Awards & Winners

1961 Tony Award

Check winners and nominations of 1961 Tony Award. Check awards winners of 15th Tony Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

15th Tony Awards

Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play

Motley Theatre Design Group

Honored for : Becket

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Nominee Nominated Work
Raymond Sovey All the Way Home
Theoni V. Aldredge The Devil's Advocate
Motley Theatre Design Group Becket
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Zero Mostel

Honored for : Rhinoceros

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Nominee Nominated Work
Zero Mostel Rhinoceros
Hume Cronyn Big Fish, Little Fish
Sam Levene The Devil's Advocate
Anthony Quinn Becket
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Dick Van Dyke

Honored for : Bye Bye Birdie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dick Van Dyke Bye Bye Birdie
Richard Gautier Bye Bye Birdie
Clive Revill Irma La Douce
Ron Husmann Tenderloin
Tony Award for Best Choreography

Gower Champion

Honored for : Bye Bye Birdie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gower Champion Bye Bye Birdie
Onna White Irma La Douce
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Martin Gabel

Honored for : Big Fish, Little Fish

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Gabel Big Fish, Little Fish
Eduardo Ciannelli The Devil's Advocate
Philip Bosco The Rape of the Belt
George Grizzard Big Fish, Little Fish
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Tammy Grimes

Honored for : The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tammy Grimes The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Chita Rivera Bye Bye Birdie
Nancy Dussault Do Re Mi
Tony Award for Best Play

Jean Anouilh, David Merrick

Honored for : Becket

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Merrick Becket
Jean Anouilh Becket
Fred Coe All the Way Home
Tad Mosel All the Way Home
Dore Schary The Devil's Advocate
Brendan Behan The Hostage
Leonard S. Field The Hostage
Caroline Burke Swann The Hostage
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

John Gielgud

Honored for : Big Fish, Little Fish

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Gielgud Big Fish, Little Fish
Arthur Penn All the Way Home
Joseph Anthony Rhinoceros
Joan Littlewood The Hostage
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical

Tony Duquette, Adrian Adolph Greenberg

Honored for : Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Adrian Adolph Greenberg Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
Tony Duquette Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
Rolf Gerard Irma La Douce
Cecil Beaton Tenderloin
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Oliver Smith

Honored for : Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oliver Smith Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
George C. Jenkins 13 Daughters
Robert Randolph Bye Bye Birdie
Tony Award for Best Stage Technician

Teddy Van Bemmel

Honored for : Becket
Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

Franz Allers

Honored for : Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Franz Allers Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
Pembroke Davenport 13 Daughters
Stanley Lebowsky Irma La Douce
Elliot Lawrence Bye Bye Birdie
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play

Oliver Smith

Honored for : Becket

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oliver Smith Becket
Roger K. Furse Duel of Angels
David Hays All the Way Home
Jo Mielziner The Devil's Advocate
Rouben Ter-Arutunian Advise and Consent
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Richard Burton

Honored for : Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Burton Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
Phil Silvers Do Re Mi
Maurice Evans Tenderloin
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Joan Plowright

Honored for : A Taste of Honey

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joan Plowright A Taste of Honey
Tallulah Bankhead Midgie Purvis
Barbara Baxley Period of Adjustment
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Elizabeth Seal

Honored for : Irma La Douce

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Seal Irma La Douce
Julie Andrews Camelot (Original Broadway Production)
Nancy Walker Do Re Mi
Barbara Bel Geddes Mary, Mary
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Gower Champion

Honored for : Bye Bye Birdie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gower Champion Bye Bye Birdie
Garson Kanin Do Re Mi
Peter Brook Irma La Douce
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

Colleen Dewhurst

Honored for : All the Way Home

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Nominee Nominated Work
Colleen Dewhurst All the Way Home
Eileen Heckart Invitation To A March
Rosemary Murphy Period of Adjustment
Tresa Hughes The Devil's Advocate
Special Tony Award

Theatre Guild

(For organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department)
Special Tony Award

David Merrick

(In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years)
Tony Award for Best Musical

Michael Stewart, Edward Padula

Honored for : Bye Bye Birdie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Stewart Bye Bye Birdie
Edward Padula Bye Bye Birdie
Garson Kanin Do Re Mi
David Merrick Do Re Mi
Julian More Irma La Douce
David Heneker Irma La Douce
Monty Norman Irma La Douce
David Merrick Irma La Douce