12th Tony Awards

1958 awards ceremony

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.^[1][2]

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.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

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

References

1. Zolotow, Sam. The New York Times, "The Music Man Wins Five of 18 Tony Awards", April 14, 1958, p.21
2. "Ceremonies 1958" Archived 2018-01-21 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016

External links

• Tony Awards official website