10th Tony Awards

1956 theatrical awards ceremony February 2025 10th Tony Awards April 1, 1956 Plaza HotelNew York City Jack Carter Damn Yankees (7) Damn Yankees and Pipe Dream (9) DuMont Television Network 9th Tony Awards 11th The 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 1, 1956. The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Carter. Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1955 season before February 29, 1956 are eligible. Original plays Almost Crazy Bus Stop The Carefree Tree Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Chalk Garden Champagne Complex A Day by the Sea Deadfall Debut The Desk Set The Diary of Anne Frank The Great Sebastians A Hatful of Rain The Heavenly Twins The Honeys The Hot Corner Inherit the Wind The Innkeepers Island of Goats Janus The Lark The Matchmaker A Memory of Two Mondays Middle of the Night No Time for Sergeants Once Upon a Tailor Paul Draper The Ponder Heart Red Roses for Me The Righteous Are Bold A Roomful of Roses Someone Waiting The Terrible Swift Sword Tiger at the Gates Time Limit! 27 Wagons Full of Cotton A View from the Bridge Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? The Wooden Dish The Young and Beautiful Original musicals Ankles Aweigh Catch a Star! Damn Yankees Hear! Hear! Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure... Pipe Dream Phoenix '55 Seventh Heaven 3 for Tonight Trouble in Tahiti The Vamp Play revivals Arlequin poli par l'amour The Barber of Seville Fallen Angels Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard King Lear Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Six Characters in Search of an Author The Skin of Our Teeth A Streetcar Named Desire Tamburlaine the Great Un caprice Musical revivals Finian's Rainbow Guys and Dolls H.M.S. Pinafore Iolanthe The Mikado Once Over Lightly The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore South Pacific The Threepenny Opera Trial by Jury The Yeomen of the Guard Ceremony The presenter was Helen Hayes, who was President of the American Theatre Wing, and several of the nominees. Jack Carter was host for the first part of the ceremony, and Helen Hayes hosted the second part. More than 500 people attended the dinner dance. Zolotow, Sam. "Theatre Wing's 'Tony' Awards Presented at Dinner Here: 'Damn Yankees' and 'Anne Frank' Cited as Top Offerings Producing Trio Scores Again Other Award Winners", The New York Times, April 2, 1956, p. 20 For the first time, the ceremony was broadcast on television, on the DuMont Channel 5 in New York City, in an effort to create "wider public interest in Broadway's most important award-giving ceremony". Also for the first time, the nominees were announced ahead of the ceremony.Gelb, Arthur. "Popularizing the 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p.93 Music for the dinner dance was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra. Winners and nominees Sources:Infoplease;"1956 Tony Awards (Winners)" infoplease.com, accessed June 22, 2012 BroadwayWorld"1956 Tony Award Winners" https://web.archive.org/web/20160701080602/http://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1956 2016-07-01 , broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016 Best Play Best Musical The Diary of Anne Frank – Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Bus Stop – William Inge Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams The Chalk Garden – Enid Bagnold Tiger at the Gates – Jean Giraudoux with English version by Christopher Fry | valign="top" | Damn Yankees Pipe Dream Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayPaul Muni – Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond Ben Gazzara – A Hatful of Rain as Johnny Pope Boris Karloff – The Lark as Pierre Cauchon Michael Redgrave – Tiger at the Gates as Hector Edward G. Robinson – Middle of the Night as The ManufacturerJulie Harris – The Lark as Joan of Arc Barbara Bel Geddes – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Maggie Pollitt Gladys Cooper – The Chalk Garden as Mrs. St. Maugham Ruth Gordon – The Matchmaker as Dolly Gallagher Levi Siobhán McKenna – The Chalk Garden as Miss Madrigal Susan Strasberg – The Diary of Anne Frank as Anne Frank Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalRay Walston – Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate Stephen Douglass – Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy William Johnson – Pipe Dream as Doc Gwen Verdon – Damn Yankees as Lola Carol Channing – The Vamp as Flora Weems Nancy Walker – Phoenix '55 as Various Characters Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a PlayEd Begley – Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain as Polo Pope Andy Griffith – No Time for Sergeants as Will Stockdale Anthony Quayle – Tamburlaine the Great as Tamburlaine Fritz Weaver – The Chalk Garden as MaitlandUna Merkel – The Ponder