1949 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Ray Bolger	Where's Charley?
Actor (Play)	Rex Harrison	Anne of the Thousand Days
Actress (Musical)	Nanette Fabray	Love Life
Actress (Play)	Martita Hunt	The Madwoman of Chaillot
Book (Musical)	Bella and Samuel Spewack	Kiss Me Kate Category originally named Best Author, instead of Best Book.
Choreographer	Gower Champion	Lend An Ear
Conductor and Musical Director	Max Meth	As the Girls Go
Costume Designer	Lemuel Ayers	Kiss Me Kate
Director	John Logan	Mister Roberts
Director	Elia Kazan	Death of a Salesman
Featured Actor (Play)	Arthur Kennedy	Death of a Salesman
Featured Actress (Play)	Shirley Booth	Goodbye, My Fancy
Musical	Kiss Me Kate	Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.
Play	Arthur Miller	Death of a Salesman
Play	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Producers (Dramatic)	Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried	Death of a Salesman
Producers (Musical)	Saint-Subber and 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)
Score	Cole Porter	Kiss Me Kate Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist'