The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented By:
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1947 to the present
Winners and Honorees
Winners / 1956
1956 / Actor (Musical)
Ray Walston, Damn Yankees
1956 / Actor (Play)
Paul Muni, Inherit the Wind
1956 / Actress (Musical)
Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees
1956 / Actress (Play)
Julie Harris, The Lark
1956 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Russ Brown, Damn Yankees
1956 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
Ed Begley, Inherit the Wind
1956 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Lotte Lenya, The Threepenny Opera
1956 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Una Merkel, The Ponder Heart
1956 / Choreographer
Bob Fosse, Damn Yankees
1956 / Conductor and Musical Director
Hal Hastings, Damn Yankees
1956 / Costume Designer
Alvin Colt, Pipe Dream
1956 / Director [Play or Musical]
Tyrone Guthrie, The Matchmaker
1956 / Musical
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
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.
1956 / Producer (Musical)
Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, and Harold S. Prince (Harold Prince) in association with Albert B. Taylor, Damn Yankees
1956 / Producer (Play)
Kermit Bloomgarden, The Diary of Anne Frank
1956 / Scenic Designer
Peter Larkin, Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants
1956 / Special Tony Award
City Center
Fourth Street Chekov Theatre
The Shakespearewrights
The Threepenny Opera, distinguished Off-Broadway production; Carmen Capalbo, Stanley Chase, producers.
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
Harry Green, electrician and sound man, Middle of the Night / Damn Yankees