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1948 Broadway Awards

Winners and nominees across Broadway and Off-Broadway award shows.

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1948 winners & nominees

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AwardsCategoryNomineeShow
Drama League AwardsDistinguished Performance AwardDame Judith Anderson
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest American PlayTennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire1947-1948 season
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest Foreign PlayTerence RattiganThe Winslow Boy1947-1948 season
Pulitzer Prize for DramaThe Pulitzer Prize for DramaTennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceDouglass WatsonAntony and CleopatraSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceJames WhitmoreCommand DecisionSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceJune LockhartFor Love or MoneySeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceMark DawsonHigh Button ShoesSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformancePatrice WymoreHold It!Season 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceValerie Bettis, Estelle LoringInside U.S.A.Season 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformancePeggy MaleyJoy to the WorldSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceWhitfield ConnorMacbethSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceRalph MeekerMister RobertsSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceEdward BryceThe Cradle Will RockSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceMeg MundyThe Happy Journey to Trenton and CamdenSeason 1947–1948
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceMeg MundyThe Respectful ProstituteSeason 1947–1948
Tony AwardsBest ChoreographyJerome RobbinsHigh Button Shoes
Tony AwardsBest Conductor and Musical DirectorMax MethFinian's Rainbow
Tony AwardsBest Costume DesignMary Percy SchenckThe Heiress
Tony AwardsBest DirectionJoshua LoganMister Roberts
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalPaul HartmanAngel in the Wings
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayPaul KellyCommand Decision
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayHenry FondaMister Roberts
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayBasil RathboneThe Heiress
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalGrace HartmanAngel in the Wings
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayJessica TandyA Streetcar Named Desire
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayKatharine CornellAntony and Cleopatra
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayJudith AndersonMedea
Tony AwardsBest PlayJoshua Logan, Mister Roberts, Thomas HeggenMister Roberts
Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignHorace ArmisteadThe Medium
Tony AwardsBest Stage TechnicianGeorge Gebhardt
Tony AwardsContribution To Theatre Through A PublicationRosalind Gildereditor, Theatre Arts
Tony AwardsDistinguished Wing Volunteer Worker Through The War And AfterVera Allen
Tony AwardsExperiment In TheatreExperimental Theatre Inc.
Tony AwardsOutstanding Foreign CompanyThe cast of The Importance of Being Earnest
Tony AwardsOutstanding Performance By NewcomersJames WhitmoreCommand Decision
Tony AwardsOutstanding Performance By NewcomersJune LockhartFor Love or Money
Tony AwardsProducer (Dramatic)Leland HaywardMister Roberts
Tony AwardsProgressive Theatre OperatorsRobert W. Dowling
Tony AwardsRegional Theater Tony AwardRobert Porterfield
Tony AwardsSpecial Tony AwardGeorge Piercefor twenty-five years of courteous and efficient service as a backstage doorman at the Empire Theatre
Tony AwardsSpecial Tony AwardMary MartinAnnie Get Your Gun
Tony AwardsSpecial Tony AwardJoe E. BrownHarvey

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