12th Tony Awards
# 12th Tony Awards

The 12th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 13, 1958. Bud Collyer was the Master of Ceremonies. For the second year the program was not telecast, due to a strike against WCBS-TV.

## The ceremony

Presenters: Sydney Chaplin, Greer Garson, Judy Holliday, Celeste Holm, Nancy Kelly, Mary Martin, Elsa Maxwell, Laurence Olivier, Tyrone Power, Martha Scott, Phil Silvers, Walter Slezak. Performers were Mindy Carson and Bill Hayes. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

| Best Play | Best Musical |
| - | - |
| Sunrise at Campobello – Dore Schary The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – William Inge Look Back in Anger – John Osborne Look Homeward, Angel – Ketti Frings Romanoff and Juliet – Peter Ustinov The Rope Dancers – Morton Wishengrad Time Remembered – Jean Anouilh with English version by Patricia Moyes Two for the Seesaw – William Gibson | The Music Man Jamaica New Girl in Town Oh, Captain! West Side Story |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
| Ralph Bellamy – Sunrise at Campobello as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Richard Burton – Time Remembered as Prince Albert Hugh Griffith – Look Homeward, Angel as W.O. Gant Laurence Olivier – The Entertainer as Archie Rice Anthony Perkins – Look Homeward, Angel as Eugene Gant Peter Ustinov – Romanoff and Juliet as The General Emlyn Williams – A Boy Growing Up as Performer | Helen Hayes – Time Remembered as The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc Wendy Hiller – A Moon for the Misbegotten as Josie Hogan Eugenie Leontovich – The Cave Dwellers as The Queen Siobhán McKenna – The Rope Dancers as Margaret Hyland Mary Ure – Look Back in Anger as Alison Porter Jo Van Fleet – Look Homeward, Angel as Eliza Gant |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Robert Preston – The Music Man as Harold Hill Eddie Foy Jr. – Rumple as Rumple Ricardo Montalbán – Jamaica as Koli Tony Randall – Oh, Captain! as Captain Henry St. James | Thelma Ritter – New Girl in Town as Marthy Owen (tie) Gwen Verdon – New Girl in Town as Anna Christopherson (tie) Lena Horne – Jamaica as Savannah Beatrice Lillie – Ziegfeld Follies as Various Characters |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
| Henry Jones – Sunrise at Campobello as Louis McHenry Howe Sig Arno – Time Remembered as Ferdinand Theodore Bikel – The Rope Dancers as Dr. Jacobson Pat Hingle – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Rubin Flood George Relph – The Entertainer as Billy Rice | Anne Bancroft – Two for the Seesaw as Gittel Mosca Brenda de Banzie – The Entertainer as Phoebe Rice Joan Blondell – The Rope Dancers as Mrs. Farrow Mary Fickett – Sunrise at Campobello as Eleanor Roosevelt Eileen Heckart – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Lottie Lacey |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
| David Burns – The Music Man as Mayor Shinn Ossie Davis – Jamaica as Cicero Cameron Prud'Homme – New Girl in Town as Chris Iggie Wolfington – The Music Man as Marcellus Washburn | Barbara Cook – The Music Man as Marian Paroo Susan Johnson – Oh, Captain! as Mae Carol Lawrence – West Side Story as Maria Jackie McKeever – Oh, Captain! as Mrs. Maud St. James Josephine Premice – Jamaica as Ginger |
| Best Director | Best Choreography |
| Vincent J. Donehue – Sunrise at Campobello Morton DaCosta – The Music Man Peter Hall – The Rope Dancers George Roy Hill – Look Homeward, Angel Elia Kazan – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Arthur Penn – Two for the Seesaw | Jerome Robbins – West Side Story Bob Fosse – New Girl in Town Onna White – The Music Man |
| Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
| Oliver Smith – West Side Story Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head / Orpheus Descending / The Rope Dancers Ben Edwards – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Peter Larkin – Blue Denim / Compulsion / Good as Gold / Miss Isobel Jo Mielziner – The Day the Money Stopped / Look Homeward, Angel / Miss Lonelyhearts / Oh, Captain! / The Square Root of Wonderful Oliver Smith – Brigadoon / Carousel / Jamaica / Nude with Violin / Time Remembered / West Side Story | Motley – The First Gentleman Lucinda Ballard – Orpheus Descending Motley – The Country Wife / The First Gentleman / Look Back in Anger / Look Homeward, Angel / Shinbone Alley Irene Sharaff – West Side Story Miles White – Jamaica / Oh, Captain! / Time Remembered |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Best Stage Technician |
| Herbert Greene – The Music Man Max Goberman – West Side Story | Harry Romar – Time Remembered Sammy Knapp – The Music Man |

## Special awards

* New York Shakespeare Festival, for presenting free performances in Central Park and the Hecksher Theater
* Mrs. Louise Beck, for fifteen years of untiring dedication to the American Theatre Wing, which she served as treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. (Presented by Elaine Perry, daughter of Antoinette Perry.)
* Circle in the Square, Phoenix Theatre, Esther Hawley
