20th Tony Awards

{{Short description|1966 awards ceremony}}

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| name = 20th Tony Awards

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| date = June 16, 1966

| location = Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center

| host = George Abbott and Ginger Rogers

| network = CBS Radio

| previous = 19th

| main = Tony Awards

| next = 21st

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The 20th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast on June 16, 1966, from the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center on radio station WCBS. This was the first afternoon Tony Awards ceremony. The Masters of Ceremonies were George Abbott and Ginger Rogers. The ceremony was sponsored by the League of New York Theatres in conjunction with the American Theatre Wing, which had previously solely arranged the ceremony.Zolotow, Sam. the New York Times, "5 Tonys Awards to 'LaMancha'", June 17, 1966, p.37

The ceremony

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

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! style="background:silver; width:50%;"| Best Play

! ! style="background:silver; width:50%;"| Best Musical

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Direction of a Play

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Direction of a Musical

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Choreography

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! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Scenic Design

! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"| Best Costume Design

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Special awards

Helen Menken (posthumous), for a lifetime of devotion and dedicated service to the Broadway theatre.

=Multiple nominations and awards=

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These productions had multiple nominations:

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The following productions received multiple awards.

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References

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