1972 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Phil Silvers	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Actor (Musical)	Clifton Davis	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Actor (Musical)	Barry Bostwick	Grease
Actor (Musical)	Raul Julia	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Actor (Play)	Cliff Gorman	Lenny
Actor (Play)	Tom Aldredge	Sticks and Bones
Actor (Play)	Donald Pleasence	Wise Child
Actor (Play)	Jason Robards	The Country Girl
Actress (Musical)	Alexis Smith	Follies
Actress (Musical)	Jonelle Allen	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Actress (Musical)	Dorothy Collins	Follies
Actress (Musical)	Mildred Natwick	70, Girls, 70
Actress (Play)	Sada Thompson	Twigs
Actress (Play)	Eileen Atkins	Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Actress (Play)	Colleen Dewhurst	All Over
Actress (Play)	Rosemary Harris	Old Times
Book (Musical)		Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare and Mel Shapiro
Book (Musical)		Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death by Melvin Van Peebles
Book (Musical)		Follies by James Goldman
Book (Musical)		Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Choreographer	Michael Bennet	Follies
Choreographer	Patricia Birch	Grease
Choreographer	Jean Erdman	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Costume Designer	Florence Klotz	Follies
Costume Designer	Theoni V. Aldredge	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Costume Designer	Randy Barcelo	Jesus Christ Superstar
Costume Designer	Carrie F. Robbins	Grease
Director (Musical)	Harold Prince and Michael Bennett	Follies
Director (Musical)	Gilbert Moses	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Director (Musical)	Mel Shapiro	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Director (Musical)	Burt Shevelove	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director (Play)	Mike Nichols	The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Director (Play)	Jeff Bleckner	Sticks and Bones
Director (Play)	Gordon Davidson	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Director (Play)	Peter Hall	Old Times
Featured Actor (Musical)	Larry Blyden	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Featured Actor (Musical)	Timothy Myers	Grease
Featured Actor (Musical)	Gene Nelson	Follies
Featured Actor (Musical)	Ben Vereen	Jesus Christ Superstar
Featured Actor (Play)	Vincent Gardenia	The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Featured Actor (Play)	Douglas Rain	Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Featured Actor (Play)	Lee Richardson	Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
Featured Actor (Play)	Joe Silver	Lenny
Featured Actress (Musical)	Linda Hopkins	Inner City
Featured Actress (Musical)	Adrienne Barbeau	Grease
Featured Actress (Musical)	Bernadette Peters	On The Town
Featured Actress (Musical)	Beatrice Winde	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Featured Actress (Play)	Elizabeth Wilson	Sticks and Bones
Featured Actress (Play)	Cara Duff-MacCormick	Moonchildren
Featured Actress (Play)	Mercedes McCambridge	The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
Featured Actress (Play)	Frances Sternhagen	The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window - Revival
Lighting Designer	Tharon Musser	Follies
Lighting Designer	Martin Aronstein	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Lighting Designer	John Bury	Old Times
Lighting Designer	Jules Fisher	Jesus Christ Superstar
Musical		Two Gentlemen of Verona Produced by New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp
Musical		Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Produced by Eugene V. Wolsk, Charles Blackwell, Emanuel Azenberg, and Robert Malina
Musical		Follies Produced by Harold Prince
Musical		Grease Produced by Kenneth Waissman and Maxine Fox
Play		Sticks and Bones by David Rabe. Produced by New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp
Play		Old Times by Harold Pinter. Produced by Roger L. Stevens
Play		The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon. Produced by Saint-Subber
Play		Vivat! Vivat! Regina! by Robert Bolt. Produced by David Merrick and Arthur Cantor
Scenic Designer	Boris Aronson	Follies
Scenic Designer	John Bury	Old Times
Scenic Designer	Kert Lundell	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Scenic Designer	Robin Wagner	Jesus Christ Superstar
Score	Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Follies
Score	Music and Lyrics by Melvin Van Peebles	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Score	Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice	Jesus Christ Superstar
Score	Music by Galt MacDermot, lyrics by John Guare	Two Gentlemen of Verona
Special Tony Awards	The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society	for its many years of service to audiences for touring shows.
Special Tony Awards	Fiddler on the Roof	on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Presented to Harold S. Prince.
Special Tony Awards	Ethel Merman
Special Tony Awards	Richard Rodgers