Tony Awards 1956
The 10th Tony Awards · Held April 1, 1956 · 11 categories · everything in 1956
Best Play
- Winner The Diary of Anne Frank · Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee Bus Stop · William Inge
- Nominee Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee The Chalk Garden · Enid Bagnold
- Nominee Tiger at the Gates · Jean Giraudoux, Christopher Fry
Best Musical
- Winner Damn Yankees · Douglass Wallop, George Abbott, Jerry Ross, Richard Adler
- Nominee Pipe Dream
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Paul Muni
- Nominee Ben Gazzara · A Hatful of Rain
- Nominee Boris Karloff
- Nominee Edward G. Robinson · Middle of the Night
- Nominee Michael Redgrave · Tiger at the Gates
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Julie Harris
- Nominee Barbara Bel Geddes · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Ruth Gordon
- Nominee Siobhán McKenna · The Chalk Garden
- Nominee Gladys Cooper · The Chalk Garden
- Nominee Susan Strasberg · The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Ray Walston · Damn Yankees
- Nominee Stephen Douglass · Damn Yankees
- Nominee Bill Johnson · Pipe Dream
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Gwen Verdon · Damn Yankees
- Nominee Carol Channing
- Nominee Nancy Walker
Best Choreography
- Winner Damn Yankees · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Pipe Dream
- Nominee Red Roses for Me · Anna Sokolow
- Nominee The Vamp · Robert Alton
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Russ Brown · Damn Yankees
- Nominee Mike Kellin · Pipe Dream
- Nominee Scott Merrill
- Nominee The Threepenny Opera
- Nominee Will Mahoney
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Ed Begley
- Nominee Anthony Franciosa · A Hatful of Rain
- Nominee Andy Griffith
- Nominee Anthony Quayle
- Nominee Fritz Weaver · The Chalk Garden
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Lotte Lenya · The Threepenny Opera
- Nominee Pat Carroll · Catch a Star!
- Nominee Rae Allen · Damn Yankees
- Nominee Judy Tyler · Pipe Dream
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Una Merkel
- Nominee Elaine Stritch · Bus Stop
- Nominee Anne Jackson · Middle of the Night
- Nominee Diane Cilento · Tiger at the Gates