9th Tony Awards

9th Tony Awards
Date	March 27, 1955
Location	Plaza Hotel New York City, New York
Hosted by	Frank Sinatra
Television/Radio coverage
Network	National Broadcasting Company radio

The 9th Annual Tony Awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing, took place at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom on March 27, 1955. ^[1] It was broadcast on radio by the National Broadcasting Company. The presenter was Helen Hayes ^[1] and music was composed and presented by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Award winners

Sources: Infoplease^[2] BroadwayWorld^[3]

Production

Award	Winner
Best Play	The Desperate Hours by Joseph Hayes and Jack Loveday. Produced by Howard Erskine and Joseph Hayes.
Best Musical	The Pajama Game. Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Produced by Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, and Harold Prince.

Performance

Award	Winner
Best Actor in Play	Alfred Lunt, Quadrille
Best Actress in a Play	Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed
Best Actor in a Musical	Walter Slezak, Fanny
Best Actress in a Musical	Mary Martin, Peter Pan
Best Featured Actor in a Play	Francis L. Sullivan, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Featured Actress in a Play	Patricia Jessel, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Cyril Ritchard, Peter Pan
Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Carol Haney, The Pajama Game

Craft

Award	Winner
Director-Play	Robert Montgomery, The Desperate Hours
Choreographer	Bob Fosse, The Pajama Game
Scenic Designer	Oliver Messell, House of Flowers
Costume Designer	Cecil Beaton, Quadrille
Best Conductor and Musical Director	Thomas Schippers, The Saint of Bleecker Street
Tony Award for Best Stage Technician	Richard Rodda, Peter Pan

Special award

Proscenium Productions, an Off-Broadway company at the Cherry Lane Theatre, for generally high quality and viewpoint shown in The Way of the World and Thieves Carnival. Presented to Warren Enters, Robert Merriman and Sybil Trubin.

References

1 2 Gelb, Arthur. " 'The Desperate Hours' Receives Perry Award: Hayes Drama Chosen Best Play--Musical Prize to 'Pajama'", The New York Times, March 28, 1955, p.24
↑ "1955 Tony Awards" infoplease.com, accessed June 21, 2012
↑ "1955 Tony Award Winners" broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016

External links

Tony Awards Official Site

Tony Awards

American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Sound Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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