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.^[1]

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Best Play	Best Musical
The Miracle Worker – William Gibson A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry The Best Man – Gore Vidal The Tenth Man – Paddy Chayefsky Toys in the Attic – Lillian Hellman	Fiorello! The Sound of Music Gypsy Once Upon a Mattress Take Me Along
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Melvyn Douglas – The Best Man* as William Russell** Jason Robards – 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 Lee Tracy – The Best Man as Arthur Hockstader	*Anne Bancroft – The Miracle WorkerasAnnie Sullivan* Margaret Leighton – Much Ado About NothingasBeatrice 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
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Jackie Gleason – Take Me Along* as Sid Davis** Andy Griffith – Destry Rides Again as Destry Robert Morse – Take Me Along as Richard Miller Anthony Perkins – Greenwillow as Gideon Briggs Walter Pidgeon – Take Me Along as Nat Miller	*Mary Martin – The Sound of MusicasMaria 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 – GypsyasRose
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
*Roddy McDowall – 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	*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
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
*Tom Bosley – Fiorello!asFiorello La Guardia* Theodore Bikel – The Sound of MusicasCaptain Georg von Trapp Howard Da Silva – Fiorello! as Ben Marino Kurt Kasznar – The Sound of Music as Max Detweiler Jack Klugman – Gypsy as Herbie	*Patricia Neway – The Sound of MusicasThe Mother Abbess* Sandra Church – GypsyasLouise Pert Kelton – Greenwillow as Gramma Briggs Lauri Peters and Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden and Joseph Stewart – The Sound of MusicasLiesl von Trapp and the other six von Trapp children
Best Direction of a Play	Best 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 Choreography	Best 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 (Dramatic)	Best Scenic Design (Musical)
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 Design	Best 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

14th Tony Awards

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Ceremony

Winners and nominees

Special awards

Multiple nominations and awards

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