The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented By:
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Winners / 1959

1959 / Actor (Musical)

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Richard Kiley, Redhead

1959 / Actor (Play)

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Jason Robards, Jr., The Disenchanted

1959 / Actress (Musical)

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Gwen Verdon, Redhead

1959 / Actress (Play)

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Gertrude Berg, A Majority of One

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

1959 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)

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Pat Stanley, Goldilocks

1959 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)

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Julie Newmar, The Marriage-Go-Round

1959 / Choreographer

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Bob Fosse, Redhead

1959 / Conductor and Musical Director

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Salvatore Dell'Isola, Flower Drum Song

1959 / Costume Designer

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Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Redhead

1959 / Director [Play or Musical]

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Elia Kazan, J.B.

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.

1959 / Play

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

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

1959 / Special Tony Award

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John Gielgud, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, Ages of Man.

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Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, for a collaboration that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante (Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhery, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec), for contribution to the theatre.

1959 / Stage Technician

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Sam Knapp, The Music Man