Awards & Winners

1971 Tony Award

Check winners and nominations of 1971 Tony Award. Check awards winners of 25th Tony Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

25th Tony Awards

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Brian Bedford

Honored for : The School for Wives

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Gielgud Home
Brian Bedford The School for Wives
Alec McCowen The Philanthropist
Ralph Richardson Home
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Keene Curtis

Honored for : The Rothschilds

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Willison Two by Two
Charles Kimbrough Company
Keene Curtis The Rothschilds
Tony Award for Best Choreography

Donald Saddler

Honored for : No, No, Nanette

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Nominee Nominated Work
Donald Saddler No, No, Nanette
Michael Bennett Company
Michael Kidd The Rothschilds
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Paul Sand

Honored for : Paul Sills' Story Theatre

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ronald Radd Abelard and Heloise
Paul Sand Paul Sills' Story Theatre
Ed Zimmermann The Philanthropist
Donald Pickering Conduct Unbecoming
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Patsy Kelly

Honored for : No, No, Nanette

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patsy Kelly No, No, Nanette
Barbara Barrie Company
Pamela Myers Company
Tony Award for Best Play

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael White Sleuth
Morton Gottlieb Sleuth
Helen Bonfils Sleuth
Anthony Shaffer Sleuth
Alexander H. Cohen Home
David Storey Home
Christopher Hampton The Philanthropist
David Merrick The Philanthropist
Zev Buffman Paul Sills' Story Theatre
Paul Sills Paul Sills' Story Theatre
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

George Furth

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Furth Company
Robert H. Livingston The Me Nobody Knows
Herb Schapiro The Me Nobody Knows
Sherman Yellen The Rothschilds
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

Peter Brook

Honored for : A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Brook A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lindsay Anderson Home
Clifford Williams Sleuth
Stephen Porter The School for Wives
Tony Award for Best Musical

Harold Prince

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harold Prince Company
Jeff Britton The Me Nobody Knows
Lester Osterman The Rothschilds
Hillard Elkins The Rothschilds
Tony Award for Best Original Score

Stephen Sondheim

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Bock The Rothschilds
Sheldon Harnick The Rothschilds
Gary William Friedman The Me Nobody Knows
Will Holt The Me Nobody Knows
Stephen Sondheim Company
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Harold Prince

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harold Prince Company
Michael Kidd The Rothschilds
Burt Shevelove No, No, Nanette
Robert H. Livingston The Me Nobody Knows
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Maureen Stapleton

Honored for : The Gingerbread Lady

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Nominee Nominated Work
Maureen Stapleton The Gingerbread Lady
Diana Rigg Abelard and Heloise
Estelle Parsons And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
Marian Seldes Father's Day
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Hal Linden

Honored for : The Rothschilds

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Linden The Rothschilds
David Burns Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Larry Kert Company
Bobby Van No, No, Nanette
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Helen Gallagher

Honored for : No, No, Nanette

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Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Gallagher No, No, Nanette
Susan Browning Company
Elaine Stritch Company
Sandy Duncan The Boy Friend
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

Rae Allen

Honored for : And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rae Allen And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
Mona Washbourne Home
Lili Darvas Les Blancs
Joan Van Ark The School for Wives
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

Boris Aronson

Honored for : Company

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Nominee Nominated Work
Boris Aronson Company
John Bury The Rothschilds
Sally Jacobs A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jo Mielziner Father's Day
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical

H. R. Poindexter

Honored for : Paul Sills' Story Theatre

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Nominee Nominated Work
H. R. Poindexter Paul Sills' Story Theatre
Robert Ornbo Company
William Ritman Sleuth
Special Tony Award
Special Tony Award

Playbill

(for chronicling Broadway through the years)
Special Tony Award

Ingram Ash

(president of Blaine-Thompson Advertising, for decades of devoted service to the theatre)
Special Tony Award

Elliot Norton

(drama critic, for distinguished theatrical commentary)
Tony Award for Best Costume Design

Raoul Pene Du Bois

Honored for : No, No, Nanette

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Nominee Nominated Work
Raoul Pene Du Bois No, No, Nanette
Jane Greenwood Hay Fever
Jane Greenwood Les Blancs
Freddy Wittop Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen