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1972 Tony Awards results (26th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees from the 26th Tony Awards, held on April 23, 1972. The 1972 Best Musical winner was “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

1972年トニー賞Best musical

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On this page, you’ll find a complete list of winners and nominees from the 26th Tony Awards, presented on April 23, 1972. The Best Musical in 1972 was “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

Best musical

Winner:
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
Nominees:
  • Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • Follies（Follies）
  • Grease（Grease）

Best play

Winner:
  • Sticks and Bones（Sticks and Bones）
Nominees:
  • Old Times（Old Times）
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue（The Prisoner of Second Avenue）
  • Vivat! Vivat! Regina!（Vivat! Vivat! Regina!）

Best book of a musical

Winner:
  • John Guare and Mel Shapiro（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
Nominees:
  • Melvin Van Peebles（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • James Goldman（Follies）
  • Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey（Grease）

Best original score

Winner:
  • Stephen Sondheim（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Melvin Van Peebles（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice（Jesus Christ Superstar）
  • Galt MacDermot and John Guare（Two Gentlemen of Verona）

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

Winner:
  • Cliff Gorman（Lenny）
Nominees:
  • Tom Aldredge（Sticks and Bones）
  • Donald Pleasence（Wise Child）
  • Jason Robards（The Country Girl）

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

Winner:
  • Sada Thompson（Twigs）
Nominees:
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  • Eileen Atkins（Vivat! Vivat! Regina!）
  • Colleen Dewhurst（All Over）
  • Rosemary Harris（Old Times）

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

Winner:
  • Phil Silvers（A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum）
Nominees:
  • Clifton Davis（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
  • Barry Bostwick（Grease）
  • Raul Julia（Two Gentlemen of Verona）

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

Winner:
  • Alexis Smith（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Jonelle Allen（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
  • Dorothy Collins（Follies）
  • Mildred Natwick（70, Girls, 70）

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

Winner:
  • Vincent Gardenia（The Prisoner of Second Avenue）
Nominees:
  • Douglas Rain（Vivat! Vivat! Regina!）
  • Lee Richardson（Vivat! Vivat! Regina!）
  • Joe Silver（Lenny）

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

Winner:
  • Elizabeth Wilson（Sticks and Bones）
Nominees:
  • Cara Duff-MacCormick（Moonchildren）
  • Mercedes McCambridge（The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks）
  • Frances Sternhagen（The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window）

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

Winner:
  • Larry Blyden（A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum）
Nominees:
  • Timothy Myers（Grease）
  • Gene Nelson（Follies）
  • Ben Vereen（Jesus Christ Superstar）

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

Winner:
  • Linda Hopkins（Inner City）
Nominees:
  • Adrienne Barbeau（Grease）
  • Bernadette Peters（On the Town）
  • Beatrice Winde（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）

Best scenic design

Winner:
  • Boris Aronson（Follies）
Nominees:
  • John Bury（Old Times）
  • Kert Lundell（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • Robin Wagner（Jesus Christ Superstar）

Best costume design in a play

Winner:
  • Florence Klotz（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Theoni V. Aldredge（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
  • Randy Barcelo（Jesus Christ Superstar）
  • Carrie F. Robbins（Grease）

Best lighting design in a play

Winner:
  • Tharon Musser（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Martin Aronstein（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • John Bury（Old Times）
  • Jules Fisher（Jesus Christ Superstar）

Best direction of a play

Winner:
  • Mike Nichols（The Prisoner of Second Avenue）
Nominees:
  • Jeff Bleckner（Sticks and Bones）
  • Gordon Davidson（The Trial of the Catonsville Nine）
  • Peter Hall（Old Times）

Best direction of a musical

Winner:
  • Harold Prince and Michael Bennett（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Gilbert Moses（Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death）
  • Mel Shapiro（Two Gentlemen of Verona）
  • Burt Shevelove（A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum）

Best choreography

Winner:
  • Michael Bennett（Follies）
Nominees:
  • Patricia Birch（Grease）
  • Jean Erdman（Two Gentlemen of Verona）

Special Tony Award

  • The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Ethel Merman
  • Richard Rodgers

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