30th Tony Awards

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.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1975–1976 season before March 26, 1976 are eligible.
;Original plays

The First Breeze of Summer
Habeas Corpus
Kennedy's Children
Knock Knock
Lamppost Reunion
The Leaf People
Little Black Sheep
A Matter of Gravity
Me Jack, You Jill
Murder Among Friends
The Norman Conquests
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
The Poison Tree
Summer Brave
Travesties
We [Interrupt This Program... (play)|We Interrupt This Program...]
Yentl
Zalmen or The Madness of God

;Original musicals

;Play revivals

;Musical revivals

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:Annie [Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]High Button ShoesWhere's Charley?Miss LibertyCall Me MadamPaint Your WagonWish You Were HereCan-CanPeter PanMr WonderfulBells Are RingingWest Side StoryFlower Drum SongGypsyCamelotMilk And HoneyStop the World – I Want to Get OffFunny GirlDo I Hear a Waltz?Sweet CharityWalking HappyHow Now, Dow JonesHairPurlieThe RothschildsGreasePippinGigiShenandoah
Musicals represented: A Chorus Line Bubbling Brown Sugar Chicago

''Pacific Overtures''

Winners and nominees

Source:BroadwayWorld
Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Travesties – Tom Stoppard The First Breeze of Summer – Leslie Lee Knock Knock – Jules Feiffer * Lamppost Reunion – Louis La Russo II	A Chorus Line * Bubbling Brown Sugar * Chicago * Pacific Overtures
Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante – A Chorus Line * Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse – Chicago * John Weidman – Pacific Overtures * Alfred Uhry – The Robber Bridegroom	A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban * Chicago – John Kander and Fred Ebb * Pacific Overtures – Stephen Sondheim * Treemonisha – Scott Joplin
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Tony Award for Best Performance by a [Leading Actress in a Play\|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]
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	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
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
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	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
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
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	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
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
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	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
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Ellis Rabb – The Royal Family Arvin Brown – Ah, Wilderness!* * Marshall W. Mason – Knock Knock * Peter Wood – Travesties	Michael Bennett – A Chorus Line* Bob Fosse – Chicago * Bill Gile – Very Good Eddie * Harold Prince – Pacific Overtures
Best Choreography	Best Scenic Design
Michael Bennett and Bob Avian – A Chorus Line * Patricia Birch – Pacific Overtures * Bob Fosse – Chicago * Billy Wilson – Bubbling Brown Sugar	Boris Aronson – Pacific Overtures* Ben Edwards – A Matter of Gravity * David Mitchell – Trelawny of the 'Wells' * Tony Walton – Chicago
Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design
Florence Klotz – Pacific Overtures * Theoni V. Aldredge – A Chorus Line * Ann Roth – The Royal Family * Patricia Zipprodt – Chicago	Tharon Musser – A Chorus Line * Ian Calderon – Trelawny of the 'Wells' * Jules Fisher – Chicago * Tharon Musser – Pacific Overtures

Special awards

Lawrence Langner Award Winner - George Abbott
Regional Theatre Award - The Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.
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.
Circle in the Square, for twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.
Richard Burton

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

12 nominations: ''A Chorus Line
11 nominations: Chicago
10 nominations: Pacific Overtures
3 nominations: Bubbling Brown Sugar, Knock Knock, Lamppost Reunion, The Royal Family, Travesties, Trelawny of the 'Wells' and Very Good Eddie
2 nominations: Mrs. Warren's Profession, My Fair Lady, The Robber Bridegroom and They Knew What They Wanted

The following productions received multiple awards.

9 wins: A Chorus Line
2 wins: Pacific Overtures and Travesties''