Tony Awards 1961
The 15th Tony Awards · Held April 16, 1961 · 13 categories · everything in 1961
Best Play
- Winner Becket · Jean Anouilh, Jean Anouilh
- Nominee All the Way Home · Tad Mosel
- Nominee The Devil's Advocate · Dore Schary
- Nominee The Hostage · Brendan Behan
Best Musical
- Winner Bye Bye Birdie · Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Michael Stewart
- Nominee Do Re Mi
- Nominee Irma La Douce
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Zero Mostel · Rhinoceros
- Nominee Anthony Quinn · Becket
- Nominee Hume Cronyn
- Nominee Sam Levene · The Devil's Advocate
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Joan Plowright
- Nominee Barbara Baxley
- Nominee Barbara Bel Geddes
- Nominee Tallulah Bankhead
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Richard Burton · Camelot
- Nominee Phil Silvers · Do Re Mi
- Nominee Maurice Evans
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Elizabeth Seal · Irma La Douce
- Nominee Julie Andrews · Camelot
- Nominee Carol Channing
- Nominee Nancy Walker · Do Re Mi
Best Choreography
- Winner Bye Bye Birdie · Gower Champion
- Nominee Irma La Douce · Onna White
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Bye Bye Birdie · Gower Champion
- Nominee Do Re Mi · Garson Kanin
- Nominee Irma La Douce · Peter Brook
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Big Fish, Little Fish · John Gielgud
- Nominee All the Way Home · Arthur Penn
- Nominee Rhinoceros · Joseph Anthony
- Nominee The Hostage · Joan Littlewood
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Dick Van Dyke · Bye Bye Birdie
- Nominee Dick Gautier · Bye Bye Birdie
- Nominee Clive Revill · Irma La Douce
- Nominee Ron Husmann · Tenderloin
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Martin Gabel
- Nominee George Grizzard
- Nominee Philip Bosco
- Nominee Eduardo Ciannelli · The Devil's Advocate
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Tammy Grimes · The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- Nominee Chita Rivera · Bye Bye Birdie
- Nominee Nancy Dussault · Do Re Mi
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Colleen Dewhurst · All the Way Home
- Nominee Eileen Heckart
- Nominee Rosemary Murphy
- Nominee Tresa Hughes · The Devil's Advocate