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9th Tony Awards

1955 theatrical awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	9th Tony Awards
date	March 27, 1955
location	Plaza Hotel
New York City, New York
host	Frank Sinatra
network	NBC Radio Network
previous	8th
main	Tony Awards
next	10th

New York City, New York

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

Award winners

Sources: Infoplease BroadwayWorld"1955 Tony Award Winners" broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016

Production

Award	Winner
Best Play	The Desperate Hours by Joseph Hayes. 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 Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Francis L. Sullivan, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play	Patricia Jessel, Witness for the Prosecution
Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Cyril Ritchard, Peter Pan
Best Supporting or 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.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following productions received multiple awards.

3 wins: The Pajama Game and Peter Pan
2 wins: The Desperate Hours, Quadrille and Witness for the Prosecution

References

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
[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153415.html "1955 Tony Awards"] infoplease.com, accessed June 21, 2012

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