1959 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • Hal Holbrook, Mark Twain Tonight!
• Sets
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    See BEST OPEN--STAGE SET and BEST PROSCENIUM SET
• Obie Committee
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    Kenneth Tynan, Henry Hewes, Jerry Tallmer
• Distinguished Plays
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Performances (actresses)
  • Rosina Fernhoff, "Fashion," "The Geranium Hat"
  • Anne Fielding, Ivanov
  • Nancy Wickwire, A Clearing in the Woods
• Distinguished Performances (actors)
  • Zero Mostel, Ulysses in Nighttown
  • Lester Rawlins, The Quare Fellow
  • Harold Scott, Deathwatch
• Costumes
  • No award given,
• Best Revue
  • Steven Vinaver, Diversions
• Best Proscenium Set
  • Will Steven Armstrong, Ivanov
• Best Open--stage Set
  • David Hays, The Quare Fellow
• Best New Play
  • Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow
• Best Musical
  • , A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• Best Music
  • David Amram, Many Productions
• Best Lighting
  • Nikola Cernovich, Many Productions
• Best Foreign Play
  • No award given,
• Best Director (foreign Play)
  • William Ball, Ivanov
• Best Director (american Plays)
  • Jack Ragotzy, Arthur Laurents cycle
• Best American Play
  • No award given,
• Best All--around Production
  • Daniel Hineck and Harlin Quist, Ivanov
• Best Actress
  • Kathleen Maguire, The Time of the Cuckoo
• Best Actor
  • Alfred Ryder, I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix