11th Tony Awards

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.

11th Tony Awards
Date	April 21, 1957
Location	Waldorf-Astoria New York City, New York
Hosted by	Bud Collyer
Television/radio coverage
Network	none
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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

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. "Ceremonies see 1957" Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016

External links

• The American Theatre Wing Tony Awards