1966 Tony Awards results (20th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 20th Tony Awards, held on June 16, 1966. The 1966 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Man of La Mancha.”

Best musical

• Man of La Mancha

• Mame
• Skyscraper
• Sweet Charity

Best play

• Marat/Sade

• Inadmissible Evidence
• Philadelphia, Here I Come!
• The Right Honourable Gentleman

Best original score

• Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (Man of La Mancha)

• Jerry Herman (Mame)
• Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields (Sweet Charity)
• Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn (Skyscraper)

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Hal Holbrook (Mark Twain Tonight!)

• Roland Culver (Ivanov)
• Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford (Philadelphia, Here I Come!)
• Nicol Williamson (Inadmissible Evidence)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Rosemary Harris (The Lion in Winter)

• Sheila Hancock (Entertaining Mr Sloane)
• Kate Reid (Slapstick Tragedy)
• Lee Remick (Wait Until Dark)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Richard Kiley (Man of La Mancha)

• Jack Cassidy (It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman)
• John Cullum (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)
• Harry Secombe (Pickwick)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Angela Lansbury (Mame)

• Barbara Harris (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)
• Julie Harris (Skyscraper)
• Gwen Verdon (Sweet Charity)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Patrick Magee (Marat/Sade)

• Burt Brinckerhoff (Cactus Flower)
• A. Larry Haines (Generation)
• Eamon Kelly (Philadelphia, Here I Come!)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Zoe Caldwell (Slapstick Tragedy)

• Glenda Jackson (Marat/Sade)
• Mairin D. O’Sullivan (Philadelphia, Here I Come!)
• Brenda Vaccaro (Cactus Flower)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Frankie Michaels (Mame)

• Roy Castle (Pickwick)
• John McMartin (Sweet Charity)
• Michael O’Sullivan (It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Beatrice Arthur (Mame)

• Helen Gallagher (Sweet Charity)
• Patricia Marand (It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman)
• Charlotte Rae (Pickwick)

Best scenic design in a musical

• Howard Bay (Man of La Mancha)

• William and Jean Eckart (Mame)
• David Hays (Drat! The Cat!)
• Robert Randolph (Anya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity)

Best costume design in a play

• Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (Marat/Sade)

• Loudon Sainthill (The Right Honourable Gentleman)
• Howard Bay and Patton Campbell (Man of La Mancha)
• Irene Sharaff (Sweet Charity)

Best direction of a play

• Peter Brook (Marat/Sade)

• Hilton Edwards (Philadelphia, Here I Come!)
• Ellis Rabb (You Can’t Take It with You)
• Noel Willman (The Lion in Winter)

Best direction of a musical

• Albert Marre (Man of La Mancha)

• Cy Feuer (Skyscraper)
• Bob Fosse (Sweet Charity)
• Gene Saks (Mame)

Best choreography

• Bob Fosse (Sweet Charity)

• Jack Cole (Man of La Mancha)
• Michael Kidd (Skyscraper)
• Onna White (Mame)

Special Tony Award

• Helen Menken

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