14th Tony Awards

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.[1]

14th Tony Awards
Date	April 24, 1960
Location	Astor Hotel New York City, New York
Hosted by	Eddie Albert
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

Ceremony

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.[1]

The ceremony was attended by 1,200 at the Astor Hotel. Michael Kidd received his fifth Tony Award for choreography, Mary Martin won her third award as actress in a musical, and two musicals tied as best musical — Fiorello! and The Sound of Music.[2]

For the first time, several award categories (director, scenic designer) had separate awards for plays and musicals.[3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
The Miracle Worker – William Gibson A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry The Best Man – Gore Vidal The Tenth Man – Paddy Chayefsky Toys in the Attic – Lillian Hellman	The Sound of Music Fiorello! Gypsy Once Upon a Mattress Take Me Along
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Melvyn Douglas – The Best Man as William Russell Lee Tracy – The Best Man as Arthur Hockstader Jason Robards, Jr. – Toys in the Attic as Julian Berniers Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger George C. Scott – The Andersonville Trial as Lt. Col. N. P. Chipman	Jackie Gleason – Take Me Along as Sid Davis Robert Morse – Take Me Along as Richard Miller Walter Pidgeon – Take Me Along as Nat Miller Andy Griffith – Destry Rides Again as Destry Anthony Perkins – Greenwillow as Gideon Briggs
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker as Annie Sullivan Margaret Leighton – Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth as Princess Cosmonopolis Maureen Stapleton – Toys in the Attic as Carrie Berniers Irene Worth – Toys in the Attic as Albertine Prine	Mary Martin – The Sound of Music as Maria Von Trapp Carol Burnett – Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred Dolores Gray – Destry Rides Again as Frenchy Eileen Herlie – Take Me Along as Lily Miller Ethel Merman – Gypsy as Madam Rose
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Roddy McDowell – The Fighting Cock as Tarquin Edward Mendigales Warren Beatty – A Loss of Roses as Kenny Harry Guardino – One More River as Pompey Rip Torn – Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Junior Lawrence Winters – The Long Dream as Tyree Tucker	Tom Bosley – Fiorello! as Fiorello La Guardia Theodore Bikel – The Sound of Music as Captain Georg Von Trapp Kurt Kasznar – The Sound of Music as Max Detweiler Howard Da Silva – Fiorello! as Ben Marino Jack Klugman – Gypsy as Herbie
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Anne Revere – Toys in the Attic as Anna Berniers Leora Dana – The Best Man as Alice Russell Jane Fonda – There Was a Little Girl as Toni Newton Sarah Marshall – Goodbye, Charlie as Rusty Mayerling Juliet Mills – Five Finger Exercise as Pamela Harrington	Patricia Neway – The Sound of Music as Mother Abbess Sandra Church – Gypsy as Louise Pert Kelton – Greenwillow as Gramma Briggs Lauri Peters and the Children – The Sound of Music as Liesl Von Trapp
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
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	George Abbott – Fiorello! Vincent J. Donehue – The Sound of Music Peter Glenville – Take Me Along Michael Kidd – Destry Rides Again Jerome Robbins – Gypsy
Best Choreography	Best Conductor and Musical Director
Michael Kidd – Destry Rides Again Peter Gennaro – Fiorello! Joe Layton – Greenwillow Lee Scot – Happy Town Onna White – Take Me Along	Frederick Dvonch – The Sound of Music Abba Bogin – Greenwillow Lehman Engel – Take Me Along Hal Hastings – Fiorello! Milton Rosenstock – Gypsy
Best Scenic Design (Dramatic)	Best Scenic Design (Musical)
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	Oliver Smith – The Sound of Music Cecil Beaton – Saratoga William and Jean Eckart – Fiorello! Peter Larkin – Greenwillow Jo Mielziner – Gypsy
Best Costume Design	Best Stage Technician
Cecil Beaton – Saratoga Alvin Colt – Greenwillow Raoul Pene Du Bois – Gypsy Miles White – Take Me Along	John Walters – The Miracle Worker Al Alloy – Take Me Along James Orr – Greenwillow

Special 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)

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations: 10 nominations: Take Me Along 9 nominations: The Sound of Music 8 nominations: Gypsy 7 nominations: Fiorello! and Greenwillow 6 nominations: The Best Man and Toys in the Attic 5 nominations: The Miracle Worker 4 nominations: Destry Rides Again and A Raisin in the Sun 3 nominations: Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tenth Man 2 nominations: Once Upon a Mattress and Saratoga

The following productions received multiple awards. 5 wins: The Sound of Music 4 wins: The Miracle Worker 3 wins: Fiorello! 2 wins: Toys in the Attic

References

1. "Ceremonies 1960" tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016
2. "'Miracle Worker' and Two Musicals Win Tonys: 'Fiorello!,' 'Sound of Music' Tie -- Mary Martin Gets 4th", The New York Times, April 25, 1960, p.33
3. "The Tony Awards - - Category by Category", tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016

External links

• Tony Awards Official Site