The 24th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by NBC television on April 19, 1970, from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau. The telecast garnered a 19.6 rating and a 41 share in the United States, making it the highest-rated Tonys TV broadcast in history.
Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1969–1970 season before April 9, 1970 are eligible.
Original plays Angela Borstal Boy Brightower Butterflies Are Free Child's Play The Chinese and Dr. Fish Cop-Out Criss-Crossing The Gingham Dog Gloria and Esperanza Grin and Bare It! Home Fires Indians Last of the Red Hot Lovers Love Is a Time of Day The Mundy Scheme My Daughter, Your Son No Place to Be Somebody Norman, Is That You? Operation Sidewinder Paris Is Out! A Patriot for Me The Penny Wars Postcards Sheep on the Runway Songs from Milk Wood A Teaspoon Every Four Hours Watercolor
Original musicals Applause Billy Blood Red Roses Buck White Coco Cry For Us All Gantry Georgy Jimmy La Strada Look to the Lilies Minnie's Boys Oh! Calcutta! Purlie Trumpets of the Lord
Play revivals Camino Real Candida A Flea in Her Ear The Front Page Hamlet Harvey Henry V Sganarelle The Miser Our Town Private Lives Three Men on a Horse Three Sisters The Time of Your Life Tiny Alice
The ceremony Presenters: Clive Barnes, Mia Farrow, Elliott Gould, Claire Bloom, Michael Caine, Jack Cassidy, David Frost, Cary Grant, Patricia Neal, George C. Scott, James Stewart, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.Program for The 24th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards at Mark Hellinger Theater, New York. Playbill, 1970.
Musicals represented: Applause ("Applause" - Bonnie Franklin and Company/"Welcome to the Theatre" and "Applause" (reprise) - Lauren Bacall and Company) Coco ("Always Mademoiselle" - Katharine Hepburn and Company) Purlie ("I Got Love" - Melba Moore/"Walk Him up the Stairs" - Cleavon Little and Company)
Winners and nominees Winners are in bold
Best Play Best Musical Borstal Boy – Frank McMahon Child's Play – Robert Marasco Indians – Arthur Kopit Last of the Red Hot Lovers – Neil Simon | valign="top" | Applause Coco Purlie Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Fritz Weaver – Child's Play as Jerome Malley James Coco – Last of the Red Hot Lovers as Barney Cashman Frank Grimes – Borstal Boy as Young Behan Stacy Keach – Indians as Buffalo Bill Tammy Grimes – Private Lives as Amanda Prynne Geraldine Brooks – Brightower as Sara Brightower Helen Hayes – Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Cleavon Little – Purlie as Purlie Len Cariou – Applause as Bill Sampson Robert Weede – Cry For Us All as Edward Quinn Lauren Bacall – Applause as Margo Channing Katharine Hepburn – Coco as Coco Chanel Dilys Watling – Georgy as Georgina 'Georgy' Parkin Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play Ken Howard – Child's Play as Paul Reese Joseph Bova – The Chinese and Dr. Fish as Mr. Lee Dennis King – A Patriot for Me as Baron von Epp Blythe Danner – Butterflies Are Free as Jill Tanner Alice Drummond – The Chinese and Dr. Fish as Mrs. Lee Eileen Heckart – Butterflies Are Free as Mrs. Baker Linda Lavin – Last of the Red Hot Lovers as Elaine Navazio Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical René Auberjonois – Coco as Sebastian Baye Brandon Maggart – Applause as Buzz Richards George Rose – Coco as Louis Greff Melba Moore – Purlie as Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins Bonnie Franklin – Applause as Bonnie the Gypsy Penny Fuller – Applause as Eve Harrington Melissa Hart – Georgy as Meredith Best Direction of a Play Best Direction of a Musical Joseph Hardy – Child's Play Milton Katselas – Butterflies Are Free Tómas Mac Anna – Borstal Boy Robert Moore – Last of the Red Hot Lovers Ron Field – Applause Michael Benthall – Coco Philip Rose – Purlie Best Choreography Best Scenic Design Ron Field – Applause Michael Bennett – Coco Grover Dale – Billy Louis Johnson – Purlie Jo Mielziner – Child's Play Howard Bay – Cry for Us All Ming Cho Lee – Billy Robert Randolph – Applause Best Costume Design Best Lighting Design Cecil Beaton – Coco Ray Aghayan – Applause W. Robert Lavine – Jimmy Freddy Wittop – A Patriot for Me Jo Mielziner – Child's Play Tharon Musser – Applause Thomas Skelton – Indians
Special awards Sir Noël Coward for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne New York Shakespeare Festival, for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays Barbra Streisand – Star of the Decade
Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:
11 nominations: Applause 7 nominations: Coco 6 nominations: Child's Play 5 nominations: Purlie 4 nominations: Last of the Red Hot Lovers 3 nominations: Borstal Boy, Butterflies Are Free and Indians 2 nominations: Billy, The Chinese and Dr. Fish, Cry for Us All, Georgy and A Patriot for Me
The following productions received multiple awards.
5 wins: Child's Play 4 wins: Applause 2 wins: Coco and Purlie
See also
42nd Academy Awards References
External links Tony Awards Official Site