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.[1]
13th Tony Awards | |
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Date | April 12, 1959 |
Location | Waldorf-Astoria New York City |
Hosted by | Bud Collyer |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS |
The ceremony edit
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.[1]
Winners and nominees edit
Source:InfoPlease[2]
Winners are in bold
Special awards edit
- John Gielgud, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, 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 edit
These productions had multiple nominations:
| The following productions received multiple awards.
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References edit
- ^ a b "Ceremonies 1959" Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016
- ^ "1959 Tony Awards (Winners)" infoplease.com, accessed August 28, 2013
- ^ " Redhead Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved March 17, 2017
External links edit
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