1966 Tony Awards Best Musical (Nomination) Best Leading Actress in a Musical — Gwen Verdon (Nomination) Best Featured Actor in a Musical — John McMartin (Nomination) Best Featured Actress in a Musical — Helen Gallagher (Nomination) Best Direction of a Musical — Bob Fosse (Nomination) Best Choreography — Bob Fosse (WINNER) Best Composer/Lyricist — Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields (Nomination) Best Scenic Design — Robert Randolph (Nomination) Best Costume Design — Irene Sharaff (Nomination) Based on Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning film "The Nights of Cabiria", this production brought together a stellar roster of talent, including reknowned playwright Neil Simon, noted Broadway composer Cy Coleman, and gifted lyricist Dorothy Fields. Add staging and choreography by Bob Fosse and a breathtaking performance by Gwen Verdon as the perenially hopeful taxi-dancer Charity Hope Valentine, and you have a recipe for unparallelled success. This cast recording from the original 1966 Broadway cast of Gwen Verdon, John McMartin, Thelma Oliver, James Luisi, Arnold Soboloff, Ruth Buzzi, Sharon Ritchie, John Wheeler, and Barbara Sharma contains 17 tracks, including the ever-popular showstoppers "Hey Big Spender" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now."