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27th Tony Awards

The 27th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on March 25, 1973, at the Imperial Theatre in New York City, and broadcast by ABC television. Hosts were Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm and co-hosts were Sandy Duncan and Jerry Orbach.

Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1972–1973 season before March 14, 1973 are eligible. ;Original plays • All the Girls Came Out to PlayButleyThe Changing RoomThe Creation of the World and Other BusinessElizabeth IEnemiesThe Enemy is DeadAn Evening With Richard Nixon and...Finishing Touches42 Seconds from BroadwayThe Jockey Club StakesThe Last of Mrs. LincolnLet Me Hear You SmileThe Lincoln MaskLook Away • ''No Sex Please, We're British'' • Out CryPromenade, All!Ring Round the BathtubThe Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild6 Rms Riv VuStatus Quo VadisThe Sunshine BoysThat Championship SeasonTough to Get HelpVoicesWarp! ;Original musicals • AmbassadorDear OscarDifferent Times • ''Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope'' • ''Don't Play Us Cheap'' • DudeFrom Israel with LoveHard Job Being GodHeathen!Hurry, HarryJacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in ParisA Little Night MusicMother EarthPacific ParadisePippinShelterSugar • ''That's Entertainment'' • TricksVia Galactica ;Play revivals • ''Captain Brassbound's Conversion'' • The CrucibleDon JuanThe Great God BrownThe Little Black BookLysistrataDon Juan in HellMedeaThe Merchant of VeniceMourning Becomes ElectraMuch Ado About NothingThe Plough and the Stars ;Musical revivals • IreneLost in the StarsMan of La ManchaPurlie ==The ceremony==
The ceremony
The ceremony opened with a song-and-dance medley performed by Gwen Verdon, Paula Kelly, Helen Gallagher and Donna McKechnie. The theme was the global reach of Broadway. The "Wide World of Broadway" featured narrations by Rex Harrison, Walter Slezak, Rossano Brazzi, Yul Brynner and Peter Ustinov, who brought the viewers to: Vienna: West Side Story; Tokyo: The King and I; Milan: Ciao, Rudy; Paris: Hello, Dolly!; London: Show Boat; Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Man of La Mancha; and Wichita Falls, Texas: My Fair Lady. Musicals represented: • Pippin ("Magic To Do"- Ben Vereen and Company) A new series of awards was started this year, termed "Theater Awards '73", renewable annually. This was the fourth time that Julie Harris won a Tony Award (and her sixth nomination); she won a total of five with a sixth for Lifetime Achievement. ==Winners and nominees==
Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold ==Special awards==
Special awards
These awards were given under the new title of "Theater Awards '73". • John Lindsay, Mayor of New York City (construction of legitimate theaters) • Actors' Fund of America (honored for 90 years of assistance to needy and elderly theater people) • Shubert Organization (for nearly 75 years of activity as well as for the Shubert Foundation) Multiple nominations and awards These productions had multiple nominations: • 12 nominations: A Little Night Music11 nominations: Pippin7 nominations: Much Ado About Nothing5 nominations: That Championship Season4 nominations: The Changing Room, ''Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Irene and Sugar'' • 3 nominations: Butley and The Sunshine Boys2 nominations: ''Don't Play Us Cheap, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln and Lost in the Stars'' The following productions received multiple awards. • 6 wins: A Little Night Music5 wins: Pippin2 wins: The Last of Mrs. Lincoln and That Championship Season ==See also==
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