12th Tony Awards

1958 theatrical awards ceremony February 2025 12th Tony Awards April 13, 1958 Waldorf-AstoriaNew York City Bud Collyer The Music Man (6) The Music Man (9) none 11th Tony Awards 13th 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.Zolotow, Sam. The New York Times, "The Music Man Wins Five of 18 Tony Awards", April 14, 1958, p.21"Ceremonies 1958" https://web.archive.org/web/20180121063633/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133173265.html 2018-01-21 tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016 Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1957 season before February 28, 1958 are eligible. Original plays Blue Denim A Boy Growing Up The Cave Dwellers The Chairs Cloud 7 Compulsion Copper and Brass The Dark at the Top of the Stairs The Day the Money Stopped The Egghead The Entertainer Fair Game The First Gentleman The Genius and the Goddess Good as Gold The Greatest Man Alive Hide and Seek I Knock at the Door The Infernal Machine Interlock The Lesson Look Back in Anger Look Homeward, Angel Maybe Tuesday Miss Isobel Miss Lonelyhearts Monique A Moon for the Misbegotten Nature's Way Nude With Violin Orpheus Descending Romanoff and Juliet The Rope Dancers A Shadow of My Enemy The Sin of Pat Muldoon The Square Root of Wonderful Summer of the 17th Doll Sunrise at Campobello Time Remembered Two for the Seesaw Under Milk Wood Winesburg, Ohio Original musicals The Body Beautiful Jamaica Livin' The Life Mask and Gown The Music Man New Girl in Town Oh, Captain! Portofino Rumple Shinbone Alley Simply Heavenly West Side Story Play revivals The Country Wife The Duchess of Malfi Hotel Paradiso Makropoulos Secret Mary Stuart Present Laughter Musical revivals Brigadoon Carousel Ziegfeld Follies 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. 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 | valign="top" | 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 PlayRalph 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 PerformerHelen 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 MusicalRobert 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 Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a PlayHenry 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 RiceAnne 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 Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a MusicalDavid 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 WashburnBarbara 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 ChoreographyVincent 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 SeesawJerome Robbins – West Side Story Bob Fosse – New Girl in Town Onna White – The Music Man Best Scenic Design Best Costume DesignOliver 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 StoryMotley – 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 See also Theatre Music 30th Academy Awards References External links Tony Awards official website Category:Tony Awards ceremonies Category:1958 in theatre Category:1958 awards Category:1958 in the United States Category:1958 in New York City Category:1958 awards in the United States Category:April 1958 in the United States