21st Tony Awards


The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network. This was the Awards ceremony's inaugural broadcast on U.S. network television. The hosts were Mary Martin and Robert Preston. This year marked the first joint presentation of the awards by the American Theatre Wing with The Broadway League.

The ceremony

Presenters were: Lauren Bacall, Harry Belafonte, Carol Burnett, Marge and Gower Champion, Kirk Douglas, John Forsythe, Jill Haworth, Angela Lansbury, Mayor John V. Lindsay, David Merrick, Zero Mostel, Lynn Redgrave, Lee Remick and Barbra Streisand.
The ceremony featured performances from the following musicals:
Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical

  • Cabaret
  • * I Do! I Do!
  • * The Apple Tree
  • * Walking Happy
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
  • Paul Rogers – The Homecoming as Max
  • * Hume Cronyn – A Delicate Balance as Tobias
  • * Donald Madden – Black Comedy as Harold Gorringe
  • * Donald Moffat – Right You Are as Laudisi
  • * Donald Moffat – The Wild Duck as Hjalmar Ekdal
  • Beryl Reid – The Killing of Sister George as Sister George/June Buckridge
  • * Eileen Atkins – The Killing of Sister George as Childie/Alice McNaught
  • * Vivien Merchant – The Homecoming as Ruth
  • * Rosemary Murphy – A Delicate Balance as Claire
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Robert Preston – I Do! I Do! as Michael
  • * Alan Alda – The Apple Tree as Various Characters
  • * Jack Gilford – Cabaret as Herr Schultz
  • * Norman Wisdom – Walking Happy as Will Mossop
  • Barbara Harris – The Apple Tree as Various Characters
  • * Lotte Lenya – Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider
  • * Mary Martin – I Do! I Do! as She
  • * Louise Troy – Walking Happy as Maggie Hobson
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
  • Ian Holm – The Homecoming as Lenny
  • * Clayton Corzatte – The School for Scandal as Charles Surface
  • * Stephen Elliot – Marat/Sade as Mr. Coulmier
  • * Sydney Walker – The Wild Duck as Lt. Ekdal
  • Marian Seldes – A Delicate Balance as Julia
  • *Camila Ashland – Black Comedy as Miss Furnival
  • * Brenda Forbes – The Loves of Cass McGuire as Trilbe Costello
  • *Maria Tucci – The Rose Tattoo as Rosa Delle Rose
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Joel Grey – Cabaret as the Master of Ceremonies
  • *Leon Bibb – A Hand Is on the Gate as Performer
  • * Gordon Dilworth – Walking Happy as Tubby Wadlow
  • * Edward Winter – Cabaret as Ernst Ludwig
  • Peg Murray – Cabaret as Fraulein Kost
  • * Leland Palmer – A Joyful Noise as Miss Jimmie
  • * Josephine Premice – A Hand Is on the Gate as Various Characters
  • * Susan Watson – A Joyful Noise as Jenny Lee
    • Best Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a Musical
  • Peter Hall – The Homecoming
  • * John Dexter – Black Comedy
  • * Donald Driver – Marat/Sade
  • * Alan Schneider – A Delicate Balance
  • Harold Prince – Cabaret
  • * Gower Champion – I Do! I Do!
  • * Mike Nichols – The Apple Tree
  • * Jack Sydow – Annie Get Your Gun
    • Best Original Score Written for the TheatreBest Choreography
  • Cabaret – John Kander and Fred Ebb
  • * The Apple Tree – Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
  • * Walking Happy – Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
  • * I Do! I Do! – Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
  • Ron Field – Cabaret
  • * Michael Bennett – A Joyful Noise
  • * Danny Daniels – Walking Happy and Annie Get Your Gun
  • * Lee Theodore – The Apple Tree
    • Best Scenic DesignBest Costume Design
  • Boris Aronson – Cabaret
  • * John Bury – The Homecoming
  • * Oliver Smith – I Do! I Do!
  • * Alan Tagg – Black Comedy
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Cabaret
  • * Nancy Potts – The Wild Duck and The School for Scandal
  • * Tony Walton – The Apple Tree
  • * Freddy Wittop – I Do! I Do!

    • Multiple nominations and awards

    These productions had multiple nominations:
    The following productions received multiple awards.