Date March 25, 1973 | Network ABC | |
Location Imperial Theatre, New York City, New York Hosted by Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm, Sandy Duncan and Jerry Orbach | ||
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.
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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:
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 are in bold
Special awards
These awards were given under the new title of "Theater Awards '73".