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Winners / 1961

1961 / Actor (Musical)

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Richard Burton, Camelot

1961 / Actor (Play)

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Zero Mostel, Rhinoceros

1961 / Actress (Musical)

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Elizabeth Seal, Irma La Douce

1961 / Actress (Play)

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Joan Plowright, A Taste of Honey

1961 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)

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Dick Van Dyke, Bye, Bye Birdie

1961 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)

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Martin Gable, Big Fish, Little Fish

1961 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)

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Tammy Grimes, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1961 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)

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Colleen Dewhurst, All the Way Home

1961 / Choreographer

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Gower Champion, Bye, Bye Birdie

1961 / Conductor and Musical Director

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Franz Allers, Camelot

1961 / Costume Design (Musical)

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Adrian and Tony Duquette, Camelot

1961 / Costume Design (Play)

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Motley, Becket

1961 / Director (Musical)

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Gower Champion, Bye, Bye Birdie

1961 / Director (Play)

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Sir John Gielgud, Big Fish, Little Fish

1961 / Musical

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Bye, Bye Birdie. Book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams. Produced by Edward Padula in association with L. Slade Brown.

1961 / Play

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Becket by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill. Produced by David Merrick.

1961 / Producer (Musical)

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Edward Padula, Bye, Bye Birdie

1961 / Producer (Play)

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David Merrick, Becket

1961 / Scenic Design (Musical)

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Oliver Smith, Camelot

1961 / Scenic Design (Play)

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Oliver Smith, Becket

1961 / Special Tony Award

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David Merrick, in recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.

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The Theatre Guild, for organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.

1961 / Stage Technician

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Teddy Van Bemmel, Becket