Story Bob Fosse – New Girl in Town Onna White – The Music Man
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Oliver Smith – West Side Story Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head / Orpheus Descending / The Rope Dancers Ben Edwards – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Peter Larkin – Blue Denim / Compulsion / Good as Gold / Miss Isobel Jo Mielziner – The Day the Money Stopped / Look Homeward, Angel / Miss Lonelyhearts / Oh, Captain! / The Square Root of Wonderful Oliver Smith – Brigadoon / Carousel / Jamaica / Nude with Violin / Time Remembered / West Side Story	Motley – The First Gentleman Lucinda Ballard – Orpheus Descending Motley – The Country Wife / The First Gentleman / Look Back in Anger / Look Homeward, Angel / Shinbone Alley Irene Sharaff – West Side Story Miles White – Jamaica / Oh, Captain! / Time Remembered
Best Conductor and Musical Director	Best Stage Technician
Herbert Greene – The Music Man Max Goberman – West Side Story	Harry Romar – Time Remembered Sammy Knapp – The Music Man

Special awards

New York Shakespeare Festival, for presenting free performances in Central Park and the Hecksher Theater
Mrs. Louise Beck, for fifteen years of untiring dedication to the American Theatre Wing, which she served as treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. (Presented by Elaine Perry, daughter of Antoinette Perry.)
Circle in the Square, Phoenix Theatre, Esther Hawley

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

9 nominations: The Music Man
7 nominations: Jamaica, Look Homeward, Angel and Time Remembered
6 nominations: Oh, Captain!, The Rope Dancers and West Side Story
5 nominations: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, New Girl in Town and Sunrise at Campobello
3 nominations: The Entertainer, Look Back in Anger and Two for The Seesaw
2 nominations: Orpheus Descending and Romanoff and Juliet

The following productions received multiple awards.

6 wins: The Music Man
4 wins: Sunrise at Campobello
2 wins: New Girl in Town, Time Remembered and West Side Story

References

External links

Tony Awards

Tony Awards
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Play	Best Play Best Revival of a 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 in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Sound Design of a Play
Musical	Best Musical Best Revival of a 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 in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Scenic Design in 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 Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician
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