14th Tony Awards

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1959 season before April 1, 1960 are eligible.

;Original plays

• The Andersonville Trial
• Bedtime Story
• The Best Man
• Caligula
• Chéri
• The Cool World
• Cut of the Axe
• The Deadly Game
• Dear Liar
• A Desert Incident
• A Distant Bell
• The Fighting Cock
• Five Finger Exercise
• Flowering Cherry
• The Gang's All Here
• Golden Fleecing
• The Good Soup
• Goodbye Charlie
• The Highest Tree
• Jolly's Progress
• Kataki
• The Long Dream
• Look After Lulu!
• A Loss of Roses
• A Lovely Light
• Masquerade
• A Mighty Man Is He
• The Miracle Worker
• The Moon Birds
• One More River
• Only in America
• Portrait of a Madonna
• A Pound on Demand
• A Raisin in the Sun
• Roman Candle
• Semi-Detached
• Silent Night, Lonely Night
• Some Comments on the Harmful Effects of Tobacco
• Sweet Bird of Youth
• The Tenth Man
• There Was a Little Girl
• A Thurber Carnival
• Toys in the Attic
• The Tumbler
• The Warm Peninsula ;Original musicals
• At the Drop of a Hat
• Beg, Borrow or Steal
• Billy Barnes Revue
• Destry Rides Again
• Fiorello!
• First Impressions
• The Girls Against the Boys
• Greenwillow
• Gypsy
• Happy Town
• Juno
• The Littlest Circus
• The Nervous Set
• Once Upon a Mattress
• Saratoga
• The Sound of Music
• Take Me Along ;Play revivals
• The Great God Brown
• Heartbreak House
• Henry IV, Part 1
• Lysistrata
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Peer Gynt
• Pictures in the Hallway

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, Lauri 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 (director, scenic designer) had separate awards for plays and musicals.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

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 (A Thurber Carnival)

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

• 10 nominations: Take Me Along
• 9 nominations: The Sound of Music
• 8 nominations: Gypsy
• 7 nominations: Fiorello! and Greenwillow
• 6 nominations: The Best Man and Toys in the Attic
• 5 nominations: The Miracle Worker
• 4 nominations: Destry Rides Again and A Raisin in the Sun
• 3 nominations: Sweet Bird of Youth and The Tenth Man
• 2 nominations: Once Upon a Mattress and Saratoga

The following productions received multiple awards.

• 5 wins: The Sound of Music
• 4 wins: The Miracle Worker
• 3 wins: Fiorello!
• 2 wins: Toys in the Attic

References

References

1. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/ceremonies/200909161253133218718.html "Ceremonies 1960"] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-01-21 tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016)
2. "'Miracle Worker' and Two Musicals Win Tonys: 'Fiorello!,' 'Sound of Music' Tie -- Mary Martin Gets 4th", ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 25, 1960, p.33
3. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2009-04-27/200502021107372432593.html "The Tony Awards - - Category by Category"], tonyawards.com, accessed May 29, 2016