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24th Tony Awards

1970 theatrical awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	24th Tony Awards
date	April 19, 1970
location	Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, New York
host	Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau
network	NBC
previous	[23rd](23rd-tony-awards)
main	Tony Awards
next	[25th](25th-tony-awards)

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.

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.

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	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical	Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical	Best Choreography	Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design

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

References

Program for ''The 24th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards'' at [[Mark Hellinger Theater]], New York. ''[[Playbill]]'', 1970.
(November 7, 2014). "Columbia Records News: Barbra Streisand Goes Gold for Groundbreaking 52nd Time with "Partners"". The Recording Industry Association of America.

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