30th Tony Awards

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| name = 30th Tony Awards

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| date = April 18, 1976

| location = Shubert Theatre
New York City, New York

| host = Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere

| network = ABC

| previous = 29th

| main = Tony Awards

| next = 31st

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The 30th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Shubert Theatre on April 18, 1976, and broadcast by ABC television. Hosts were Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere.[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133625312.html "Ceremony 1976"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616161228/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133625312.html |date=2016-06-16 }} tonyawards.com, accessed May 30, 2016

The ceremony

Presenters: Alan Arkin, Clifton Davis, Bonnie Franklin, Celeste Holm, Cloris Leachman, Michele Lee, Jerry Lewis, Hal Linden, Mary Martin, Mike Nichols, Christopher Plummer, Vanessa Redgrave, Marlo Thomas, Leslie Uggams.

The theme of the show was "The Ones That Got Away", a medley of memorable songs from past musicals that did not win the Tony performed by Linden, Davis, Lee and Uggams with Richard Burton performing the number from Camelot.

The medley included songs from:

Musicals represented:

A Chorus Line ("I Hope I Get It"/"One" - Company)
Bubbling Brown Sugar ("Sweet Georgia Brown" - Vivian Reed, Lonnie McNeil, Newton Winters)
Chicago ("All I Care About" - Jerry Orbach and Company)
Pacific Overtures ("Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea" - Mako and Company)

Winners and nominees

Source:BroadwayWorld[http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1976 "1976 Tony Award Winners"] broadwayworld.com, accessed April 30, 2011

Winners are in bold

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! style="background:silver; width:50%;"\| Best Play ! ! style="background:silver; width:50%;"\| Best Musical
valign="top" \| Travesties – Tom Stoppard The First Breeze of Summer – Leslie Lee Knock Knock – Jules Feiffer Lamppost Reunion – Louis La Russo II \| valign="top" \| *A Chorus Line* Bubbling Brown Sugar Chicago Pacific Overtures
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Book of a Musical ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
valign="top" \| James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante – A Chorus Line Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse – Chicago John Weidman – Pacific Overtures Alfred Uhry – The Robber Bridegroom \| valign="top" \| A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Edward Kleban (lyrics) Chicago – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) Pacific Overtures – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Treemonisha – Scott Joplin (music and lyrics)
! 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
valign="top" \| *John Wood – Travesties* as Henry Carr** Moses Gunn – The Poison Tree as Benjamin Hurspool George C. Scott – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman Donald Sinden – Habeas Corpus as Arthur Wicksteed \| valign="top" \| *Irene Worth – Sweet Bird of Youth* as Princess Cosmonopolis** Tovah Feldshuh – Yentl as Yentl Rosemary Harris – The Royal Family as Julie Cavendish Lynn Redgrave – Mrs. Warren's Profession as Vivie Warren
! 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
valign="top" \| *George Rose – My Fair Lady* as Alfred P. Doolittle** Mako – Pacific Overtures as Various Characters Jerry Orbach – Chicago as Billy Flynn Ian Richardson – My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins \| valign="top" \| *Donna McKechnie – A Chorus Line* as Cassie Ferguson** Vivian Reed – Bubbling Brown Sugar as Marsha/Young Irene Chita Rivera – Chicago as Velma Kelly Gwen Verdon – Chicago as Roxie Hart
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
valign="top" \| *Edward Herrmann – Mrs. Warren's Profession* as Frank Gardner** Barry Bostwick – They Knew What They Wanted as Joe Gabriel Dell – Lamppost Reunion as Fred Santora Daniel Seltzer – Knock Knock as Cohn \| valign="top" \| *Shirley Knight – Kennedy's Children* as Carla** Mary Beth Hurt – Trelawny of the 'Wells' as Miss Rose Trelawny Lois Nettleton – They Knew What They Wanted as Amy Meryl Streep – 27 Wagons Full of Cotton as Flora Meighan
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
valign="top" \| *Sammy Williams – A Chorus Line* as Paul** Robert LuPone – A Chorus Line as Zach Charles Repole – Very Good Eddie as Mr. Eddie Kettle Isao Sato – Pacific Overtures as Kayama \| valign="top" \| *Kelly Bishop – A Chorus Line* as Sheila Bryant** Priscilla Lopez – A Chorus Line as Diana Morales Patti LuPone – The Robber Bridegroom as Rosamund Musgrove Virginia Seidel – Very Good Eddie as Elsie Darling
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Direction of a Play ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Direction of a Musical
valign="top" \| Ellis Rabb – The Royal Family Arvin Brown – Ah, Wilderness! Marshall W. Mason – Knock Knock Peter Wood – Travesties \| valign="top" \| Michael Bennett – A Chorus Line Bob Fosse – Chicago Bill Gile – Very Good Eddie Harold Prince – Pacific Overtures
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Choreography ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Scenic Design
valign="top" \| Michael Bennett and Bob Avian – A Chorus Line Patricia Birch – Pacific Overtures Bob Fosse – Chicago Billy Wilson – Bubbling Brown Sugar \| valign="top" \| Boris Aronson – Pacific Overtures Ben Edwards – A Matter of Gravity David Mitchell – Trelawny of the 'Wells' Tony Walton – Chicago
! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Costume Design ! ! style="background:silver; width=;"50%"\| Best Lighting Design
valign="top" \| Florence Klotz – Pacific Overtures Theoni V. Aldredge – A Chorus Line Ann Roth – The Royal Family Patricia Zipprodt – Chicago \| valign="top" \| Tharon Musser – A Chorus Line Ian Calderon – Trelawny of the 'Wells' Jules Fisher – Chicago Tharon Musser – Pacific Overtures

