1971 Tony Awards results (25th) – Winners & nominees

On this page you’ll find a complete list of winners from the 25th Tony Awards, held on May 28, 1971. The 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical was awarded to “Company.”

Best musical

• Company (Company)

• The Me Nobody Knows (The Me Nobody Knows)
• The Rothschilds (The Rothschilds)

Best play

• Sleuth (Sleuth)

• The Philanthropist (The Philanthropist)
• Story Theatre (Story Theatre)

Best book of a musical

• George Furth (Company)

• Robert H. Livingston and Herb Schapiro (The Me Nobody Knows)
• Sherman Yellen (The Rothschilds)

Best original score

• Stephen Sondheim (Company)

• Jerry Bock (The Rothschilds)
• Gary William Friedman (The Me Nobody Knows)

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Brian Bedford (The School for Wives)

• John Gielgud (Home)
• Alec McCowen (The Philanthropist)
• Ralph Richardson (Home)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Maureen Stapleton (The Gingerbread Lady)

• Estelle Parsons (And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little)
• Diana Rigg (Abelard and Heloise)
• Marian Seldes (Father’s Day)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Hal Linden (The Rothschilds)

• David Burns (Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen)
• Larry Kert (Company)
• Bobby Van (No, No, Nanette)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Helen Gallagher (No, No, Nanette)

• Susan Browning (Company)
• Sandy Duncan (The Boy Friend)
• Elaine Stritch (Company)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Paul Sand (Story Theatre)

• Ronald Radd (Abelard and Heloise)
• Donald Pickering (Conduct Unbecoming)
• Ed Zimmermann (The Philanthropist)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Rae Allen (And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little)

• Lili Darvas (Les Blancs)
• Joan Van Ark (The School for Wives)
• Mona Washbourne (Home)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Keene Curtis (The Rothschilds)

• Charles Kimbrough (Company)
• Walter Willison (Two by Two)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Patsy Kelly (No, No, Nanette)

• Barbara Barrie (Company)
• Pamela Myers (Company)

Best scenic design in a musical

• Boris Aronson (Company)

• John Bury (The Rothschilds)
• Sally Jacobs (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
• Jo Mielziner (Father’s Day)

Best costume design in a play

• Raoul Pène Du Bois (No, No, Nanette)

• Jane Greenwood (Hay Fever)
• Jane Greenwood (Les Blancs)
• Freddy Wittop (Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen)

Best lighting design in a play

• R. H. Poindexter (Story Theatre)

• Robert Ornbo (Company)
• William Ritman (Sleuth)

Best direction of a play

• Peter Brook (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

• Lindsay Anderson (Home)
• Stephen Porter (The School for Wives)
• Clifford Williams (Sleuth)

Best direction of a musical

• Harold Prince (Company)

• Michael Kidd (The Rothschilds)
• Robert H. Livingston (The Me Nobody Knows)
• Burt Shevelove (No, No, Nanette)

Best choreography

• Donald Saddler (No, No, Nanette)

• Michael Bennett (Company)
• Michael Kidd (The Rothschilds)

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Elliot Norton, drama critic
• Ingram Ash
• Playbill
• Roger L. Stevens

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