1959 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1959 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Carol Haney | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Choreography | Agnes de Mille | Goldilocks |
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Redhead |
| Best Choreography | Onna White | Whoop-Up |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Salvatore Dell'Isola | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Lehman Engel | Goldilocks |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Gershon Kingsley | La Plume de Ma Tante |
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Jay Blackston | Redhead |
| Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Costume Design | Castillo | Goldilocks |
| Best Costume Design | Oliver Messel | Rashomon |
| Best Costume Design | Rouben Ter-Arutunian | Redhead |
| Best Costume Design | Dorothy Jenkins | The World of Suzie Wong |
| Best Direction | Dore Schary | A Majority of One |
| Best Direction | William Gaskill | Epitaph for George Dillon |
| Best Direction | Elia Kazan | J.B. |
| Best Direction | Robert Dhery | La Plume de Ma Tante |
| Best Direction | Peter Glenville | Rashomon |
| Best Direction | Cyril Richard | The Pleasure of His Company |
| Best Direction | Peter Brook | The Visit |
| Best Musical | Richard Rodgers | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Musical | Gerard Calvi | La Plume de Ma Tante |
| Best Musical | Dorothy Fields | Redhead |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | George Scott | Comes a Day |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Walter Matthau | Once More, With Feeling |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Robert Morse | Say, Darling |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Marc Connelly | Tall Story |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | George Grizzard | The Disenchanted |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charlie Ruggles | The Pleasure of His Company |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Larry Blyden | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Russell Nype | Goldilocks |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Richard Kiley | Redhead |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Leonard Stone | Redhead |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Cedric Hardwicke | A Majority of One |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Robert Stephens | Epitaph for George Dillon |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Christopher Plummer | J. B. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jason Robards, Jr. | The Disenchanted |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Cyril Ritchard | The Pleasure of His Company |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alfred Lunt | The Visit |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Pat Stanley | Goldilocks |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Julienne Marie | Whoop-Up |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Maureen Delany | God and Kate Murphy |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Nan Martin | J. B. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Bertrice Reading | Requiem for a Nun |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Julie Newmar | The Marriage-Go-Round |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Dolores Hart | The Pleasure of His Company |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Miyoshi Umeki | Flower Drum Song |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gwen Verdon | Redhead |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Gertrude Berg | A Majority of One |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kim Stanley | A Touch of the Poet |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Maureen Stapleton | The Cold Wind and the Warm |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Claudette Colbert | The Marriage-Go-Round |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lynn Fontanne | The Visit |
| Best Play | Eugene O'Neill | A Touch of the Poet |
| Best Play | John Osborne | Epitaph for George Dillon |
| Best Play | Archibald MacLeish | J.B. |
| Best Play | Budd Schulberg | The Disenchanted |
| Best Play | Friedrich Duerrenmatt | The Visit |
| Best Scenic Design | Donald Oenslager | A Majority of One |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | J.B. |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | Jane Eyre |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Messel | Rashomon |
| Best Scenic Design | Ballou | The Legend of Lizzie |
| Best Scenic Design | Teo Otto | The Visit |
| Best Stage Technician | Edward Flynn, Edward Flynn | The Most Happy Fella |
| Best Stage Technician | Sam Knapp | The Music Man |
| Best Stage Technician | Thomas Fitzgerald | Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? |
| Special Tony Award | John Gielgud, Russell Crouse, Howard Lindsay | |
| Special Tony Award | La Plume de Ma Tante | |
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