1995 Tony Awards results (49th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees of the 49th Tony Awards, held on June 4, 1995. The 1995 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Sunset Boulevard”.

Best musical

• Sunset Boulevard

• Smokey Joe’s Cafe

Best play

• Love! Valour! Compassion!

• Arcadia
• Having Our Say
• Indiscretions

Best book of a musical

• Sunset Boulevard

Best original score

• Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton (Sunset Boulevard)

Best revival of a musical

• Show Boat

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best revival of a play

• The Heiress

• Hamlet
• The Molière Comedies
• The Rose Tattoo

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Ralph Fiennes (Hamlet)

• Brian Bedford (The Molière Comedies)
• Roger Rees (Indiscretions)
• Joe Sears (A Tuna Christmas)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Cherry Jones (The Heiress)

• Mary Alice (Having Our Say)
• Eileen Atkins (Indiscretions)
• Helen Mirren (A Month in the Country)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Matthew Broderick (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)

• Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard)
• Mark Jacoby (Show Boat)
• John McMartin (Show Boat)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Glenn Close (Sunset Boulevard)

• Rebecca Luker (Show Boat)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• John Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion!)

• Stephen Bogardus (Love! Valour! Compassion!)
• Anthony Heald (Love! Valour! Compassion!)
• Jude Law (Indiscretions)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Frances Sternhagen (The Heiress)

• Suzanne Bertish (The Molière Comedies)
• Cynthia Nixon (Indiscretions)
• Mercedes Ruehl (The Shadow Box)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• George Hearn (Sunset Boulevard)

• Michel Bell (Show Boat)
• Joel Blum (Show Boat)
• Victor Trent Cook (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Gretha Boston (Show Boat)

• Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)
• B.J. Crosby (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)
• DeLee Lively (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

Best scenic design

• John Napier (Sunset Boulevard)

• John Lee Beatty (The Heiress)
• Stephen Brimson Lewis (Indiscretions)
• Mark Thompson (Arcadia)

Best costume design

• Florence Klotz (Show Boat)

• Jane Greenwood (The Heiress)
• Stephen Brimson Lewis (Indiscretions)
• Anthony Powell (Sunset Boulevard)

Best lighting design

• Andrew Bridge (Sunset Boulevard)

• Beverly Emmons (The Heiress)
• Mark Henderson (Indiscretions)
• Paul Pyant (Arcadia)

Best direction of a play

• Gerald Gutierrez (The Heiress)

• Emily Mann (Having Our Say)
• Joe Mantello (Love! Valour! Compassion!)
• Sean Mathias (Indiscretions)

Best direction of a musical

• Harold Prince (Show Boat)

• Des McAnuff (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
• Trevor Nunn (Sunset Boulevard)
• Jerry Zaks (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

Best choreography

• Susan Stroman (Show Boat)

• Bob Avian (Sunset Boulevard)
• Wayne Cilento (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
• Joey McKneely (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Goodspeed Opera House

Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre

• Carol Channing
• Harvey Sabinson

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• National Endowment for the Arts

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