The 13th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom on April 12, 1959, and was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies was Bud Collyer."Ceremonies 1959" tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016
Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1958 season before February 28, 1959 are eligible.
Original plays The Ages of Man The Cold Wind And The Warm Comes a Day Cue for Passion The Disenchanted Drink to Me Only Edwin Booth Epitaph for George Dillon The Family Reunion The Firstborn The Gazebo The Girls in 509 God and Kate Murphy Handful of Fire Howie Jane Eyre J.B. The Legend of Lizzie Love Me Little A Majority of One Make a Million The Man in the Dog Suit The Marriage-Go-Round The Night Circus Once More, with Feeling! Patate The Pleasure of His Company The Power and the Glory Rashomon Requiem for a Nun The Rivalry Say, Darling Tall Story Third Best Sport A Touch of the Poet The Visit Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? The World of Suzie Wong
Original musicals Flower Drum Song Goldilocks International Soiree La Plume de Ma Tante Maria Golovin The Next President A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green Redhead Whoop-Up
Play revivals Back to Methuselah The Beaux' Stratagem Britannicus The Broken Jug Don Juan Hamlet Henry V La Jalousie du Barbouille Le Cid Le Malade Imaginaire Le Mariage Force Lorenzaccio Marie Tudor Sganarelle The Shadow of a Gunman Le Triomphe de l'Amour Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Waltz of the Toreadors
Musical revivals The Most Happy Fella
The ceremony Presenters: Dana Andrews, Ina Balin, Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Claudette Colbert, Robert Dowling, Faye Emerson, Farley Granger, Oscar Hammerstein II, Celeste Holm, Robert Preston, and Rip Torn. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.
Winners and nominees Source:InfoPlease"1959 Tony Awards (Winners)" infoplease.com, accessed August 28, 2013
Winners are in bold
Best Play Best Musical J.B. – Archibald MacLeish A Touch of the Poet – Eugene O'Neill Epitaph for George Dillon – John Osborne and Anthony Creighton The Disenchanted – Budd Schulberg and Harvey Breit The Visit – Friedrich Dürrenmatt | valign="top" | Redhead Flower Drum Song La Plume de Ma Tante Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayJason Robards – The Disenchanted as Manley Halliday Cedric Hardwicke – A Majority of One as Koichi Asano Alfred Lunt – The Visit as Anton Schill Christopher Plummer – J.B. as Nickles Cyril Ritchard – The Pleasure of His Company as Biddeford Poole Robert Stephens – Epitaph for George Dillon as George DillonGertrude Berg – A Majority of One as Bertha Jacoby Claudette Colbert – The Marriage-Go-Round as Content Lowell Lynn Fontanne – The Visit as Claire Zachanassian Kim Stanley – A Touch of the Poet as Sara Melody Maureen Stapleton – The Cold Wind And The Warm as Aunt Ida Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalRichard Kiley – Redhead as Tom Baxter Larry Blyden – Flower Drum Song as Sammy FongGwen Verdon – Redhead as Essie Whimple Miyoshi Umeki – Flower Drum Song as Mei-Li Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a PlayCharlie Ruggles – The Pleasure of His Company as Mackenzie Savage Marc Connelly – Tall Story as Professor Charles Osman George Grizzard – The Disenchanted as Shep Stearns Walter Matthau – Once More, with Feeling! as Maxwell Archer Robert Morse – Say, Darling as Ted Snow George C. Scott – Comes a Day as Tydings GlennJulie Newmar – The Marriage-Go-Round as Katrin Sveg Maureen Delany – God and Kate Murphy as Carrie Donovan Dolores Hart – The Pleasure of His Company as Jessica Poole Nan Martin – J.B. as Sarah Bertice Reading – Requiem for a Nun as Nancy Mannigoe Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a MusicalRussell Nype – Goldilocks as George Randolph Brown (tie) Leonard Stone – Redhead as George Poppett (tie)" Redhead Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved March 17, 2017Pat Stanley – Goldilocks as Lois Lee Julienne Marie – Whoop-Up as Mary Champlain Best Director Best ChoreographyElia Kazan – J.B. Peter Brook – The Visit Robert Dhéry – La Plume de Ma Tante William Gaskill – Epitaph for George Dillon Peter Glenville – Rashomon Cyril Ritchard – The Pleasure of His Company Dore Schary – A Majority of OneBob Fosse – Redhead Agnes de Mille – Goldilocks Carol Haney – Flower Drum Song Onna White – Whoop-Up Best Scenic Design Best Costume DesignDonald Oenslager – A Majority of One Boris Aronson – J.B. Ballou – The Legend of Lizzie Ben Edwards – Jane Eyre Oliver Messel – Rashomon Teo Otto – The VisitRouben Ter-Arutunian – Redhead Antonio Castillo – Goldilocks Dorothy Jenkins – The World of Suzie Wong Oliver Messel – Rashomon Irene Sharaff – Flower Drum Song Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Stage Technician Salvatore Dell'Isola – Flower Drum Song Jay Blackston – Redhead Lehman Engel – Goldilocks Gershon Kingsley – La Plume de Ma Tante Sam Knapp – The Music Man Thomas Fitzgerald – Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? Edward Flynn – The Most Happy Fella
Special awards John Gielgud, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, The Ages of Man. Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, for a collaboration that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan. Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante: Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhéry, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec, for contribution to the theatre.
Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:
7 nominations: Redhead 6 nominations: Flower Drum Song 5 nominations: Goldilocks, J.B. and The Visit 4 nominations: La Plume de Ma Tante, A Majority of One and The Pleasure of His Company 3 nominations: The Disenchanted, Epitaph for George Dillon and Rashomon 2 nominations: The Marriage-Go-Round, A Touch of the Poet and Whoop-Up
The following productions received multiple awards.
6 wins: Redhead 2 wins: Goldilocks, J.B. and A Majority of One
See also
31st Academy Awards References
External links Tony Awards Official Site