17th Tony Awards
The 17th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 28, 1963, in the Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WWOR-TV in New York City. The Masters of Ceremonies were Abe Burrows and Robert Morse.The ceremony
Presenters: Elizabeth Ashley, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Orson Bean, Vivian Blaine, Diahann Carroll, Dane Clark, Betty Field, Martin Gabel, Anita Gillette, June Havoc, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Pat Hingle, Celeste Holm, Nancy Kelly, Sam Levene, Walter Matthau, Helen Menken, Phyllis Newman, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Nelson Reilly, William Prince, Rosalind Russell, David Wayne. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold
Sources: InfoPlease, BroadwayWorldMultiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:
- 10 nominations: Little Me and Oliver!
- 8 nominations: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 6 nominations: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 5 nominations: Mother Courage and Her Children and Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
- 4 nominations: Tchin-Tchin
- 3 nominations: Bravo Giovanni, The Lady of the Camellias, The School for Scandal and A Thousand Clowns
- 2 nominations: The Beauty Part, Beyond the Fringe, Brigadoon, Mr. President, Never Too Late and Tovarich
The following productions received multiple awards.
- 6 wins: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 5 wins: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 3 wins: Oliver!
