1948 Tony Awards results (2nd) – Winners & Nominees

This page lists the winners from the 2nd Tony Awards, held on March 28, 1948.

Best Play

• Mister Roberts

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Henry Fonda (Mister Roberts)

• Paul Kelly (Command Decision)
• Basil Rathbone (The Heiress)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Judith Anderson (Medea)

• Katharine Cornell (Antony and Cleopatra)
• Jessica Tandy (A Streetcar Named Desire)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Paul Hartman (Angel in the Wings)

Best Author (Play)

• Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan (Mister Roberts)

Best Scenic Design (Musical)

• Horace Armistead (The Medium)

Best Costume Design (Play)

• Mary Percy Schenck (The Heiress)

Best Producer

• Leland Hayward (Mister Roberts)

Stage Technician Award

• George Gebhardt

Best Direction of a Play

• Joshua Logan (Mister Roberts)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Max Meth (Finian’s Rainbow)

Best Choreography

• Jerome Robbins (High Button Shoes)

Special Tony Award (lifetime achievement)

• Robert W. Dowling & Mary Martin (Annie Get Your Gun)
• Joe E. Brown (Harvey)

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