1954 Tony Awards results (8th) – Winners & Nominees

This page lists the winners from the 8th Tony Awards, held on March 28, 1954. The 1954 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Kismet.”

Best Musical

• Kismet

Best Play

• The Teahouse of the August Moon

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• David Wayne (The Teahouse of the August Moon)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Audrey Hepburn (Ondine)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Alfred Drake (Kismet)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Dolores Gray (Carnival in Flanders)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• John Kerr (Tea and Sympathy)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Jo Van Fleet (The Trip to Bountiful)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Harry Belafonte (John Murray Anderson’s Almanac)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Gwen Verdon (Can-Can)

Best Scenic Design (Play)

• Peter Larkin (Ondine; The Teahouse of the August Moon)

Best Costume Design (Play)

• Richard Whorf (Ondine)

Stage Technician Award

• John Davis (Picnic)

Best Direction of a Play

• Alfred Lunt (Ondine)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Louis Adrian (Kismet)

Best Choreography

• Michael Kidd (Can-Can)

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