3rd Tony Awards

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The 3rd Annual Tony Awards (1949) were held on April 24, 1949 at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City, and broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network. The Masters of Ceremonies were Brock Pemberton and James Sauter.

Performers: Yvonne Adair, Anne Renee Anderson, Carol Channing, Alfred Drake, Bill Eythe, Nanette Fabray, Jane Froman, Lisa Kirk, Mary McCarty, Lucy Monroe, Gene Nelson, Lanny Ross, Lee Stacy, Lawrence Tibbett, Betty Jane Watson, Paul Winchell.

The silver Tony medallion, designed by Herman Rosse, was awarded for the first time. The face of the medallion portrayed an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks and the reverse side had a relief profile of Antoinette Perry.

South Pacific, which had won the Critics Circle Award, was not eligible for these Tony Awards, which were confined to productions opening up to March 1, 1949.(It was eligible for the following year.)^[1]

[edit] Winners and Nominees

Winners are in bold

[edit] Production

• Best Play
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

• Tony Award for Best Musical
• Kiss Me Kate Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Bella and Samuel Spewack

• Tony Award for Author (Play)
• Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman)

• Tony Award for Authors (Musical)
• Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack (Kiss Me Kate)

• Tony Award for Producers (Dramatic)
• Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried (Death of a Salesman)

• Tony Award for Producers (Musical)
• Saint-Subber and Lemuel Ayers (Kiss Me Kate)

[edit] Performance

• Actors—Play
• Rex Harrison (Anne of the Thousand Days)

• Actresses—Play
• Martita Hunt (The Madwoman of Chaillot)

• Actor—Musical
• Ray Bolger (Where's Charley?)

• Actress—Musical
• Nanette Fabray (Love Life)

• Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic)
• Arthur Kennedy (Death of a Salesman)

• Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic)
• Shirley Booth (Goodbye, My Fancy)

[edit] Craft

• Tony Award for Best Director
• Elia Kazan (Death of a Salesman)

• Tony Award for Composer and Lyricist
• Cole Porter (Kiss Me Kate)

• Choreographers
• Gower Champion (Lend An Ear)

• Costume Designer
• Lemuel Ayers (Kiss Me Kate)

• Scenic Designer
• Jo Mielziner (Sleepy Hollow / Summer and Smoke / Anne of the Thousand Days / Death of a Salesman / South Pacific)

• Conductor and Musical Director
• Max Meth (As the Girls Go)

[edit] References

[edit] External link

• Official site