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16th Tony Awards
16th Tony Awards
Date	April 29, 1962
Location	Waldorf-Astoria; New York City, New York
Hosted by	Ray Bolger ; Robert Preston
Television/radio coverage
Network	WCBS-TV

16th Tony Awards

1962 awards ceremony

The 16th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 29, 1962, in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV (Channel 2) in New York City. The Masters of Ceremonies were Ray Bolger and Robert Preston.

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Best Play	Best Musical
A Man for All Seasons – Robert Bolt Gideon – Paddy Chayefsky The Caretaker – Harold Pinter The Night of the Iguana – Tennessee Williams	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Carnival! Milk and Honey No Strings
Best Producer (Dramatic)	Best Producer (Musical)
Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens – A Man for All Seasons Charles Bowden and Viola Rubber – The Night of the Iguana Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor – Gideon David Merrick – Ross	Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Helen Bonfils, Haila Stoddard and Charles Russel – Sail Away David Merrick – Carnival! Gerard Oestriecher – Milk and Honey
Best Author (Musical)	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch – Carnival!	No Strings – Richard Rodgers (music and lyrics) Kwamina – Richard Adler (music and lyrics) Milk and Honey – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Frank Loesser (music and lyrics)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons* as Sir Thomas More** Fredric March – Gideon as Angel John Mills – Ross as Aircraftman Ross Donald Pleasence – The Caretaker as Davies	*Margaret Leighton – The Night of the Iguana* as Hannah Jelkes** Gladys Cooper – A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore Colleen Dewhurst – Great Day in the Morning as Phoebe Flaherty Kim Stanley – A Far Country as Elizabeth von Ritter
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Robert Morse – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* as J. Pierrepont Finch** Ray Bolger – All American as Professor Fodorski Alfred Drake – Kean as Edmund Kean Richard Kiley – No Strings as David Jordan	*Anna Maria Alberghetti – Carnival!* as Lili Daurier (tie) Diahann Carroll – No Strings as Barbara Woodruff** (tie) Molly Picon – Milk and Honey as Clara Weiss Elaine Stritch – Sail Away as Mimi Paragon
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Walter Matthau – A Shot in the Dark* as Benjamin Beaurevers** Godfrey M. Cambridge – Purlie Victorious as Gitlow Judson Joseph Campanella – A Gift of Time as Daniel Stein Paul Sparer – Ross as Auda Abu Tayi	*Elizabeth Ashley – Take Her, She's Mine* as Mollie Michaelson** Zohra Lampert – Look We've Come Through as Jennifer Lewison Janet Margolin – Daughter of Silence as Anna Albertini Pat Stanley – Sunday in New York as Eileen Taylor
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Charles Nelson Reilly – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* as Bud Frump** Orson Bean – Subways Are for Sleeping as Charlie Smith Severn Darden – From the Second City as Performer Pierre Olaf – Carnival! as Jacquot	*Phyllis Newman – Subways Are for Sleeping* as Martha Vail** Elizabeth Allen – The Gay Life as Magda Barbara Harris – From the Second City as Various Characters Barbra Streisand – I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Miss Marmelstein
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Noel Willman – A Man for All Seasons Tyrone Guthrie – Gideon Donald McWhinie – The Caretaker José Quintero – Great Day in the Morning	Abe Burrows – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Gower Champion – Carnival! Joe Layton – No Strings Joshua Logan – All American
Best Choreography	Best Conductor and Musical Director
Agnes de Mille – Kwamina Joe Layton – No Strings Michael Kidd – Subways Are for Sleeping Dania Krupska – The Happiest Girl in the World	Elliot Lawrence – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Pembroke Davenport – Kean Herbert Greene – The Gay Life Peter Matz – No Strings
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Will Steven Armstrong – Carnival! Rouben Ter-Arutunian – A Passage to India David Hays – No Strings Oliver Smith – The Gay Life	Lucinda Ballard – The Gay Life Donald Brooks – No Strings Motley – Kwamina Miles White – Milk and Honey

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16th Tony Awards

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