13th Tony Awards

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1958 season before February 28, 1959 are eligible.

;Original plays

• The Ages of Man
• The Cold Wind And The Warm
• Comes a Day
• Cue for Passion
• The Disenchanted
• Drink to Me Only
• Edwin Booth
• Epitaph for George Dillon
• The Family Reunion
• The Firstborn
• The Gazebo
• The Girls in 509
• God and Kate Murphy
• Handful of Fire
• Howie
• Jane Eyre
• J.B.
• The Legend of Lizzie
• Love Me Little
• A Majority of One
• Make a Million
• The Man in the Dog Suit
• The Marriage-Go-Round
• The Night Circus
• Once More, with Feeling!
• Patate
• The Pleasure of His Company
• The Power and the Glory
• Rashomon
• Requiem for a Nun
• The Rivalry
• Say, Darling
• Tall Story
• Third Best Sport
• A Touch of the Poet
• The Visit
• Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?
• The World of Suzie Wong ;Original musicals
• Flower Drum Song
• Goldilocks
• International Soiree
• La Plume de Ma Tante
• Maria Golovin
• The Next President
• A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green
• Redhead
• Whoop-Up ;Play revivals
• Back to Methuselah
• The Beaux' Stratagem
• Britannicus
• The Broken Jug
• Don Juan
• Hamlet
• Henry V
• La Jalousie du Barbouille
• Le Cid
• Le Malade Imaginaire
• Le Mariage Force
• Lorenzaccio
• Marie Tudor
• Sganarelle
• The Shadow of a Gunman
• Le Triomphe de l'Amour
• Twelfth Night
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• The Waltz of the Toreadors ;Musical revivals
• The Most Happy Fella

The ceremony

Presenters: Dana Andrews, Ina Balin, Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Claudette Colbert, Robert Dowling, Faye Emerson, Farley Granger, Oscar Hammerstein II, Celeste Holm, Robert Preston, and Rip Torn. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are in bold

Special awards

• John Gielgud, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, The Ages of Man.
• Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, for a collaboration that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan.
• Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante: Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhéry, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec, for contribution to the theatre.

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 7 nominations: Redhead
• 6 nominations: Flower Drum Song
• 5 nominations: Goldilocks, J.B. and The Visit
• 4 nominations: La Plume de Ma Tante, A Majority of One and The Pleasure of His Company
• 3 nominations: The Disenchanted, Epitaph for George Dillon and Rashomon
• 2 nominations: The Marriage-Go-Round, A Touch of the Poet and Whoop-Up

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 6 wins: Redhead
• 2 wins: Goldilocks, J.B. and A Majority of One

References

References

1. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133195015.html "Ceremonies 1959"] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-06-12 tonyawards.com, accessed May 28, 2016)
2. [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0154588.html "1959 Tony Awards (Winners)"] infoplease.com, accessed August 28, 2013
3. [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/redhead-2071/#awards " ''Redhead'' Awards"] ibdb.com, retrieved March 17, 2017