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- ↑ Zolotow, Sam. "Theatre Wing's 'Tony' Awards Presented at Dinner Here: 'Damn Yankees' and 'Anne Frank' Cited as Top Offerings Producing Trio Scores Again Other Award Winners", The New York Times , April 2, 1956, p. 20
- ↑ Gelb, Arthur. "Popularizing the 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p.93
- ↑ "1956 Tony Awards (Winners)" infoplease.com, accessed June 22, 2012
- ↑ "1956 Tony Award Winners" Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine , broadwayworld.com, accessed May 28, 2016