Divamensch
The Tony Awards, continued
Jan 7 (1952): Diva, Yul Brynner for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, *The King and I* / Mensch, Phil Silvers for Best Actor in a Musical, *Top Banana*
Jan 14 (1953): Rosalind Russell for Best Actress in a Musical, *Wonderful Town* - - Diva, Russell herself / Mensch, Russell's character
Jan 21 (1954): Dolores Gray for Best Actress in a Musical, *Carnival in Flanders* - - Diva, winning the Tony / Mensch, holding the record for winning a Tony for
the smallest number of performances (six)
Jan 28 (1955): Best Musical, *The Pajama Game* - - Diva, the show / Mensch, the idea of a musical about a strike in a factory
Feb 4 (1956): Diva, Best Musical *Damn Yankees* / Mensch, Best Play *The Diary of Anne Frank*
Feb 11 (1957): Best Play, *Long Day's Journey Into Night* - - Diva, the play / Mensch, O'Neill winning it four years after he died
Feb 18 (1958) Best Actress in a Musical, *New Girl in Town,* a tie! - - Diva, Gwen Verdon / Mensch, Thelma Ritter
Feb 25 (1959): Best Actress in a Play (the winner was Gertrude Berg in *A Majority of One* - - Diva, Claudette Colbert in *The Marriage-Go-Round* and Lynn
Fontanne in *The Visit* / Mensch, Kim Stanley in *A Touch of the Poet* and Maureen Stapleton in *The Cold Wind And The Warm*
Mar 4 (1960): Best Actress in a Musical - - Diva, Ethel Merman in *Gypsy* (nominee) / Mensch, Mary Martin in *The Sound of Music* (winner)
Mar 11 (1961): Diva, Best Actor in a Play, Zero Mostel in *Rhinoceros* / Mensch, Best Actress in a Play, Joan Plowright in *A Taste of Honey*
Mar 18 (1962): Best Featured Actor in a Musical - - Diva, , Charles Nelslon Reilly in *How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (winner) /
Mensch, Orson Bean in *Subways Are For Sleeping*
Mar 25 (1963): Diva, Best Actress in a Play, Uta Hagen in *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* / Mensch, Best Actor in a Play, Arthur Hill in *Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?*
Apr 1 (1964): Best Actor in a Play - - Diva, Richard Burton as Hamlet (nominee) / Mensch, Alec Guiness as Dylan Thomas (winner)
Apr 8 (1965): Best Actress in a Musical, Liza Minnelli in *Flora the Red Menace* - - Diva, winning the award / Mensch, the only nomination for the show
Apr 15 (1966): Best Actor in a Musical - - Diva, Richad Kiley in *Man of La Mancha* (winner) / Mensch, John Cullum in *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever*
(nominee)
Apr 22 (1967): Best Play - - Diva, *The Homecoming* (winner) / Mensch, *A Delicate Balance* (nominee)
Apr 29 (1968): Best Play - - Diva, *Rosenkranz and Guildenstern Are Dead* (winner) / Mensch, *The Price* (nominee)
May 6 (1969): Best Musical - - Diva, *Hair* (nominee) / Mensch, *1776* (winner)
May 13 (1970): Best Actress in a Play - - Diva, Tammy Grimes in *Private Lives* (winner) / Mensch, Helen Hayes in *Harvey* (nominee)
May 20 (1971): head to head in many categories - - Diva, *No, No, Nanette* / Mensch, *Company*
May 27 (1972): Best Actress in a Musical - - Diva, Alexis Smith in *Follies* (winner) / Mensch, Dorothy Collins in *Follies* (nominee)
June 3 (1973): Best Actress in a Play - - Diva, Julie Harris in *The Last of Mrs. Lincoln* (winner) / Mensch, Colleen Dewhurst in *Mourning Becomes Electra*
(nominee)
June 10 (1974): hosts of the show - - Diva, Florence Henderson and Robert Preston / Mensch, Peter Falk and Cicely Tyson
June 17 (1975): Best Featured Actress in a Play - - Diva, Rita Moreno in *The Ritz* (winner) / Mensch, Frances Sternhagen in *Equus* (nominee)
June 24 (1976): Best Musical, *A Chorus Line* - - Diva, the razzle dazzle / Mensch, the desperation
July 1 (1977): Best Actress in a Play - - Diva, Colleen Dewhurst in *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* (nominee) / Mensch, Julie Harris in *The Belle of Amherst*
(winner)
July 8 (1978): Best Director of a Play nominees - - Diva, *Deathtrap* and *Dracula* / Mensch, *The Gin Game* and *Da* (winner)