1956 Tony Award Winners

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

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