Tony Awards: 1972

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All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Sticks and Bones

David Rabe (playwright)
New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp (producer)

Old Times

Harold Pinter (playwright)
Roger L. Stevens (producer)

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Neil Simon (playwright)
Saint-Subber (producer)

Vivat! Vivat! Regina!

Rober Bolt (playwright)
David Merrick and Arthur Cantor (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Two Gentlemen of Verona

John Guare and Mel Shapiro (book)
Galt Macdermott (music)
John Guare (lyrics)
New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp (producer)

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

Melvin Van Peebles (book, music, and lyrics)
Eugene V. Wolsk, Charles Blackwell, Emanuel Azenberg, and Robert Malina (producers)

Follies

James Goldman (book)
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
Harold Prince (producer)

Grease

Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey (book, music, and lyrics)
Kenneth Waissman and Maxine Fox (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Sada Thompson - Twigs
Eileen Atkins - Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Colleen Dewhurst - All Over
Rosemary Harris - Old Times

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Phil Silvers - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Clifton Davis - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Barry Bostwick - Grease
Raul Julia - Two Gentlemen of Verona

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Alexis Smith - Follies
Jonelle Allen - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Dorothy Collins - Follies
Mildred Natwick - 70, Girls, 70

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Vincent Gardenia - The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Douglas Rain - Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Lee Richardson - Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Joe Silver - Lenny

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Elizabeth Wilson - Sticks and Bones
Cara Duff-MacCormick - Moonchildren
Mercedes McCambridge - The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
Frances Sternhagen - The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Larry Blyden - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Timothy Myers - Grease
Gene Nelson - Follies
Ben Vereen - Jesus Christ Superstar

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Linda Hopkins - Inner City
Adrienne Barbeau - Grease
Bernadette Peters - On The Town
Beatrice Winde - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Mike Nichols - The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Jeff Bleckner - Sticks and Bones
Gordon Davidson - The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Peter Hall - Old Times

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Harold Prince and Michael Bennett - Follies
Gilbert Moses - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Mel Shapiro - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Burt Shevelove - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Bennett - Follies
Patricia Birch - Grease
Jean Erdman - Two Gentlemen of Verona

BEST SCORE

Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) - Follies
Melvin Van Peebles (music and lyrics) - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) - Jesus Christ Superstar
Galt MacDermot (music) and John Guare (lyrics) - Two Gentlemen of Verona

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

John Guare and Mel Shapiro - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Melvin Van Peebles - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
James Goldman - Follies
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey - Grease

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Boris Aronson - Follies
John Bury - Old Times
Kurt Lundell - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Robin Wagner - Jesus Christ Superstar

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Florence Klotz - Follies
Theoni V. Aldredge - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Randy Barcelo - Jesus Christ Superstar
Carrie F. Robbins - Grease

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tharon Musser - Follies
Martin Aronstein - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
John Bury - Old Times
Jules Fisher - Jesus Christ Superstar

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society, for its many years of service to audiences for touring shows.
Fiddler on the Roof, on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Presented to Harold S. Prince.
Ethel Merman
Richard Rodgers

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