14th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 14th


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date = April 24, 1960
venue = Astor Hotel New York City, New York
host = Eddie Albert
network = none
last = 13th
next = 15th

The 14th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Astor Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 24, 1960 and was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies was Eddie Albert.

Presenters: Jean Pierre Aumont, Lauren Bacall, Ray Bolger, Peggy Cass, Jo Van Fleet, Helen Hayes, Celeste Holm, Edward Albert Kenny, Sally Koriyo, Carol Lawrence, Vivien Leigh, Darren McGavin, Helen Menken, Robert Morse, Elliott Nugent, Laurie Peters, Christopher Plummer, Jason Robards.

Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

For the first time, several award categories (director, scenic designer) had separate awards for drama and musicals.

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Outstanding Play----
*"The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson. Produced by Fred Coe.
*"A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. Produced by Philip Rose and David J. Cogan.
*"The Best Man" by Gore Vidal. Produced by The Playwrights' Company.
*"The Tenth Man" by Paddy Chayefsky. Produced by Saint-Subber and Arthur Cantor.
*"Toys in the Attic" by Lillian Hellman. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.

Outstanding Musical----
*"The Sound of Music" (tie) by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers. Produced by Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
*"Fiorello!" (tie) By Jerome Weidman and George Abbott. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock. Produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince.
*"" by Arthur Laurents. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Jule Styne. Produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward.
*"Once Upon a Mattress". Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller. Lyrics by Marshall Barer, music by Mary Rodgers. Produced by T. Edward Hambleton, Norris Houghton, and William and Jean Eckart.
*"Take Me Along". Book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell, lyrics and music by Bob Merrill. Produced by David Merrick.

Performance

Distinguished Dramatic Actor----
*Melvyn Douglas ("The Best Man")
*Lee Tracy ("The Best Man)
*Jason Robards, Jr., ("Toys in the Attic")
*Sidney Poitier ("A Raisin in the Sun")
*George C. Scott ("The Andersonville Trial")

Distinguished Dramatic Actress----
*Anne Bancroft ("The Miracle Worker")
*Margaret Leighton ("Much Ado About Nothing")
*Claudia McNeil ("A Raisin in the Sun")
*Geraldine Page ("Sweet Bird of Youth")
*Maureen Stapleton ("Toys in the Attic")
*Irene Worth ("Toys in the Attic")

Distinguished Musical Actor----
*Jackie Gleason ("Take Me Along")
*Robert Morse ("Take Me Along")
*Walter Pidgeon ("Take Me Along")
*Andy Griffith ("Destry Rides Again")

Distinguished Musical Actress----
*Mary Martin ("The Sound of Music")
*Carol Burnett ("Once Upon a Mattress")
*Dolores Gray ("Destry Rides Again")
*Eileen Herlie ("Take Me Along")
*Ethel Merman ("Gypsy")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actor----
*Roddy McDowell ("The Fighting Cock")
*Warren Beatty ("A Loss of Roses")
*Harry Guardino ("One More River")
*Rip Torn ("Sweet Bird of Youth")
*Lawrence Winters ("The Long Dream")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actress----
*Anne Revere ("Toys in the Attic")
*Leora Dana ("The Best Man")
*Jane Fonda ("There Was a Little Girl")
*Sarah Marshall ("Goodbye, Charlie")
*Juliet Mills ("Five Finger Exercise")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actor----
*Tom Bosley ("Fiorello!")
*Theodore Bikel ("The Sound of Music")
*Kurt Kasznar ("The Sound of Music")
*Howard Da Silva ("Fiorello!")
*Jack Klugman ("Gypsy")

Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actress----
*Patricia Neway ("The Sound of Music")
*Sandra Church ("Gypsy")
*Pert Kelton ("Greenwillow")
*Lauri Peters and the Children (Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Rogers, William Snowden, Joseph Stewart) ("The Sound of Music")

Craft

Outstanding Director (Dramatic)----
*Arthur Penn ("The Miracle Worker")
*Joseph Anthony ("The Best Man")
*Tyrone Guthrie ("The Tenth Man")
*Elia Kazan ("Sweet Bird of Youth")
*Lloyd Richards ("A Raisin in the Sun")

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical----
*George Abbott ("Fiorello!")
*Vincent J. Donehue ("The Sound of Music")
*Peter Glenville ("Take Me Along")
*Michael Kidd ("Destry Rides Again")
*Jerome Robbins ("Gypsy")

Outstanding Choreographer----
*Michael Kidd ("Destry Rides Again")
*Peter Gennaro ("Fiorello!")
*Joe Layton ("Greenwillow")
*Lee Scot ("Happy Town")
*Onna White ("Take Me Along")

Scenic Designer (Dramatic)----
*Howard Bay ("Toys in the Attic")
*Will Steven Armstrong ("Caligula")
*David Hays ("The Tenth Man")
*George Jenkins ("The Miracle Worker")
*Jo Mielziner ("The Best Man")

Scenic Designer (Musical)----
*Oliver Smith ("The Sound of Music")
*Cecil Beaton ("Saratoga")
*William and Jean Eckart ("Fiorello!")
*Peter Larkin ("Greenwillow")
*Jo Mielziner ("Gypsy")

Costume Designer----
*Cecil Beaton ("Saratoga")
*Alvin Colt ("Greenwillow")
*Raoul Pene Du Bois ("Gypsy")
*Miles White ("Take Me Along")

Conductor and Musical Director----
*Frederick Dvonch ("The Sound of Music")
*Abba Bogin ("Greenwillow")
*Lehman Engel ("Take Me Along")
*Hal Hastings ("Fiorello!")
*Milton Rosenstick ("Gypsy")

Stage Technician----
*John Walters, chief carpenter ("The Miracle Worker")
*Al Alloy, chief electrician ("Take Me Along")
*James Orr, chief electrician ("Greenwillow")

pecial awards

*John D. Rockefeller III, for vision and leadership in creating the Lincoln Center, a landmark of theatre encompassing the performing arts.
*James Thurber and Burgess Meredith (A Thurber Carnival)

ee also

Tony Awards

External links

[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html] Tony Awards Oficial Site