25th Tony Awards

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1970–1971 season before March 17, 1971 are eligible.

;Original plays

• Abelard and Heloise
• And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
• The Candyapple
• The Castro Complex
• Conduct Unbecoming
• The Engagement Baby
• Father's Day
• Foreplay
• Four on a Garden
• Gandhi
• The Gingerbread Lady
• Happy Birthday, Wanda June
• Home
• Inquest
• Les Blancs
• Not Now, Darling
• Opium
• Paul Sills' Story Theatre
• The Philanthropist
• A Place for Polly
• A Place Without Doors
• Sleuth
• Wilson in the Promise Land ;Original musicals
• Amahl and the Night Visitors
• Ari
• Company
• Help, Help, the Globolinks!
• Light, Lively and Yiddish
• Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
• The Me Nobody Knows
• Park
• The President's Daughter
• The Rothschilds
• Soon
• Two by Two ;Play revivals
• Beggar on Horseback
• Charley's Aunt
• The Cherry Orchard
• A Doll's House
• An Enemy of the People
• The Good Woman of Setzuan
• Hay Fever
• Hedda Gabler
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Othello
• The Playboy of the Western World
• The School for Wives ;Musical revivals
• The Boy Friend
• No, No, Nanette

The ceremony

The theme was to show highlights from 25 years of musicals that had won Tonys, and the stars who introduced them. The show opened with "What's Happening at the Palace". The presenters were Dick Cavett, Carol Channing and Ruby Keeler.

Saluting 25 Years of Tony Award-Winning Musicals:

• Finian's Rainbow ("When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" - David Wayne)
• High Button Shoes ("Papa, Wont You Dance with Me?" - Nanette Fabray)
• Kiss Me, Kate ("Where is the Life That Late I Led?" - Alfred Drake)
• South Pacific ("There Is Nothing Like a Dame" - Ray Walston and Company)
• Guys and Dolls ("Adelaide's Lament" - Vivian Blaine)
• The King and I ("Shall We Dance?" - Patricia Morrison and Yul Brynner)
• Wonderful Town ("It's Love" - Edie Adams)
• Kismet ("The Olive Tree" - Alfred Drake)
• Can-Can
• The Pajama Game ("Hey There" - John Raitt)
• Damn Yankees ("Whatever Lola Wants" - Gwen Verdon)
• My Fair Lady ("Get Me to the Church on Time" - Stanley Holloway and Company)
• The Music Man ("Ya Got Trouble" - Robert Preston and Company)
• Redhead
• Fiorello! ("The Name's La Guardia" - Tom Bosley and Company)
• The Sound of Music ("The Sound of Music" - Florence Henderson)
• Bye Bye Birdie ("Kids" - Paul Lynde)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("I Believe in You" - Robert Morse)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ("Comedy Tonight" - Zero Mostel)
• Hello, Dolly! ("Before the Parade Passes By" - Carol Channing)
• Fiddler on the Roof ("If I Were A Rich Man" - Zero Mostel)
• Mame ("Open A New Window" - Angela Lansbury)
• Man of La Mancha ("The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" - Richard Kiley)
• Cabaret ("Cabaret" - Jill Haworth)
• Hallelujah, Baby! ("Now's the Time") - Leslie Uggams)
• 1776 ("Yours, Yours, Yours" - William Daniels and Virginia Vestoff)
• Applause

The finale was "There's No Business Like Show Business" sung by the entire company.

The performers: Edie Adams, Lauren Bacall, Vivian Blaine, Tom Bosley, Yul Brynner, Carol Channing, William Daniels, Alfred Drake, Nanette Fabray, Jill Haworth, Florence Henderson, Stanley Holloway, Richard Kiley, Angela Lansbury, Paul Lynde, Patricia Morison, Robert Morse, Zero Mostel, Robert Preston, John Raitt, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, Virginia Vestoff, Ray Walston, David Wayne.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Special awards

• Elliot Norton, drama critic, for distinguished theatrical commentary.
• Ingram Ash, president of Blaine-Thompson Advertising, for decades of devoted service to the theatre.
• Playbill, for chronicling Broadway through the years.
• Roger L. Stevens

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 14 nominations: Company
• 9 nominations: The Rothschilds
• 6 nominations: No, No, Nanette
• 5 nominations: Home and The Me Nobody Knows
• 3 nominations: Paul Sills' Story Theatre, The Philanthropist, The School for Wives and Sleuth
• 2 nominations: Abelard and Heloise, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Father's Day, Les Blancs, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen and A Midsummer Night's Dream

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 6 wins: Company
• 4 wins: No, No, Nanette
• 2 wins: Paul Sills' Story Theatre and The Rothschilds

References

References

1. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133493031.html "Ceremony 1971"] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-01-21 tonyawards.com, accessed May 30, 2016)
2. [https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=brian's+song&p=4&item=T:57378 "Tony Awards, The 1971 (TV)"] paleycenter.org, accessed May 30, 2016