Tony Awards: 1966@Everything2.com

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BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

Peter Weiss (playwright)
Geoffrey Skelton (translation)
David Merrick Arts Foundation (producer)

Inadmissable Evidence

John Osborne (playwright)
David Merrick Arts Foundation (producer)

Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Brian Friel (playwright)
David Merrick Arts Foundation (producer)

The Right Honourable Gentleman

Michael Dyne (playwright)
Peter Cookson, Amy Lynn, Walter Schwimmer (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Man of La Mancha

Dale Wasserman (book)
Mitch Leigh (music)
Joe Darion (lyrics)
Albert W. Selden and Hal James (producers)

Mame

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (book)
Jerry Herman (music and lyrics)
Sylvia and Joseph Harris, Robert Fryer, and Lawrence Carr (producers)

Skyscraper

Peter Stone (book)
James Van Heusen (music)
Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Cy Feur and Ernest M. Martin (producers)

Sweet Charity

Neil Simon (book)
Cy Coleman (music)
Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
Sylvia and Joseph Harris, Robert Fryer, and Joseph Carr (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Hal Holbrook – Mark Twain Tonight!
Donal Donnely and Patrick Bedford – Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Nicol Williamson – Inadmissable Evidence
Ronald Culver – Ivanov

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Rosemary Harris – The Lion in Winter
Kate Reid – Slapstick Tragedy
Lee Remick – Wait Until Dark
Sheila Hancock – Entertaining Mr. Sloan

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Richard Kiley – Man of La Mancha
Harry Secombe – Pickwick
Jack Cassidy – Superman
John Cullum – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Angela Lansbury – Mame
Barbara Harris – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Gwen Verdon – Sweet Charity
Julie Harris – Skyscraper

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Patrick Magee – The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
A. Larry Haines – Generation
Burt Brinkerhoff – Cactus Flower
Earmon Kelly – Philadelphia, Here I Come!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Zoe Caldwell – Slapstick Tragedy
Brenda Vaccaro – Cactus Flower
Glenda Jackson – The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Mairin O'Sullivan – Philadelphia, Here I Come!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Frankie Michaels – Mame
John McMartin – Sweet Charity
Michael O'Sullivan – Superman
Roy Castle – Pickwick

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Beatrice Arthur – Mame
Charlotte Rae – Pickwick
Helen Gallagher – Sweet Charity
Patricia Marand – Superman

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Peter Brook – The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Ellis Rabe – You Can't Take It With You
Hilton Edwards – Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Noel Willman – The Lion in Winter

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Albert Marre – Man of La Mancha
Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity
Cy Feuer – Skyscraper
Gene Saks – Mame

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Bob Fosse – Sweet Charity
Jack Cole – Man of La Mancha
Michael Kidd – Skyscraper
Onna White – Mame

BEST COMPOSER AND LYRICIST

Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion – Man of La Mancha
Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields – Sweet Charity
Jerry Herman – Mame

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Howard Bay – Man of La Mancha
David Hays – Drat! The Cat!
Robert Randolph – Anya, Skyscraper, and Sweet Charity
William and Jean Eckart – Mame

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss – The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Howard Bay and Patton Campbell – Man of La Mancha
Irene Sharaff – Sweet Charity
Loudon Sainthill – The Right Honourable Gentleman

SPECIAL AWARDS

Helen Menken – For a lifetime of devotion and dedicated service to the Broadway Theatre (posthumous)

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