Heart as Edna Earle Ponder Diane Cilento – Tiger at the Gates as Helen of Troy Anne Jackson – Middle of the Night as The Daughter Elaine Stritch – Bus Stop as Grace Hoylard Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a MusicalRuss Brown – Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren Mike Kellin – Pipe Dream as Hazel Will Mahoney – Finian's Rainbow as Finian McLonergan Scott Merrill – The Threepenny Opera as MacheathLotte Lenya – The Threepenny Opera as Jenny Diver Rae Allen – Damn Yankees as Gloria Thorpe Pat Carroll – Catch a Star! as Various Characters Judy Tyler – Pipe Dream as Suzy Best Director Best ChoreographyTyrone Guthrie – The Matchmaker Joseph Anthony – The Lark Harold Clurman – Bus Stop / Pipe Dream / Tiger at the Gates Tyrone Guthrie – The Matchmaker / Six Characters in Search of an Author / Tamburlaine the Great Garson Kanin – The Diary of Anne Frank Elia Kazan – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Albert Marre – The Chalk Garden Herman Shumlin – Inherit the WindBob Fosse – Damn Yankees Robert Alton – The Vamp Boris Runanin – Phoenix '55 / Pipe Dream Anna Sokolow – Red Roses for Me Best Scenic Design Best Costume DesignPeter Larkin – Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants Boris Aronson – The Diary of Anne Frank / Bus Stop / Once Upon a Tailor / A View from the Bridge Ben Edwards – The Honeys / The Ponder Heart / Someone Waiting Jo Mielziner - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The Lark / Middle of the Night / Pipe Dream Raymond Sovey – The Great SebastiansAlvin Colt – Pipe Dream Alvin Colt – The Lark / Phoenix '55 / Pipe Dream Mainbocher – The Great Sebastians Helene Pons – The Diary of Anne Frank / The Heavenly Twins / A View from the Bridge Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Stage Technician Hal Hastings – Damn Yankees Salvatore Dell'Isola – Pipe Dream Milton Rosenstock – The Vamp Harry Green, electrician and sound man – Damn Yankees / Middle of the Night Larry Bland, carpenter – Middle of the Night / The Ponder Heart / Porgy and Bess Multiple nominations and awards These productions had multiple nominations: 9 nominations: Damn Yankees and Pipe Dream 5 nominations: The Chalk Garden, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lark and Middle of the Night 4 nominations: Bus Stop, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Inherit the Wind and Tiger at the Gates 3 nominations: Phoenix '55, The Ponder Heart and The Vamp 2 nominations: The Great Sebastians, A Hatful of Rain, The Matchmaker, No Time for Sergeants, Tamburlaine the Great, The Threepenny Opera and A View from the Bridge The following productions received multiple awards. 7 wins: Damn Yankees 3 wins: Inherit the Wind Note: The Threepenny Opera also received a Special Tony Award. Special awards City Center Fourth Street Chekov Theatre, off-Broadway production company (Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and Uncle Vanya) directed and produced by David Rosshttps://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/19/archives/theatre-chekhovs-cherry-orchard-russian-play-offered-on-4th-street.html Theatre: Chekhov's 'Cherry Orchard'; Russian Play Offered on 4th Street Stage Brooks Atkinson October 19, 1955 NYTimes.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/1956/03/18/archives/4th-st-miracle-man-the-devils-and-their-disciples.html 4TH ST. MIRACLE MAN; THE DEVILS AND THEIR DISCIPLES Arthur Gelb March 18, 1956 NYTimes.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/06/archives/david-ross-43-stage-producer-and-director-of-classics-dead.html David Ross, 43, Stage Producer And Director of Classics, Dead May 6, 1966 NYTimes.com The Shakespearewrights, off-Broadway production company (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth) produced by Donald H. Goldman at the Jan Hus Auditoriumhttps://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/19/archives/commuters-shakespeare-shavian-comedy-and-religious-drama.html COMMUTER'S SHAKESPEARE; SHAVIAN COMEDY AND RELIGIOUS DRAMA Herbert Mitgangottomarmel Chambers February 19, 1956 NYTimes.comhttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/donald-goldman-obituary?pid=159376509 Donald Goldman Obituary (2012) - New York, NY - New York Times Legacy.com The Threepenny Opera, distinguished Off-Broadway production The Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library on its twenty-fifth anniversary, for its distinguished service to the theatre. See also Theatre Music 28th Academy Awards References External links The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards Internet Broadway Database, See Awards Category:Tony Awards ceremonies Category:1956 in theatre Category:1956 awards Category:1956 in American television Category:1956 in New York City Category:1956 awards in the United States Category:April 1956 in the United States