The 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the

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Grand Ballroom on April 1, 1956. The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Carter.

Ceremony

The presenter was

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, who was President of the American Theatre Wing, and several of the nominees. Jack Carter was host for the first part of the ceremony, and Helen Hayes hosted the second part. More than 500 people attended the dinner dance. For the first time, the ceremony was broadcast on television, on the DuMont Channel 5 in New York City, in an effort to create "wider public interest in Broadway's most important award-giving ceremony". Also for the first time, the nominees were announced ahead of the ceremony. Music for the dinner dance was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Winners and nominees

Sources:Infoplease; BroadwayWorld"1956 Tony Award Winners"
, broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016

Special awards

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*Fourth Street Chekov Theatre *The Shakespearewrights *

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

, distinguished Off-Broadway production *The Theatre Collection of the

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on its twenty-fifth anniversary, for its distinguished service to the theatre.

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations: *''9 nominations:'' ''

Damn Yankees ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., d ...

'' and '' Pipe Dream'' *''5 nominations:'' '' The Chalk Garden'', '' The Diary of Anne Frank'', '' The Lark'' and ''

Middle of the Night Middle of the Night may refer to: * Middle of the Night (novel), ''Middle of the Night'' (novel), a 2024 novel by Riley Sager * ''Middle of the Night'', a 1954 play by Paddy Chayefsky * Middle of the Night (film), ''Middle of the Night'' (film), a ...

'' *''4 nominations:'' ''

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'', ''

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his ...

'', '' Inherit the Wind'' and '' Tiger at the Gates'' *''3 nominations:'' ''Phoenix '55'', '' The Ponder Heart'' and ''

The Vamp ''The Vamp'' is a stage Musical theatre, musical with a book by Sam Locke (screenwriter), Sam Locke and John La Touche (lyricist), John La Touche with lyrics by La Touche and music by Jimmy Mundy, James Mundy. The show is set in the 1920s and te ...

'' *''2 nominations:'' ''The Great Sebastians'', ''

A Hatful of Rain ''A Hatful of Rain'' is a 1957 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan and Henry Silva. The story is based on a 1955 Broadway play of the same name

'', '' The Matchmaker'', '' No Time for Sergeants'', '' Tamburlaine the Great'', ''

'' and ''

A View from the Bridge ''A View from the Bridge'' is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with '' A Memory of Two Mondays'' at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The run was unsuccessful, ...

'' The following productions received multiple awards. *''7 wins:'' ''

'' *''3 wins:'' '' Inherit the Wind'' ''Note'': ''

'' also received a Special Tony Award.

References

External links

The American Theatre Wing's Tony AwardsInternet Broadway Database, See Awards
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