1956 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1956 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Damn Yankees |
| Best Choreography | Boris Runanin | Phoenix '55 |
| Best Choreography | Boris Runanin | Pipe Dream |
| Best Choreography | Anna Sokolow | Red Roses for Me |
| Best Choreography | Robert Alton | The Vamp |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Hal Hastings | Damn Yankees |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Salvatore Dell'Isola | Pipe Dream |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Milton Rosenstock | The Vamp |
| Best Costume Design | Helene Pons | A View from the Bridge |
| Best Costume Design | Helene Pons | Heavenly Twins |
| Best Costume Design | Alvin Colt | Phoenix '55 |
| Best Costume Design | Alvin Colt | Pipe Dream |
| Best Costume Design | Helene Pons | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Costume Design | Mainbocher | The Great Sebastians |
| Best Costume Design | Alvin Colt | The Lark |
| Best Direction | Tyrone Guthrie | Tamburlaine the Great |
| Best Direction | Harold Clurman | Bus Stop |
| Best Direction | Elia Kazan | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Direction | Herman Shumlin | Inherit the Wind |
| Best Direction | Harold Clurman | Pipe Dream |
| Best Direction | Albert Marre | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Direction | Garson Kanin | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Direction | Joseph Anthony | The Lark |
| Best Direction | Tyrone Guthrie | The Matchmaker |
| Best Direction | Harold Clurman | Tiger at the Gates |
| Best Musical | Frederick Brisson, Albert B. Taylor, Harold S. Prince, Robert Griffith, Douglass Wallop, Jerry Ross, George Abbott, Richard Adler | Damn Yankees |
| Best Musical | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | Pipe Dream |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Anthony Franciosa | A Hatful of Rain |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Ed Begley | Inherit the Wind |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Andy Griffith | No Time for Sergeants |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Anthony Quayle | Tamburlaine the Great |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Fritz Weaver | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ray Walston, Russ Brown | Damn Yankees |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Stephen Douglass | Damn Yankees |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Will Mahoney | Finian's Rainbow |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mike Kellin, William Johnson | Pipe Dream |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Scott Merrill | The Threepenny Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ben Gazzara | A Hatful of Rain |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Paul Muni | Inherit the Wind |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Edward G. Robinson | Middle of the Night |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Boris Karloff | The Lark |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Michael Redgrave | Tiger at the Gates |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Pat Carroll | Catch a Star |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Rae Allen | Damn Yankees |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Judy Tyler | Pipe Dream |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lotte Lenya | The Threepenny Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Elaine Stritch | Bus Stop |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Anne Jackson | Middle of the Night |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Una Merkel | The Ponder Heart |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Diane Cilento | Tiger at the Gates |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gwen Verdon | Damn Yankees |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nancy Walker | Phoenix '55 |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Carol Channing | The Vamp |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Barbara Bel Geddes | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Gladys Cooper, Siobhan McKenna | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Susan Strasberg | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Julie Harris | The Lark |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Ruth Gordon | The Matchmaker |
| Best Play | Robert Whitehead, Roger L. Stevens, William Inge | Bus Stop |
| Best Play | Tennessee Williams, The Playwrights' Company | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Play | Irene Mayer Selznick, Enid Bagnold | The Chalk Garden |
| Best Play | Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Kermit Bloomgarden | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Play | Henry M. Margolis, The Playwrights' Company, Robert L. Joseph, Christopher Fry | Tiger at the Gates |
| Best Play | Jean Giraudoux | Tiger at the Gates |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | Someone Waiting |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | A View from the Bridge |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Bus Stop |
| Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Best Scenic Design | Peter Larkin | Inherit the Wind |
| Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | Middle of the Night |
| Best Scenic Design | Peter Larkin | No Time for Sergeants |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Once Upon a Tailor |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Best Scenic Design | Raymond Sovey | The Great Sebastians |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | The Honeys |
| Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | The Lark |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | The Ponder Heart |
| Best Stage Technician | Larry Bland | The Ponder Heart |
| Best Stage Technician | Harry Green | Damn Yankees |
| Best Stage Technician | Harry Green | Middle of the Night |
| Best Stage Technician | Larry Bland | Middle of the Night |
| Best Stage Technician | Larry Bland | Porgy and Bess |
| Special Tony Award | The Theatre Collection of the N.Y. Public Library, The Shakespearewrights, Fourth Street Chekov Theatre, City Center | |
| Special Tony Award | Carmen Capalbo | The Threepenny Opera |
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