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Browse Awards By Year for 1961
| Note: Award winners will appear on a | RED BACKGROUND |
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Gower Champion |
Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Onna White |
Irma La Douce
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| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Pembrode Davenport |
13 Daughters
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| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Elliot Lawrence |
Bye Bye Birdie
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| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Franz Allers |
Camelot Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Stanley Lebowsky |
Irma La Douce
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Tony Duquette |
Camelot Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Rolf Gerard |
Irma La Douce
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Cecil Beaton |
Tenderloin
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Raymond Sovey |
All the Way Home
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Motley |
Becket
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Theoni V. Aldredge |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion |
Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Garson Kanin |
Do Re Mi
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Brook |
Irma La Douce
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Arthur Penn |
All the Way Home
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Sir John Gielgud |
Big Fish, Little Fish
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Joseph Anthony |
Rhinoceros
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Joan Littlewood |
The Hostage
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Charles Strouse |
Bye Bye Birdie
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jules Styne |
Do Re Mi
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Marguerite Monnot |
Irma La Douce Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Martin Gable |
Big Fish, Little Fish
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Eduardo Ciannelli |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dick Van Dyke |
Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Richard Burton |
Camelot Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Phil Silvers |
Do Re Mi
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Clive Revill |
Irma La Douce
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maurice Evans |
Tenderloin
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Anthony Quinn |
Becket
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hume Cronyn |
Big Fish, Little Fish
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Zero Mostel |
Rhinoceros
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Sam Levene |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera |
Bye Bye Birdie
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Nancy Dussault |
Do Re Mi
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Tammy Grimes |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst |
All the Way Home Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Eileen Heckart |
Invitation to a March
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Rosemary Murphy |
Period of Adjustment
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Tresa Hughes |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Philip Bosco |
The Rape of the Belt
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Julie Andrews |
Camelot
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nancy Walker |
Do Re Mi
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Elizabeth Seal |
Irma La Douce Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Carol Channing |
Show Girl
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Joan Plowright |
A Taste of Honey Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Barbara Bel Geddes |
Mary, Mary
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Tallulah Bankhead |
Midgie Purvis
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Barbara Baxley |
Period of Adjustment
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Fred Coe |
All the Way Home
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Jean Anouilh |
Becket Translated by Lucienne Hill. Produced by David Merrick. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Dore Schary |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Brendan Behan |
The Hostage Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | George Jenkins |
13 Daughters
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Robert Randolph |
Bye Bye Birdie
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Oliver Smith |
Camelot Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Rouben Ter-Arutunian |
Advise and Consent
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | David Hays |
All the Way Home
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Oliver Smith |
Becket
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Roger Furse |
Duel of Angels
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Jo Mielziner |
The Devil's Advocate
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| Tony Awards | Best Stage Technician | Teddy Van Bemmel |
Becket
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| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | David Merrick |
In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years. |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Tad Mosel |
All The Way Home
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| Drama Desk Awards | Citation of Excellence | Richard Barr |
Theatre '61 Productions |
| Drama Desk Awards | Citation of Excellence | Joan Hackett |
Call Me By My Rightful Name 1960-61 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Citation of Excellence | Boris Tumarin |
Montserrat 1960-61 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Citation of Excellence | Tom Jones |
The Fantasticks 1960-61 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Citation of Excellence | Theodore J. Flicker |
The Premise 1960-61 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Tad Mosel |
All the Way Home 1960-1961 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Shelagh Delaney |
A Taste of Honey 1960-1961 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Bob Merrill |
Carnival! 1960-1961 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble Acting |
Big Fish, Little Fish 1960-61 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical Performance | Don Tompkins |
Wildcat 1960-61 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Creative Contribution of the Season | Gower Champion |
1960-61 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Creative Contribution of the Season |
Carnival 1960-61 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Creative Contribution of the Season |
Rhinoceros 1960-61 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Oliver Smith |
Camelot 1960-61 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy |
1960-61 season |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actor | Khigh Dhiegh |
In The Jungle Of Cities
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actress | Anne Meacham |
Hedda Gabler
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Director | Gerald A. Freedman |
The Taming Of The Shrew
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Music | Teiji Ito |
In the Jungle of Cities
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Music | Teiji Ito |
Three Modern Japanese Plays
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Jean Genet |
The Blacks
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Off-Off Broadway Production | Theodore Flicker |
The Premise
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Production | David Ross |
Hedda Gabler
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Bernard Frechtman |
The Blacks Translation |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Joan Hackett |
Call Me By My Rightful Name
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Lester Rawlins |
Hedda Gabler
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Gerry Jedd |
She Stoops to Conquer
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Godfrey M. Cambridge |
The Blacks
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Surya Kumari |
The King of the Darn Chamber
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | James Coco |
The Moon in the Yellow River
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Joan Hackett |
Call Me By My Rightful Name Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Robert Goulet |
Camelot Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | June Harding |
Cry of the Raindrop Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Nancy Dussault |
Do Re Mi Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Dennis Cooney |
Every Other Evil Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Sandy Dennis |
Face of a Hero Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | James MacArthur |
Invitation to a March Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ron Husmann |
Tenderloin Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Bruce Yarnell |
The Happiest Girl in the World Season 1960–1961 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Joyce Bulifant |
Whisper to Me Season 1960–1961 |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Hume Cronyn |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Christopher Plummer |
Becket
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Jean Anouilh |
Beckett
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Henry Livings |
Stop it Whoever You Are
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Gwyn Thomas |
The Keep
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Vanessa Redgrave |
The Lady from the Sea
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical |
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