1961 Tony Award Winners

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1961	Best Choreography	Onna White	Irma La Douce
1961	Best Choreography	Gower Champion	Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Conductor and Musical Director	Franz Allers	Camelot Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Conductor and Musical Director	Pembrode Davenport	13 Daughters
1961	Best Conductor and Musical Director	Stanley Lebowsky	Irma La Douce
1961	Best Conductor and Musical Director	Elliot Lawrence	Bye Bye Birdie
1961	Best Costume Design of a Musical	Tony Duquette	Camelot Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Costume Design of a Musical	Rolf Gerard	Irma La Douce
1961	Best Costume Design of a Musical	Cecil Beaton	Tenderloin
1961	Best Costume Design of a Play	Motley	Becket	Award winner
1961	Best Costume Design of a Play	Theoni V. Aldredge	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Costume Design of a Play	Raymond Sovey	All the Way Home
1961	Best Direction of a Musical	Gower Champion	Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Direction of a Musical	Peter Brook	Irma La Douce
1961	Best Direction of a Musical	Garson Kanin	Do Re Mi
1961	Best Direction of a Play	Arthur Penn	All the Way Home
1961	Best Direction of a Play	Joan Littlewood	The Hostage
1961	Best Direction of a Play	Joseph Anthony	Rhinoceros
1961	Best Direction of a Play	Sir John Gielgud	Big Fish, Little Fish	Award winner
1961	Best Musical	Marguerite Monnot	Irma La Douce Production took place the previous year.
1961	Best Musical	Jules Styne	Do Re Mi
1961	Best Musical	Charles Strouse	Bye Bye Birdie	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	George Grizzard	Big Fish, Little Fish
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Martin Gable	Big Fish, Little Fish	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Eduardo Ciannelli	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Ron Husmann	Tenderloin
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Dick Van Dyke	Bye Bye Birdie Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Maurice Evans	Tenderloin
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Phil Silvers	Do Re Mi
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Richard Burton	Camelot Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Clive Revill	Irma La Douce
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Dick Gautier	Bye Bye Birdie
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Hume Cronyn	Big Fish, Little Fish
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Zero Mostel	Rhinoceros	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Sam Levene	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Anthony Quinn	Becket
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Nancy Dussault	Do Re Mi
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Chita Rivera	Bye Bye Birdie
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Tammy Grimes	The Unsinkable Molly Brown Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Eileen Heckart	Invitation to a March
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Colleen Dewhurst	All the Way Home Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Tresa Hughes	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Rosemary Murphy	Period of Adjustment
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Philip Bosco	The Rape of the Belt
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Nancy Walker	Do Re Mi
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Carol Channing	Show Girl
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Julie Andrews	Camelot
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Elizabeth Seal	Irma La Douce Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Barbara Baxley	Period of Adjustment
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Joan Plowright	A Taste of Honey Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Tallulah Bankhead	Midgie Purvis
1961	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Barbara Bel Geddes	Mary, Mary
1961	Best Play	Jean Anouilh	Becket Translated by Lucienne Hill. Produced by David Merrick.	Award winner
1961	Best Play	Brendan Behan	The Hostage Production took place the previous year.
1961	Best Play	Dore Schary	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Play	Fred Coe	All the Way Home
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Musical	Oliver Smith	Camelot Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Musical	George Jenkins	13 Daughters
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Musical	Robert Randolph	Bye Bye Birdie
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Play	Oliver Smith	Becket	Award winner
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Play	Roger Furse	Duel of Angels
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Play	David Hays	All the Way Home
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Play	Jo Mielziner	The Devil's Advocate
1961	Best Scenic Design of a Play	Rouben Ter-Arutunian	Advise and Consent
1961	Best Stage Technician	Teddy Van Bemmel	Becket	Award winner
1961	Special Tony Award	David Merrick	0 In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.	Award winner
1961	Special Tony Award	The Theatre Guild	0 Winner for organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.	Award winner

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