1949 Tony Awards results (3rd) – Winners & Nominees

This page lists the winners from the 3rd Tony Awards, held on April 24, 1949. The 1949 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Kiss Me, Kate.”

Best Musical

Winner:

• Kiss Me, Kate

Best Play

Winner:

• Death of a Salesman

Best Script (Play)

Winner:

• Death of a Salesman

Best Book of a Musical

Winner:

• Kiss Me, Kate

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Winner:

• Rex Harrison (Anne of the Thousand Days)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Winner:

• Martita Hunt (The Madwoman of Chaillot)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Winner:

• Ray Bolger (Where’s Charley?)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Winner:

• Nanette Fabray (Love Life)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Winner:

• Arthur Kennedy (Death of a Salesman)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Winner:

• Shirley Booth (Goodbye, My Fancy)

Best Scenic Design (Musical)

Winner:

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

Best Costume Design (Play)

Winner:

• Lemuel Ayers (Kiss Me, Kate)

Best Producer (Play)

Winner:

• Kermit Bloomgarden & Walter Fried (Death of a Salesman)

Best Producer (Musical)

Winner:

• Saint-Subber & Lemuel Ayers (Kiss Me, Kate)

Best Direction of a Play

Winner:

• Max Meth (Girls Go)

Best Choreography

Winner:

• Gower Champion (Listen, Darling)

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