11th Tony Awards explained

11th Tony Awards
Date:	April 21, 1957
Location:	Waldorf-Astoria New York City, New York
Host:	Bud Collyer
Network:	none
Previous:	10th
Main:	Tony Awards
Next:	12th

The 11th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 21, 1957.^[1] The Master of Ceremonies was Bud Collyer.

Ceremony

The presenters were Faye Emerson, Tom Ewell, Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, Nancy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Beatrice Lillie, Nancy Olson, Elaine Perry, Cliff Robertson, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.^[1]

Performers were George Gaines and Michael King. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra. Due to a union dispute, there was no television broadcast, which had been scheduled for WCBS-TV Channel 2.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Long Day's Journey into Night – Eugene O'Neill The Potting Shed – Graham Greene Separate Tables – Terence Rattigan The Waltz of the Toreadors – Jean Anouilh with English version by Lucienne Hill	My Fair Lady Bells Are Ringing Candide The Most Happy Fella
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Fredric March – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone Maurice Evans – The Apple Cart as King Magnus Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Reluctant Debutante as Jimmy Broadbent Eric Portman – Separate Tables as Mr. Malcolm / Major Pollock Ralph Richardson – The Waltz of the Toreadors as General St. Pé Cyril Ritchard – Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton	Margaret Leighton – Separate Tables as Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-Bell Florence Eldridge – Long Day's Journey into Night as Mary Cavan Tyrone Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame as Auntie Mame Sybil Thorndike – The Potting Shed as Mrs. Callifer
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins Fernando Lamas – Happy Hunting as Duke of Granada Robert Weede – The Most Happy Fella as Tony	Judy Holliday – Bells Are Ringing as Ella Peterson Julie Andrews – My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle Ethel Merman – Happy Hunting as Liz Livingstone
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
Frank Conroy – The Potting Shed as Father William Callifer Eddie Mayehoff – Visit to a Small Planet as General Tom Powers William Podmore – Separate Tables as Mr. Fowler Jason Robards – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone, Jr.	Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame as Agnes Gooch Anna Massey – The Reluctant Debutante as Jane Broadbent Beryl Measor – Separate Tables as Miss Cooper Mildred Natwick – The Waltz of the Toreadors as Mme. St. Pé Phyllis Neilson-Terry – Separate Tables as Mrs. Railton-Bell Diana Van der Vlis – The Happiest Millionaire as Cordelia Biddle
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
Sydney Chaplin – Bells Are Ringing as Jeff Moss Robert Coote – My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle	Edie Adams – Li'l Abner as Daisy Mae Virginia Gibson – Happy Hunting as Beth Livingstone Irra Petina – Candide as The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia Jo Sullivan – The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella
Best Director	Best Choreography
Moss Hart – My Fair Lady Joseph Anthony – A Clearing in the Woods / The Most Happy Fella Harold Clurman – The Waltz of the Toreadors Peter Glenville – Separate Tables José Quintero – Long Day's Journey into Night	Michael Kidd – Li'l Abner Hanya Holm – My Fair Lady Dania Krupska – The Most Happy Fella Bob Fosse & Jerome Robbins – Bells Are Ringing
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Oliver Smith – My Fair Lady Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head / Small War on Murray Hill Ben Edwards – The Waltz of the Toreadors George Jenkins - The Happiest Millionaire / Too Late the Phalarope Donald Oenslager – Major Barbara Oliver Smith – Auntie Mame / A Clearing in the Woods / Candide / Eugenia / My Fair Lady / Visit to a Small Planet	Cecil Beaton – My Fair Lady Cecil Beaton – Little Glass Clock / My Fair Lady Alvin Colt – Li'l Abner / The Sleeping Prince Dorothy Jeakins – Major Barbara / Too Late the Phalarope Irene Sharaff – Candide / Happy Hunting / Shangri-La / Small War on Murray Hill
Best Conductor and Musical Director	Best Stage Technician
Franz Allers – My Fair Lady Herbert Greene – The Most Happy Fella Samuel Krachmalnick – Candide	Howard McDonald (posthumous), carpenter – Major Barbara Thomas Fitzgerald, sound man – Long Day's Journey into Night Joseph Harbuck, carpenter - Auntie Mame

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 10 nominations: My Fair Lady
• 6 nominations: Long Day's Journey into Night, The Most Happy Fella and Separate Tables
• 5 nominations: Candide and The Waltz of the Toreadors
• 4 nominations: Auntie Mame, Bells Are Ringing and Happy Hunting
• 3 nominations: Li'l Abner, Major Barbara, The Potting Shed and A Visit to a Small Planet
• 2 nominations: A Clearing in the Woods, The Happiest Millionaire, The Reluctant Debutante, Small War on Murray Hill and Too Late the Phalarope

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 6 wins: My Fair Lady
• 2 wins: Bells Are Ringing, Li'l Abner and Long Day's Journey into Night

External links

• The American Theatre Wing Tony Awards

Notes and References

1. Zolotow, Sam. " 'Fair Lady' Wins 6 'Tony' Awards: Winners of Annual 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 22, 1957, p.29
2. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/index.html "Ceremonies see 1957"