Damn Yankees

At the 1956 Tony Awards this production was nominated for 9 awards:-

Best Musical – WINNER
Best Actor in a Musical – Ray Walston WINNER
Best Actor in a Musical – Stephen Douglass
Best Actress in a Musical – Gwen Verdon WINNER
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Russ Brown WINNER
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Rae Allen
Best Choreographer – Bob Fosse WINNER
Best conductor & Musical Director – Hal Hastings WINNER
Best Stage Technician (Electrician & Sound) – Harry Green WINNER

The winner in the one category it didn’t win:-

Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Lotte Lenya “The Threepenny Opera”

Cast & Crew

Cast

Applegate
Applegate (Replacement)
Applegate (Replacement)
Children
Children
Commissioner
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers
Dancers (Replacement)
Dancers (Replacement)
Dancers (Replacement)
Dancers (Replacement)
Doris
Gloria Thorpe
Gloria Thorpe (Replacement)
Guard
Henry
Henry (Replacement)
Henry (Replacement)
Joe Boyd
Joe Hardy
Lola
Lola (Replacement)
Lola (Replacement)
Lola (Replacement)
Lynch
Meg
Meg (Replacement)
Miss Weston
Postmaster
Postmaster (Replacement)
Rocky
Rocky (Replacement)
Rocky (Replacement)
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Singers
Sister
Sister (Replacement)
Smokey
Smokey (Replacement)
Sohovik
Sohovik (Replacement)
Teenager
Van Buren
Van Buren (Replacement)
Vernon
Vernon (Replacement)
Welch
Welch (Replacement)

Crew

Book
Book
Dance Arrangements
Dances & Musical Numbers staged by
Designer & Costumes
Designer & Costumes
Director
Music & Lyrics
Music & Lyrics
Musical Director
Orchestrations
Sound

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