1961 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Richard Burton	Camelot
Actor (Musical)	Phil Silvers	Do Re Mi
Actor (Musical)	Maurice Evans	Tenderloin
Actor (Play)	Zero Mostel	Rhinoceros
Actor (Play)	Hume Cronyn	Big Fish, Little Fish
Actor (Play)	Sam Levene	The Devil's Advocate
Actor (Play)	Anthony Quinn	Beckett
Actress (Musical)	Elizabeth Seal	Irma La Douce
Actress (Musical)	Julie Andrews	Camelot
Actress (Musical)	Carol Channing	Show Girl
Actress (Musical)	Nancy Walker	Do Re Mi
Actress (Play)	Joan Plowright	A Taste of Honey
Actress (Play)	Tallulah Bankhead	Midgie Purvis
Actress (Play)	Barbara Baxley	Period of Adjustment
Actress (Play)	Barbara Bel Geddes	Mary, Mary
Choreographer	Gower Champion	Bye Bye, Birdie
Choreographer	Onna White	Irma La Douce
Conductor and Musical Director	Franz Allers	Camelot
Conductor and Musical Director	Pembrode Davenport	13 Daughters
Conductor and Musical Director	Stanley Lebowsky	Irma La Douce
Conductor and Musical Director	Elliot Lawrence	Bye Bye, Birdie
Costume Design (Musical)	Adrian and Tony Duquette	Camelot
Costume Design (Musical)	Rolf Gerard	Irma La Douce
Costume Design (Musical)	Cecil Beaton	Tenderloin
Costume Design (Play)	Motley	Beckett
Costume Design (Play)	Theoni V. Aldredge	The Devil's Advocate
Costume Design (Play)	Raymond Sovey	All the Way Home
Director (Musical)	Gower Champion	Bye Bye, Birdie
Director (Musical)	Peter Brook	Irma La Douce
Director (Musical)	Garson Kanin	Do Re Mi
Director (Play)	Sir John Gielgud	Big Fish, Little Fish
Director (Play)	Joseph Anthony	Rhinoceros
Director (Play)	Joan Littlewood	The Hostage
Director (Play)	Arthur Penn	All the Way Home
Featured Actor (Musical)	Dick Van Dyke	Bye Bye, Birdie
Featured Actor (Musical)	Clive Revill	Irma La Douce
Featured Actor (Musical)	Dick Gautier	Bye Bye, Birdie
Featured Actor (Musical)	Ron Husmann	Tenderloin
Featured Actor (Play)	Martin Gable	Big Fish, Little Fish
Featured Actor (Play)	Philip Bosco	The Rape of the Belt
Featured Actor (Play)	Eduardo Ciannelli	The Devil's Advocate
Featured Actor (Play)	George Grizzard	Big Fish, Little Fish
Featured Actress (Musical)	Tammy Grimes	The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Featured Actress (Musical)	Nancy Dussault	Do Re Mi
Featured Actress (Musical)	Chita Rivera	Bye Bye, Birdie
Featured Actress (Play)	Colleen Dewhurst	All the Way Home
Featured Actress (Play)	Eileen Heckart	Invitation to a March
Featured Actress (Play)	Tresa Hughes	The Devil's Advocate
Featured Actress (Play)	Rosemary Murphy	Period of Adjustment
Musical		Bye Bye, Birdie Produced by Edward Padula in association with L. Slade Brow
Musical		Do Re Mi Produced by David Merrick.Produced by David Merrick.
Musical		Irma La Douce Produced by David Merrick in association with Donald Albery and H. M. Tennent, Ltd.
Play		Beckett By Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill. Produced by David Merrick.
Play		All the Way Home By Tad Mosel. Produced by Fred Coe in association with Arthur Cantor.
Play		The Devil's Advocate By Dore Schary. Produced by Dore Schary.
Play		The Hostage By Brendan Behan. Produced by S. Field and Caroline Burke Swann.
Scenic Design (Musical)	Oliver Smith	Camelot
Scenic Design (Musical)	George Jenkins	13 Daughters
Scenic Design (Musical)	Robert Randolph	Bye Bye, Birdie
Scenic Designer (Dramatic)	Oliver Smith	Beckett
Scenic Designer (Dramatic)	Roger Furse	Duel of Angels
Scenic Designer (Dramatic)	David Hays	All the Way Home
Scenic Designer (Dramatic)	Jo Mielziner	The Devil's Advocate
Scenic Designer (Dramatic)	Rouben Ter-Arutunian	Advise and Consent
Special Tony Awards	David Merrick	In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.
Special Tony Awards	The Theatre Guild	For organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.
Stage Technician	Teddy Van Bemmel	Beckett