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

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

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Travesties – Tom Stoppard
The First Breeze of Summer – Leslie Lee
Knock Knock – Jules Feiffer
Lamppost Reunion – Louis La Russo II

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

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

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James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante – A Chorus Line
Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse – Chicago
John Weidman – Pacific Overtures
Alfred Uhry – The Robber Bridegroom

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A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Edward Kleban (lyrics)
Chicago – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics)
Pacific Overtures – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
Treemonisha – Scott Joplin (music and lyrics)

! 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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John Wood – Travesties as Henry Carr
Moses Gunn – The Poison Tree as Benjamin Hurspool
George C. Scott – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman
Donald Sinden – Habeas Corpus as Arthur Wicksteed

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Irene Worth – Sweet Bird of Youth as Princess Cosmonopolis
Tovah Feldshuh – Yentl as Yentl
Rosemary Harris – The Royal Family as Julie Cavendish
Lynn Redgrave – Mrs. Warren's Profession as Vivie Warren

! 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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George Rose – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle
Mako – Pacific Overtures as Various Characters
Jerry Orbach – Chicago as Billy Flynn
Ian Richardson – My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins

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Donna McKechnie – A Chorus Line as Cassie Ferguson
Vivian Reed – Bubbling Brown Sugar as Marsha/Young Irene
Chita Rivera – Chicago as Velma Kelly
Gwen Verdon – Chicago as Roxie Hart

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

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

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Edward Herrmann – Mrs. Warren's Profession as Frank Gardner
Barry Bostwick – They Knew What They Wanted as Joe
Gabriel Dell – Lamppost Reunion as Fred Santora
Daniel Seltzer – Knock Knock as Cohn

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Shirley Knight – Kennedy's Children as Carla
Mary Beth Hurt – Trelawny of the 'Wells' as Miss Rose Trelawny
Lois Nettleton – They Knew What They Wanted as Amy
Meryl Streep – 27 Wagons Full of Cotton as Flora Meighan

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

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

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Sammy Williams – A Chorus Line as Paul
Robert LuPone – A Chorus Line as Zach
Charles Repole – Very Good Eddie as Mr. Eddie Kettle
Isao Sato – Pacific Overtures as Kayama

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Kelly Bishop – A Chorus Line as Sheila Bryant
Priscilla Lopez – A Chorus Line as Diana Morales
Patti LuPone – The Robber Bridegroom as Rosamund Musgrove
Virginia Seidel – Very Good Eddie as Elsie Darling

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

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

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| valign="top" |

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

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

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Michael Bennett and Bob Avian – A Chorus Line
Patricia Birch – Pacific Overtures
Bob Fosse – Chicago
Billy Wilson – Bubbling Brown Sugar

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Boris Aronson – Pacific Overtures
Ben Edwards – A Matter of Gravity
David Mitchell – Trelawny of the 'Wells'
Tony Walton – Chicago

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

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

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Tharon Musser – A Chorus Line
Ian Calderon – Trelawny of the 'Wells'
Jules Fisher – Chicago
Tharon Musser – Pacific Overtures

Special awards

Lawrence Langner Award Winner (Lifetime Achievement in Theatre) - George Abbott
Regional Theatre Award - The Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. (This award takes note of the company's balanced program of distinguished revivals and a broad spectrum of new works and American premieres of important foreign plays.)
Mathilde Pincus, for outstanding service to the Broadway musical theatre
Thomas H. Fitzgerald, to the gifted lighting technician of countless Broadway shows and many Tony telecasts. (Posthumous)
Circle in the Square, for twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.
Richard Burton