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Tony Award-winner Adrienne Warren (Best Actress in a Musical) of "Tina - the Tina Turner Musical."
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1947 to the present
Winners and Honorees
Winners / 1961
1961 / Actor (Musical)
Richard Burton,
Camelot
1961 / Actor (Play)
Zero Mostel,
Rhinoceros
1961 / Actress (Musical)
Elizabeth Seal,
Irma La Douce
1961 / Actress (Play)
Joan Plowright,
A Taste of Honey
1961 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Dick Van Dyke,
Bye, Bye Birdie
1961 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
Martin Gable,
Big Fish, Little Fish
1961 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Tammy Grimes,
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1961 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Colleen Dewhurst,
All the Way Home
1961 / Choreographer
Gower Champion,
Bye, Bye Birdie
1961 / Conductor and Musical Director
Franz Allers,
Camelot
1961 / Costume Design (Musical)
Adrian and Tony Duquette,
Camelot
1961 / Costume Design (Play)
Motley,
Becket
1961 / Director (Musical)
Gower Champion,
Bye, Bye Birdie
1961 / Director (Play)
Sir John Gielgud,
Big Fish, Little Fish
1961 / Musical
Bye, Bye Birdie
. Book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams. Produced by Edward Padula in association with L. Slade Brown.
1961 / Play
Becket
by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lucienne Hill. Produced by David Merrick.
1961 / Producer (Musical)
Edward Padula,
Bye, Bye Birdie
1961 / Producer (Play)
David Merrick,
Becket
1961 / Scenic Design (Musical)
Oliver Smith,
Camelot
1961 / Scenic Design (Play)
Oliver Smith,
Becket
1961 / Special Tony Award
David Merrick, in recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.
The Theatre Guild, for organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.
1961 / Stage Technician
Teddy Van Bemmel,
Becket