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Winners / 1956

1956 / Actor (Musical)

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Ray Walston, Damn Yankees

1956 / Actor (Play)

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Paul Muni, Inherit the Wind

1956 / Actress (Musical)

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Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees

1956 / Actress (Play)

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Julie Harris, The Lark

1956 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)

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Russ Brown, Damn Yankees

1956 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)

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Ed Begley, Inherit the Wind

1956 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)

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Lotte Lenya, The Threepenny Opera

1956 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)

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Una Merkel, The Ponder Heart

1956 / Choreographer

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Bob Fosse, Damn Yankees

1956 / Conductor and Musical Director

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Hal Hastings, Damn Yankees

1956 / Costume Designer

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Alvin Colt, Pipe Dream

1956 / Director [Play or Musical]

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Tyrone Guthrie, The Matchmaker

1956 / Musical

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Damn Yankees by George Abbot and Douglass Wallop. Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Produced by Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, and Harold S. Prince in association with Albert B. Taylor.

1956 / Play

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The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.

1956 / Producer (Musical)

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Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, and Harold S. Prince (Harold Prince) in association with Albert B. Taylor, Damn Yankees

1956 / Producer (Play)

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Kermit Bloomgarden, The Diary of Anne Frank

1956 / Scenic Designer

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Peter Larkin, Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants

1956 / Special Tony Award

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City Center

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Fourth Street Chekov Theatre

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The Shakespearewrights

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The Threepenny Opera, distinguished Off-Broadway production; Carmen Capalbo, Stanley Chase, producers.

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The Theatre Collection of the N.Y. Public Library on it's twenty-fifth anniversary, for its distinguished service to the theatre. George Freedley, founder and curator, accepted.

1956 / Stage Technician

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Harry Green, electrician and sound man, Middle of the Night / Damn Yankees