1957 Tony Awards results (11th) – Winners & nominees

Discover the winners and nominees from the 1957 Tony Awards, the highest honors in American musical theatre.

1957 Tony Awards winners
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This page lists the winners from the 11th Tony Awards, held on April 21, 1957. The 1957 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “My Fair Lady.”

Best Musical

Winner:

My Fair Lady

Nominees:

Bells Are Ringing
Candide
The Most Happy Fella

Best Play

Winner:

Long Day’s Journey into Night

Nominees:

Separate Tables
The Potting Shed
The Waltz of the Toreadors

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Winner:

Fredric March (Long Day’s Journey into Night)

Nominees:

Maurice Evans (The Apple Cart)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (The Reluctant Debutante)
Eric Portman (Separate Tables)
Ralph Richardson (The Waltz of the Toreadors)
Cyril Ritchard (Visit to a Small Planet)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Winner:

Margaret Leighton (Separate Tables)

Nominees:

Florence Eldridge (Long Day’s Journey into Night)
Rosalind Russell (Auntie Mame)
Sybil Thorndike (The Potting Shed)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Winner:

Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady)

Nominees:

Fernando Lamas (Happy Hunting)
Robert Weede (The Most Happy Fella)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Winner:

Judy Holliday (Bells Are Ringing)

Nominees:

Julie Andrews (My Fair Lady)
Ethel Merman (Happy Hunting)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Winner:

Frank Conroy (The Potting Shed)

Nominees:

Eddie Mayehoff (Visit to a Small Planet)
William Podmore (Separate Tables)
Jason Robards, Jr. (Long Day’s Journey into Night)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Winner:

Peggy Cass (Auntie Mame)

Nominees:

Anna Massey (The Reluctant Debutante)
Beryl Measor (Separate Tables)
Mildred Natwick (The Waltz of the Toreadors)
Phyllis Neilson-Terry (Separate Tables)
Diana Van der Vlis (The Happiest Millionaire)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Winner:

Sydney Chaplin (Bells Are Ringing)

Nominees:

Robert Coote (My Fair Lady)
Stanley Holloway (My Fair Lady)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Winner:

Edith Adams (Li’l Abner)

Nominees:

Virginia Gibson (Happy Hunting)
Irra Petina (Candide)
Jo Sullivan (The Most Happy Fella)

Best Scenic Design (Musical)

Winner:

Oliver Smith (My Fair Lady)

Nominees:

Boris Aronson (Small War on Murray Hill; others)
Ben Edwards (The Waltz of the Toreadors)
George Jenkins (The Happiest Millionaire; Too Late the Phalarope)
Donald Oenslager (Major Barbara)
Oliver Smith (Clearing in the Woods; Candide; Auntie Mame; My Fair Lady; Eugenia; Visit to a Small Planet)