The presenter was Helen Hayes, who was President of the American Theatre Wing, and several of the nominees. Jack Carter was host for the first part of the ceremony, and Helen Hayes hosted the second part. More than 500 people attended the dinner dance. [1]
For the first time, the ceremony was broadcast on television, on the DuMont Channel 5 in New York City, in an effort to create "wider public interest in Broadway's most important award-giving ceremony". Also for the first time, the nominees were announced ahead of the ceremony.[2]
Music for the dinner dance was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.
^Zolotow, Sam. "Theatre Wing's 'Tony' Awards Presented at Dinner Here: 'Damn Yankees' and 'Anne Frank' Cited as Top Offerings Producing Trio Scores Again Other Award Winners", The New York Times, April 2, 1956, p. 20
^Gelb, Arthur. "Popularizing the 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p.93
^"1956 Tony Awards (Winners)" infoplease.com, accessed June 22, 2012
^"1956 Tony Award Winners" 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016
External linksedit
Internet Broadway Database, See Awards
January 01, 1970
10th, tony, awards, 10th, annual, tony, awards, took, place, plaza, hotel, grand, ballroom, april, 1956, master, ceremonies, jack, carter, dateapril, 1956locationplaza, hotelnew, york, cityhosted, byjack, cartertelevision, radio, coveragenetworkdumont, televis. The 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 1 1956 The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Carter 10th Tony AwardsDateApril 1 1956LocationPlaza HotelNew York CityHosted byJack CarterTelevision radio coverageNetworkDuMont Television Network 9th Tony Awards 11th Contents 1 Ceremony 2 Winners and nominees 3 Special awards 3 1 Multiple nominations and awards 4 References 5 External linksCeremony editThe presenter was Helen Hayes who was President of the American Theatre Wing and several of the nominees Jack Carter was host for the first part of the ceremony and Helen Hayes hosted the second part More than 500 people attended the dinner dance 1 For the first time the ceremony was broadcast on television on the DuMont Channel 5 in New York City in an effort to create wider public interest in Broadway s most important award giving ceremony Also for the first time the nominees were announced ahead of the ceremony 2 Music for the dinner dance was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra Winners and nominees editSources Infoplease 3 BroadwayWorld 4 Best Play Best Musical The Diary of Anne Frank Frances Goodrich amp Albert Hackett Bus Stop William Inge Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold Tiger at the Gates Jean Giraudoux with English version by Christopher Fry Damn Yankees Pipe Dream Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Paul Muni Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond Ben Gazzara A Hatful of Rain as Johnny Pope Boris Karloff The Lark as Pierre Cauchon Michael Redgrave Tiger at the Gates as Hector Edward G Robinson Middle of the Night as The Manufacturer Julie Harris The Lark as Joan of Arc Barbara Bel Geddes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Maggie Pollitt Gladys Cooper The Chalk Garden as Mrs St Maugham Ruth Gordon The Matchmaker as Dolly Gallagher Levi Siobhan McKenna The Chalk Garden as Miss Madrigal Susan Strasberg The Diary of Anne Frank as Anne Frank Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Ray Walston Damn Yankees as Mr Applegate Stephen Douglass Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy William Johnson Pipe Dream as Doc Gwen Verdon Damn Yankees as Lola Carol Channing The Vamp as Flora Weems Nancy Walker Phoenix 55 as Various Characters Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Ed Begley Inherit the Wind as Matthew Harrison Brady Anthony Franciosa A Hatful of Rain as Polo Pope Andy Griffith No Time for Sergeants as Will Stockdale Anthony Quayle Tamburlaine the Great as Tamburlaine Fritz Weaver The Chalk Garden as Maitland Una Merkel The Ponder Heart as Edna Earle Ponder Diane Cilento Tiger at the Gates as Helen of Troy Anne Jackson Middle of the Night as The Daughter Elaine Stritch Bus Stop as Grace Hoylard Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Russ Brown Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren Mike Kellin Pipe Dream as Hazel Will Mahoney Finian s Rainbow as Finian McLonergan Scott Merrill The Threepenny Opera as Macheath Lotte Lenya The Threepenny Opera as Jenny Rae Allen Damn Yankees as Gloria Thorpe Pat Carroll Catch a Star as Various Characters Judy Tyler Pipe Dream as Suzy Best Director Best Choreography Tyrone Guthrie The Matchmaker Joseph Anthony The Lark Harold Clurman Bus Stop Pipe Dream Tiger at the Gates Tyrone Guthrie The Matchmaker Six Characters in Search of an Author Tamburlaine the Great Garson Kanin The Diary of Anne Frank Elia Kazan Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Albert Marre The Chalk Garden Herman Shumlin Inherit the Wind Bob Fosse Damn Yankees Robert Alton The Vamp Boris Runanin Phoenix 55 Pipe Dream Anna Sokolow Red Roses for Me Best Scenic Design Best Costume Design Peter Larkin Inherit the Wind No Time for Sergeants Boris Aronson The Diary of Anne Frank Bus Stop Once Upon a Tailor A View from the Bridge Ben Edwards The Honeys The Ponder Heart Someone Waiting Jo Mielziner Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Lark Middle of the Night Pipe Dream Raymond Sovey The Great Sebastians Alvin Colt Pipe Dream Alvin Colt The Lark Phoenix 55 Pipe Dream Mainbocher The Great Sebastians Helene Pons The Diary of Anne Frank Heavenly Twins A View from the Bridge Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Stage Technician Hal Hastings Damn Yankees Salvatore Dell Isola Pipe Dream Milton Rosenstock The Vamp Harry Green electrician and sound man Damn Yankees Middle of the Night Larry Bland carpenter Middle of the Night The Ponder Heart Porgy and BessSpecial awards editCity Center Fourth Street Chekov Theatre The Shakespearewrights The Threepenny Opera distinguished Off Broadway production The Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library on its twenty fifth anniversary for its distinguished service to the theatre Multiple nominations and awards edit These productions had multiple nominations 9 nominations Damn Yankees and Pipe Dream 5 nominations The Chalk Garden The Diary of Anne Frank The Lark and Middle of the Night 4 nominations Bus Stop Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Inherit the Wind and Tiger at the Gates 3 nominations Phoenix 55 The Ponder Heart and The Vamp 2 nominations The Great Sebastians A Hatful of Rain The Matchmaker No Time for Sergeants Tamburlaine the Great The Threepenny Opera and A View from the Bridge The following productions received multiple awards 7 wins Damn Yankees 3 wins Inherit the Wind Note The Threepenny Opera also received a Special Tony Award References edit Zolotow Sam Theatre Wing s Tony Awards Presented at Dinner Here Damn Yankees and Anne Frank Cited as Top Offerings Producing Trio Scores Again Other Award Winners The New York Times April 2 1956 p 20 Gelb Arthur Popularizing the Tony Awards The New York Times April 1 1956 p 93 1956 Tony Awards Winners infoplease com accessed June 22 2012 1956 Tony Award Winners Archived 2016 07 01 at the Wayback Machine broadwayworld com accessed May 28 2016External links editThe American Theatre Wing s Tony Awards Internet Broadway Database See Awards Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 10th Tony Awards amp oldid 1202224564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
