Tony Awards: 1949 (thing)

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by JDWActor

Mon Mar 26 2001 at 5:58:43

Note: Until 1956, the winners were announced ahead of time; hence, all those listed in this node are winners.

BEST PLAY

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller (playwright)
Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried (producers)

BEST MUSICAL

Kiss Me Kate

Cole Porter (music and lyrics)
Bella and Samuel Spewack (book)
Saint-Subber and Samuel Ayers (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Rex Harrison – Anne of the Thousand Days

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Martita Hunt – The Madwoman of Chaillot

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Ray Bolger – Where's Charley?

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Nanette Fabray – Love Life

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Arthur Kennedy – Death of a Salesman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Shirley Booth – Goodbye, My Fancy

BEST DIRECTOR

Elia Kazan – Death of a Saleman

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Gower Champion – Lend An Ear

BEST CONDUCTOR & MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Max Meth – As the Girls Go

BEST COMPOSER AND LYRICIST

Cole Porter – Kiss Me, Kate

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Bella and Samuel Spewack – Kiss Me, Kate

BEST PRODUCERS OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Kermit Bloomgarden & Walter Fried – Death of a Salesman

BEST PRODUCERS OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Saint-Subber & Lemuel Ayers – Kiss Me, Kate

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN

Jo Mielziner – Sleepy Hollow, Summer and Smoke, Anne of a Thousand Days, Death of a Salesman, and South Pacific

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Lemuel Ayers – Kiss Me Kate

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