11th Tony Awards


The 11th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 21, 1957. The Master of Ceremonies was Bud Collyer.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1956 season before February 28, 1957 are eligible.
;Original plays
;Original musicals
;Play revivals

Ceremony

The presenters were Faye Emerson, Tom Ewell, Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, Nancy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Beatrice Lillie, Nancy Olson, Elaine Perry, Cliff Robertson, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.
Performers were George Gaines and Michael King. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra. Due to a union dispute, there was no television broadcast, which had been scheduled for WCBS-TV Channel 2.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical
Long Day's Journey into Night – Eugene O'Neill
My Fair Lady
  • * Bells Are Ringing
  • * Candide
  • * The Most Happy Fella
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayTony Award for Best Performance by a [Leading Actress in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]
  • Fredric March – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone
  • * Maurice Evans – The Apple Cart as King Magnus
  • * Wilfrid Hyde-White – The Reluctant Debutante as Jimmy Broadbent
  • * Eric Portman – Separate Tables as Mr. Malcolm / Major Pollock
  • * Ralph Richardson – The Waltz of the Toreadors as General St. Pé
  • * Cyril Ritchard – Visit to a Small Planet as Kreton
  • Margaret Leighton – Separate Tables as Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-Bell
  • * Florence Eldridge – Long Day's Journey into Night as Mary Cavan Tyrone
  • * Rosalind Russell – Auntie Mame as Auntie Mame
  • * Sybil Thorndike – The Potting Shed as Mrs. Callifer
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins
  • * Fernando Lamas – Happy Hunting as Duke of Granada
  • * Robert Weede – The Most Happy Fella as Tony
    		• Judy Holliday – Bells Are Ringing as Ella Peterson
  • * Julie Andrews – My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle
  • * Ethel Merman – Happy Hunting as Liz Livingstone
    • Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
  • Frank Conroy – The Potting Shed as Father William Callifer
  • * Eddie Mayehoff – Visit to a Small Planet as General Tom Powers
  • * William Podmore – Separate Tables as Mr. Fowler
  • * Jason Robards – Long Day's Journey into Night as James Tyrone, Jr.
  • Peggy Cass – Auntie Mame as Agnes Gooch
  • * Anna Massey – The Reluctant Debutante as Jane Broadbent
  • * Beryl Measor – Separate Tables as Miss Cooper
  • * Mildred Natwick – The Waltz of the Toreadors as Mme. St. Pé
  • * Phyllis Neilson-Terry – Separate Tables as Mrs. Railton-Bell
  • * Diana Van der Vlis – The Happiest Millionaire as Cordelia Biddle
    • Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Sydney Chaplin – Bells Are Ringing as Jeff Moss
  • * Robert Coote – My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering
  • * Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle
  • Edie Adams – Li'l Abner as Daisy Mae
  • * Virginia Gibson – Happy Hunting as Beth Livingstone
  • * Irra Petina – Candide as The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia
  • * Jo Sullivan – The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella
    • Best DirectorBest Choreography
  • Moss Hart – My Fair Lady
  • * Joseph Anthony – A Clearing in the Woods / The Most Happy Fella
  • * Harold Clurman – The Waltz of the Toreadors
  • * Peter Glenville – Separate Tables
  • * José Quintero – Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Michael Kidd – Li'l Abner
  • * Hanya Holm – My Fair Lady
  • * Dania Krupska – The Most Happy Fella
  • * Bob Fosse & Jerome Robbins – Bells Are Ringing
    • Best Scenic DesignBest Costume Design
  • Oliver Smith – My Fair Lady
  • * Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head / Small War on Murray Hill
  • * Ben Edwards – The Waltz of the Toreadors
  • * George Jenkins - The Happiest Millionaire / Too Late the Phalarope
  • * Donald Oenslager – Major Barbara
  • * Oliver Smith – Auntie Mame / A Clearing in the Woods / Candide / Eugenia / My Fair Lady / Visit to a Small Planet
  • Cecil Beaton – My Fair Lady
  • * Cecil Beaton – The Little Glass Clock / My Fair Lady
  • * Alvin Colt – Li'l Abner / The Sleeping Prince
  • * Dorothy Jeakins – Major Barbara / Too Late the Phalarope
  • * Irene Sharaff – Candide / Happy Hunting / Shangri-La / Small War on Murray Hill
    • Best Conductor and Musical DirectorBest Stage Technician
    Franz Allers – My Fair Lady
  • * Herbert Greene – The Most Happy Fella
  • * Samuel Krachmalnick – Candide
    		• Howard McDonald, carpenter – Major Barbara
  • * Thomas Fitzgerald, sound man – Long Day's Journey into Night
  • * Joseph Harbuck, carpenter - Auntie Mame

    • Multiple nominations and awards

    These productions had multiple nominations:
    The following productions received multiple awards.