14th Tony Awards


The 14th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Astor Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 24, 1960, and was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV in New York City. The Master of Ceremonies was Eddie Albert.

Ceremony

Presenters: Jean Pierre Aumont, Lauren Bacall, Ray Bolger, Peggy Cass, Jo Van Fleet, Helen Hayes, Celeste Holm, Edward Albert Kenny, Sally Koriyo, Carol Lawrence, Vivien Leigh, Darren McGavin, Helen Menken, Robert Morse, Elliott Nugent, Laurie Peters, Christopher Plummer, Jason Robards. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.
The ceremony was attended by 1,200 at the Astor Hotel. Michael Kidd received his fifth Tony Award for choreography, Mary Martin won her third award as actress in a musical, and two musicals tied as best musical — Fiorello! and The Sound of Music.
For the first time, several award categories had separate awards for plays and musicals.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical

  • The Sound of Music
  • Fiorello!
  • * Gypsy
  • * Once Upon a Mattress
  • * Take Me Along
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
  • Melvyn Douglas – The Best Man as William Russell
  • * Lee Tracy – The Best Man as Arthur Hockstader
  • * Jason Robards, Jr. – Toys in the Attic as Julian Berniers
  • * Sidney Poitier – A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger
  • * George C. Scott – The Andersonville Trial as Lt. Col. N. P. Chipman
  • Jackie Gleason – Take Me Along as Sid Davis
  • * Robert Morse – Take Me Along as Richard Miller
  • * Walter Pidgeon – Take Me Along as Nat Miller
  • * Andy Griffith – Destry Rides Again as Destry
  • * Anthony Perkins – Greenwillow as Gideon Briggs
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker as Annie Sullivan
  • * Margaret Leighton – Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
  • * Claudia McNeil – A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger
  • * Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth as Princess Cosmonopolis
  • * Maureen Stapleton – Toys in the Attic as Carrie Berniers
  • * Irene Worth – Toys in the Attic as Albertine Prine
  • Mary Martin – The Sound of Music as Maria Von Trapp
  • * Carol Burnett – Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred
  • * Dolores Gray – Destry Rides Again as Frenchy
  • * Eileen Herlie – Take Me Along as Lily Miller
  • * Ethel Merman – Gypsy as Madam Rose
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
  • Roddy McDowell – The Fighting Cock as Tarquin Edward Mendigales
  • * Warren Beatty – A Loss of Roses as Kenny
  • * Harry Guardino – One More River as Pompey
  • * Rip Torn – Sweet Bird of Youth as Tom Junior
  • * Lawrence Winters – The Long Dream as Tyree Tucker
  • Tom Bosley – Fiorello! as Fiorello La Guardia
  • * Theodore Bikel – The Sound of Music as Captain Georg Von Trapp
  • * Kurt Kasznar – The Sound of Music as Max Detweiler
  • * Howard Da Silva – Fiorello! as Ben Marino
  • * Jack Klugman – Gypsy as Herbie
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Anne Revere – Toys in the Attic as Anna Berniers
  • * Leora Dana – The Best Man as Alice Russell
  • * Jane Fonda – There Was a Little Girl as Toni Newton
  • * Sarah Marshall – Goodbye, Charlie as Rusty Mayerling
  • * Juliet Mills – Five Finger Exercise as Pamela Harrington
  • Patricia Neway – The Sound of Music as Mother Abbess
  • * Sandra Church – Gypsy as Louise
  • * Pert Kelton – Greenwillow as Gramma Briggs
  • * Lauri Peters and the Children – The Sound of Music as Liesl Von Trapp
    • Best Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a Musical
  • Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker
  • * Joseph Anthony – The Best Man
  • * Tyrone Guthrie – The Tenth Man
  • * Elia Kazan – Sweet Bird of Youth
  • * Lloyd Richards – A Raisin in the Sun
  • George Abbott – Fiorello!
  • * Vincent J. Donehue – The Sound of Music
  • * Peter Glenville – Take Me Along
  • * Michael Kidd – Destry Rides Again
  • * Jerome Robbins – Gypsy
    • Best ChoreographyBest Conductor and Musical Director
  • Michael Kidd – Destry Rides Again
  • * Peter Gennaro – Fiorello!
  • * Joe Layton – Greenwillow
  • * Lee Scot – Happy Town
  • * Onna White – Take Me Along
  • Frederick Dvonch – The Sound of Music
  • * Abba Bogin – Greenwillow
  • * Lehman Engel – Take Me Along
  • * Hal Hastings – Fiorello!
  • * Milton Rosenstock – Gypsy
    • Best Scenic Design Best Scenic Design
  • Howard Bay – Toys in the Attic
  • * Will Steven Armstrong – Caligula
  • * David Hays – The Tenth Man
  • * George Jenkins – The Miracle Worker
  • * Jo Mielziner – The Best Man
  • Oliver Smith – The Sound of Music
  • * Cecil Beaton – Saratoga
  • * William and Jean Eckart – Fiorello!
  • * Peter Larkin – Greenwillow
  • * Jo Mielziner – Gypsy
    • Best Costume DesignBest Stage Technician
  • Cecil Beaton – Saratoga
  • * Alvin Colt – Greenwillow
  • * Raoul Pene Du Bois – Gypsy
  • * Miles White – Take Me Along
  • John Walters – The Miracle Worker
  • * Al Alloy – Take Me Along
  • * James Orr – Greenwillow

    • Special awards

  • John D. Rockefeller III, for vision and leadership in creating the Lincoln Center, a landmark of theatre encompassing the performing arts.
  • James Thurber and Burgess Meredith

    Multiple nominations and awards

    • These productions had multiple nominations:
    The following productions received multiple awards.