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Nominations / 1959

1959 / Actor (Musical)

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Richard Kiley, Redhead

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Larry Blyden, Flower Drum Song

1959 / Actor (Play)

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Jason Robards, Jr., The Disenchanted

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Cedric Hardwicke, A Majority of One

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Alfred Lunt, The Visit

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Christopher Plummer, J. B.

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Cyril Ritchard, The Pleasure of His Company

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Robert Stephens, Epitaph for George Dillon

1959 / Actress (Musical)

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Gwen Verdon, Redhead

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Miyoshi Umeki, Flower Drum Song

1959 / Actress (Play)

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Gertrude Berg, A Majority of One

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Claudette Colbert, The Marriage-Go-Round

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Lynn Fontanne, The Visit

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Kim Stanley, A Touch of the Poet

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Maureen Stapleton, The Cold Wind and the Warm

1959 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)

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Russell Nype, Goldilocks

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Leonard Stone, Redhead

1959 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)

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Charlie Ruggles, The Pleasure of His Company

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Marc Connelly, Tall Story

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George Grizzard, The Disenchanted

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Walter Matthau, Once More, With Feeling

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Robert Morse, Say, Darling

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George Scott, Comes a Day

1959 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)

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Pat Stanley, Goldilocks

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Julienne Marie, Whoop-Up

1959 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)

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Julie Newmar, The Marriage-Go-Round

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Maureen Delany, God and Kate Murphy

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Dolores Hart, The Pleasure of His Company

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Nan Martin, J.B.

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Bertice Reading, Requiem for a Nun

1959 / Choreographer

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Bob Fosse, Redhead

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Agnes de Mille, Goldilocks

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Carol Haney, Flower Drum Song

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Onna White, Whoop-Up

1959 / Conductor and Musical Director

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Salvatore Dell'Isola, Flower Drum Song

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Jay Blackston, Redhead

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Lehman Engel, Goldilocks

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Gershon Kingsley, La Plume de Ma Tante

1959 / Costume Designer

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Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Redhead

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Castillo, Goldilocks

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Dorothy Jenkins, The World of Suzie Wong

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Oliver Messel, Rashomon

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Irene Sharaff, Flower Drum Song

1959 / Director [Play or Musical]

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Elia Kazan, J.B.

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Peter Brook, The Visit

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Robert Dhery, La Plume de Ma Tante

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William Gaskill, Epitaph for George Dillon

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Peter Glenville, Rashomon

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Cyril Richard, The Pleasure of His Company

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Dore Schary, A Majority of One

1959 / Musical

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Redhead by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, Sidney Sheldon, and David Shaw, music by Albert Hague, lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Produced by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr.

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Flower Drum Song. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers. Produced by Joseph Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers

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La Plume de Ma Tante. Written, devised, and directed by Robert Dhery, music by Gerard Calvi, English lyrics by Ross Parker. David Merrick and Joseph Kipness, present the Jack Hylton Production

1959 / Play

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J.B. by Archibald MacLeish. Produced by Alfred de Liagre, Jr.

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A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O'Neill. Produced by The Producers Theatre, Robert Whitehead, and Roger L. Stevens

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Epitaph for George Dillon by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton. Produced by David Merrick and Joshua Logan

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The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg and Harvey Breit. Produced by William Darrid and Eleanor Saidenberg

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The Visit by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency. Produced by the Producers Theatre

1959 / Producer (Musical)

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Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Redhead

1959 / Producer (Play)

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Alfred de Liagre, Jr., J. B.

1959 / Scenic Designer

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Donald Oenslager, A Majority of One

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Boris Aronson, J.B.

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Ballou, The Legend of Lizzie

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Ben Edwards, Jane Eyre

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Oliver Messel, Rashomon

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Teo Otto, The Visit

1959 / Stage Technician

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Sam Knapp, The Music Man

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Thomas Fitzgerald, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?

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Edward Flynn, The Most Happy Fella - City Center Revival