1950 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Ezio Pinza	South Pacific
Actor (Play)	Sidney Blackmer	Come Back, Little Sheba
Actress (Musical)	Mary Martin	South Pacific
Actress (Play)	Shirley Booth	Come Back, Little Sheba
Book (Musical)	Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan	South Pacific Award for Best Libretto, category later renamed Best Book.
Choreographer	Helen Tamiris	Touch and Go
Conductor and Musical Director	Maurice Abravanel	Regina
Costume Designer	Aline Bernstein	Regina
Director	Joshua Logan	South Pacific
Featured Actor (Musical)	Myron McCormick	South Pacific
Featured Actress (Musical)	Juanita Hall	South Pacific
Musical		South Pacific Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Produced by Leland Hayward, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan and Richard Rodgers.
Play		The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot/ Produced by Gilbert Miller
Producers (Musical)		South Pacific Produced by Leland Hayward, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan and Richard Rodgers.
Scenic Designer	Jo Mielziner	The Innocents
Score	Richard Rodgers	South Pacific
Special Tony Awards	Maurice Evans	Brock Pemberton, founder of awards and its original chairman (posthumous).
Special Tony Awards	Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt	Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presented a special award to volunteer worker Philip Faversham of the American Theatre Wing's hospital program.
Special Tony Awards	Brock Pemberton	founder of awards and its original chairman (posthumous)
Stage Technician	Joe Lynn	Miss Liberty master propertyman