16th Tony Awards

Date

April 29, 1962

Location

Waldorf-Astoria
New York City, New York

Hosted by

Ray Bolger
Robert Preston

Television/radio coverage

Network

WCBS-TV

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The 16th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 29, 1962, in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV (Channel 2) in New York City. The Masters of Ceremonies were Ray Bolger and Robert Preston.

The ceremony

Presenters: Judith Anderson, Art Carney, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Olivia de Havilland, Albert Dekker, Anita Gillette, Hermione Gingold, Robert Goulet, Helen Hayes, Celeste Holm, Sally Ann Howes, Ron Husman, Hal March, Helen Menken, Geraldine Page, Hugh O'Brian, Elaine Perry, Tom Poston and Jason Robards. The performer was Mimi Benzell. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
A Man for All Seasons – Robert Bolt Gideon – Paddy Chayefsky The Caretaker – Harold Pinter The Night of the Iguana – Tennessee Williams	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Carnival! Milk and Honey No Strings
Best Producer (Dramatic)	Best Producer (Musical)
Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens – A Man for All Seasons Charles Bowden and Viola Rubber – The Night of the Iguana Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor – Gideon David Merrick – Ross	Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Helen Bonfils, Haila Stoddard and Charles Russel – Sail Away David Merrick – Carnival! Gerard Oestriecher – Milk and Honey
Best Author (Musical)	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch – Carnival!	No Strings – Richard Rodgers (music and lyrics) Kwamina – Richard Adler (music and lyrics) Milk and Honey – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Frank Loesser (music and lyrics)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons* as Sir Thomas More** Fredric March – Gideon as Angel John Mills – Ross as Aircraftman Ross Donald Pleasence – The Caretaker as Davies	*Margaret Leighton – The Night of the Iguana* as Hannah Jelkes** Gladys Cooper – A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore Colleen Dewhurst – Great Day in the Morning as Phoebe Flaherty Kim Stanley – A Far Country as Elizabeth von Ritter
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Robert Morse – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* as J. Pierrepont Finch** Ray Bolger – All American as Professor Fodorski Alfred Drake – Kean as Edmund Kean Richard Kiley – No Strings as David Jordan	*Anna Maria Alberghetti – Carnival!* as Lili Daurier (tie) Diahann Carroll – No Strings as Barbara Woodruff** (tie) Molly Picon – Milk and Honey as Clara Weiss Elaine Stritch – Sail Away as Mimi Paragon
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Walter Matthau – A Shot in the Dark* as Benjamin Beaurevers** Godfrey M. Cambridge – Purlie Victorious as Gitlow Judson Joseph Campanella – A Gift of Time as Daniel Stein Paul Sparer – Ross as Auda Abu Tayi	*Elizabeth Ashley – Take Her, She's Mine* as Mollie Michaelson** Zohra Lampert – Look We've Come Through as Jennifer Lewison Janet Margolin – Daughter of Silence as Anna Albertini Pat Stanley – Sunday in New York as Eileen Taylor
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Charles Nelson Reilly – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* as Bud Frump** Orson Bean – Subways Are for Sleeping as Charlie Smith Severn Darden – From the Second City as Performer Pierre Olaf – Carnival! as Jacquot	*Phyllis Newman – Subways Are for Sleeping* as Martha Vail** Elizabeth Allen – The Gay Life as Magda Barbara Harris – From the Second City as Various Characters Barbra Streisand – I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Miss Marmelstein
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Noel Willman – A Man for All Seasons Tyrone Guthrie – Gideon Donald McWhinie – The Caretaker José Quintero – Great Day in the Morning	Abe Burrows – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Gower Champion – Carnival! Joe Layton – No Strings Joshua Logan – All American
Best Choreography	Best Conductor and Musical Director
Agnes de Mille – Kwamina Joe Layton – No Strings Michael Kidd – Subways Are for Sleeping Dania Krupska – The Happiest Girl in the World	Elliot Lawrence – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Pembroke Davenport – Kean Herbert Greene – The Gay Life Peter Matz – No Strings
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Will Steven Armstrong – Carnival! Rouben Ter-Arutunian – A Passage to India David Hays – No Strings Oliver Smith – The Gay Life	Lucinda Ballard – The Gay Life Donald Brooks – No Strings Motley – Kwamina Miles White – Milk and Honey

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

9 nominations: No Strings
8 nominations: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
7 nominations: Carnival!
5 nominations: Milk and Honey
4 nominations: The Gay Life, Gideon, A Man for All Seasons and Ross
3 nominations: The Caretaker, The Night of the Iguana, Kwamina and Subways Are for Sleeping
2 nominations: All American, From the Second City, Great Day in the Morning, Kean, A Passage to India and Sail Away

The following productions received multiple awards.

7 wins: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
4 wins: A Man for All Seasons
3 wins: No Strings
2 wins: Carnival!

References

External links

Tony Awards

Tony Awards
American Theatre Wing The Broadway League EGOT Triple Crown of Acting
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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