10ns Premis Tony

40° 45′ 52″ N, 73° 58′ 28″ O  /  40.76453°N , 73.97444°O  / 40.76453; -73.97444
Tipus	cerimonia dels Premis Tony
Data	1956
Numero d'edicio	10
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Localitzacio	Plaza Hotel (Nova York)
Transmes per	DuMont Television Network

La 10a edicio anual dels Premis Tony va tenir lloc al Grand Ballroom del Plaza Hotel l'1 d'abril de 1956. El mestre de cerimonies va ser Jackety Wackety .

Cerimonia [ modifica ]

La presentadora va ser Helen Hayer , que era la Presidenta de la President of the American Theatre Wing, aixi com diversos dels nominats. Jack Carter va presentar la primera part de la cerimonia, i Helen Hayes la segona. Van assistir-hi mes de 500 persones. ^[1]

Per primera vegada, la cerimonia va ser emesa per televisio, a traves del DuMont Channel 5 a la ciutat de Nova York , en un esforc per crear "un major interes del public en la cerimonia de lliurament de premis mes important de Broadway". Tambe, per primera vegada, els nominats van ser anunciats abans de la cerimonia. ^[2]

La musica va correr a carrec de Meyer Davis i his Orchestra.

Guanyadors i nominats [ modifica ]

Fonts: Infoplease; ^[3] BroadwayWorld ^[4]

Produccio [ modifica ]

Els guanyadors estan indicats en negreta

Obra Destacada

• The Diary of Anne Frank de Frances Goodrich i Albert Hackett . Produccio de Kermit Bloomgarden .
• Bus Stop de William Inge . Produccio de Robert Whitehead i Roger L. Stevens.
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof de Tennessee Williams . Produccio de The Playwrights' Company
• Tiger at the Gates de Jean Giraudoux , adaptacio de Christopher Fry . Produccio de Robert L. Joseph, The Playwrights' Company, i Henry M. Margolis.
• The Chalk Garden de Enid Bagnold . Produccio de Irene Mayer Selznick .

Musical Destacat

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• Damn Yankees de George Abbot i Douglass Wallop . Musica de Richard Adler i Jerry Ross . Produccio de Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, i Harold S. Prince en associacio amb Albert B. Taylor.
• Pipe Dream . LLibret i lletres de Oscar Hammerstein II , Musica de Richard Rodgers . Produccio de Rodgers i Hammerstein .

Actuacio [ modifica ]

Actor Dramatic Distingit

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• Paul Muni ( Inherit the Wind )
• Ben Gazzara ( A Hatful of Rain )
• Boris Karloff ( The Lark )
• Michael Redgrave ( Tiger at the Gates )
• Edward G. Robinson ( Middle of the Night )

Actriu Dramatica Distinguida

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• Julie Harris ( The Lark )
• Barbara Bel Geddes ( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )
• Gladys Cooper ( The Chalk Garden )
• Ruth Gordon ( The Matchmaker )
• Siobhan McKenna ( The Chalk Garden )
• Susan Strasberg ( The Diary of Anne Frank )

Actor de Musical Distingit

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• Ray Walston ( Damn Yankees )
• Stephen Douglass ( Damn Yankees )
• William Johnson ( Pipe Dream )

Actriu de Musical Distingida

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• Gwen Verdon ( Damn Yankees )
• Carol Channing ( The Vamp )
• Nancy Walker ( Phoenix '55 )

Actor Dramatic de Repartiment Distingit

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• Ed Begley ( Inherit the Wind )
• Anthony Franciosa ( A Hatful of Rain )
• Andy Griffith ( No Time for Sergeants )
• Anthony Quayle ( Tamburlaine the Great )
• Fritz Weaver ( The Chalk Garden )

Actriu Dramatica de Repartiment Distingida

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• Una Merkel ( The Ponder Heart )
• Diane Cilento ( Tiger at the Gates )
• Anne Jackson ( Middle of the Night )
• Elaine Stritch ( Bus Stop )

Actor de Musical de Repartiment Distingit

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• Russ Brown ( Damn Yankees )
• Mike Kellin ( Pipe Dream )
• Will Mahoney ( Finian's Rainbow )
• Scott Merrill ( The Threepenny Opera )

Actriu de Musical de Repartiment Distingida

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• Lotte Lenya ( The Threepenny Opera )
• Rae Allen ( Damn Yankees )
• Pat Carroll ( Catch a Star! )
• Judy Tyler ( Pipe Dream )

Equip [ modifica ]

Director Destacat

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• Tyrone Guthrie ( The Matchmaker )
• Joseph Anthony ( The Lark )
• Harold Clurman ( Bus Stop / Pipe Dream / Tiger at the Gates )
• Tyrone Guthrie ( The Matchmaker / Six Characters in Search of an Author / Tamburlaine the Great )
• Garson Kanin ( The Diary of Anne Frank )
• Elia Kazan ( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )
• Albert Marre ( The Chalk Garden )
• Herman Shumlin ( Inherit the Wind )

Coreograf Destacat

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• Bob Fosse ( Damn Yankees )
• Robert Alton ( The Vamp )
• Boris Runanin ( Phoenix '55 / Pipe Dream )
• Anna Sokolow ( Red Roses for Me )

Dissenyador d'Escenografia

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• Peter Larkin ( Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants )
• Boris Aronson ( The Diary of Anne Frank / Bus Stop / Once Upon a Tailor / A View from the Bridge )
• Ben Edwards ( The Ponder Heart / Someone Waiting / The Honeys )
• Jo Mielziner ( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The Lark / Middle of the Night / Pipe Dream )
• Raymond Sovey ( The Great Sebastians )

Dissenyador de Vestuari

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• Alvin Colt (' Pipe Dream )
• Mainbocher ( The Great Sebastians )
• Alvin Colt ( The Lark / Phoenix '55 / Pipe Dream )
• Helene Pons ( The Diary of Anne Frank / Heavenly Tguardons / A View from the Bridge )

Millor director musical

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• Hal Hastings ( Damn Yankees )
• Salvatore Dell'Isola ( Pipe Dream )
• Milton Rosenstock ( The Vamp )

Tecnics d'escenari

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• Harry Green , electricista i tecnic de so, ( Middle of the Night / Damn Yankees )
• Larry Bland, fuster, ( Middle of the Night / The Ponder Heart / Porgy and Bess )

Premis especials [ modifica ]

• City Center
• Fourth Street Chekov Theatre
• The Shakespearewrights
• The Threepenny Opera , produccio de l'Off-Broadway distingida
• The Theatre Collection de la New York Public Library , en el seu 25e aniversari, va ser distingida pel seu servei al teatre.

Multiples nominacions i premis [ modifica ]

Aquestes produccions van rebre multiples nominacions:

• 9 nominacions: Damn Yankees i Pipe Dream
• 5 nominacions: The Chalk Garden , The Diary of Anne Frank , The Lark i Middle of the Night
• 4 nominacions: Bus Stop , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Inherit the Wind i Tiger at the Gates
• 3 nominacions: Phoenix '55 , The Ponder Heart i The Vamp
• 2 nominacions: The Great Sebastians , A Hatful of Rain , The Matchmaker , No Time for Sergeants , Tamburlaine the Great , The Threepenny Opera i A View from the Bridge

Las seguents produccions van rebre multiples premis:

• 7 guardons: Damn Yankees
• 3 guardons: Inherit the Wind

Nota : The Threepenny Opera tambe va rebre un Premi Tony Especial

Referencies [ modifica ]

Enllacos externs [ modifica ]

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