Awards & Winners

1956 Tony Award

Check winners and nominations of 1956 Tony Award. Check awards winners of 10th Tony Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

10th Tony Awards

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Paul Muni

Honored for : Inherit the Wind

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Muni Inherit the Wind
Ben Gazzara A Hatful of Rain
Boris Karloff The Lark
Michael Redgrave Tiger at the Gates
Edward G. Robinson Middle of the Night
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Russ Brown

Honored for : Damn Yankees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Russ Brown Damn Yankees
Mike Kellin Pipe Dream
Will Mahoney Finian's Rainbow
Scott Merrill The Threepenny Opera
Tony Award for Best Choreography

Bob Fosse

Honored for : Damn Yankees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Fosse Damn Yankees
Boris Runanin Phoenix '55
Boris Runanin Pipe Dream
Anna Sokolow Red Roses for Me
Robert Alton The Vamp
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Ed Begley

Honored for : Inherit the Wind

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ed Begley Inherit the Wind
Anthony Franciosa A Hatful of Rain
Andy Griffith No Time for Sergeants
Anthony Quayle Tamburlaine the Great
Fritz Weaver The Chalk Garden
Tony Award for Best Director

Tyrone Guthrie

Honored for : The Matchmaker

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tyrone Guthrie The Matchmaker","Six Characters in Search of an Author","Tamburlaine the Great
Harold Clurman Bus Stop","Pipe Dream","Tiger at the Gates
Elia Kazan Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Herman Shumlin Inherit the Wind
Albert Marre The Chalk Garden
Garson Kanin The Diary of Anne Frank
Joseph Anthony The Lark
Tony Award for Best Stage Technician

Harry Green

Honored for : Damn Yankees, Middle of the Night

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harry Green Damn Yankees","Middle of the Night
Lawrence Bland Porgy and Bess","Middle of the Night","The Ponder Heart
Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

Hal Hastings

Honored for : Damn Yankees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hal Hastings Damn Yankees
Salvatore Dell'Isola Pipe Dream
Milton Rosenstock The Vamp
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Lotte Lenya

Honored for : The Threepenny Opera

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lotte Lenya The Threepenny Opera
Judy Tyler Pipe Dream
Pat Carroll Catch a Star
Rae Allen Damn Yankees
Tony Award for Best Play

Frances Goodrich, Kermit Bloomgarden, Albert Hackett

Honored for : The Diary of Anne Frank

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Nominee Nominated Work
Albert Hackett The Diary of Anne Frank
Frances Goodrich The Diary of Anne Frank
Kermit Bloomgarden The Diary of Anne Frank
Robert Whitehead Bus Stop
William Inge Bus Stop
Roger L. Stevens Bus Stop
The Playwrights' Company Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Irene Mayer Selznick The Chalk Garden
Enid Bagnold The Chalk Garden
The Playwrights' Company Tiger at the Gates
Christopher Fry Tiger at the Gates
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Ray Walston

Honored for : Damn Yankees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ray Walston Damn Yankees
Stephen Douglass Damn Yankees
Bill Johnson Pipe Dream
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Julie Harris

Honored for : The Lark

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julie Harris The Lark
Barbara Bel Geddes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gladys Cooper The Chalk Garden
Siobhán McKenna The Chalk Garden
Susan Strasberg The Diary of Anne Frank
Ruth Gordon The Matchmaker
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Gwen Verdon

Honored for : Damn Yankees

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees
Nancy Walker Phoenix '55
Carol Channing The Vamp
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

Una Merkel

Honored for : The Ponder Heart

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Nominee Nominated Work
Una Merkel The Ponder Heart
Diane Cilento Tiger at the Gates
Anne Jackson Middle of the Night
Elaine Stritch Bus Stop
Special Tony Award

Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library

(twenty-fifth anniversary for its distinguished service to the theatre)
Special Tony Award

Carmen Capalbo, Stanley Chase

Honored for : The Threepenny Opera
(distinguished Off-Broadway production)
Special Tony Award
Special Tony Award
Special Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

Peter Larkin

Honored for : Inherit the Wind, No Time for Sergeants

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Larkin No Time for Sergeants
Boris Aronson A View From the Bridge
Jo Mielziner Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ben Edwards The Honeys
Raymond Sovey The Great Sebastians
Peter Larkin Inherit the Wind
Boris Aronson Bus Stop
Boris Aronson Once Upon a Tailor
Boris Aronson The Diary of Anne Frank
Jo Mielziner Middle of the Night
Jo Mielziner The Lark
Jo Mielziner Pipe Dream
Ben Edwards The Ponder Heart
Ben Edwards Someone Waiting
Tony Award for Best Costume Design

Alvin Colt

Honored for : Pipe Dream

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alvin Colt Pipe Dream
Main Bocher The Great Sebastians
Alvin Colt Phoenix '55
Alvin Colt The Lark
Helene Pons The Heavenly Twins
Helene Pons A View From the Bridge
Helene Pons The Diary of Anne Frank
Tony Award for Best Musical

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Abbott Damn Yankees
Douglass Wallop Damn Yankees
Frederick Brisson Damn Yankees
Robert E. Griffith Damn Yankees
Harold Prince Damn Yankees
Oscar Hammerstein II Pipe Dream
Rodgers and Hammerstein Pipe Dream