1949 Tony Awards

Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best Choreography	Gower Champion	Lend an Ear
Best Costume Design	Lemuel Ayers	Kiss Me Kate
Best Direction	Elia Kazan	Death of a Salesman
Best Musical	Samuel Spewack, Kiss Me Kate	Kiss Me Kate
Best Musical	Bella Spewack	Kiss Me, Kate
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Cole Porter	Kiss Me Kate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Arthur Kennedy	Death of a Salesman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Ray Bolger	Where's Charley?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Rex Harrison	Anne of the Thousand Days
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Shirley Booth	Goodbye, My Fancy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Nanette Fabray	Love Life
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Martita Hunt	The Madwoman of Chaillot
Best Play	Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman	Death of a Salesman
Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	Anne of the Thousand Days
Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	Death of a Salesman
Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	Sleepy Hollow


Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	South Pacific
Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	Summer and Smoke
Producer (Dramatic)	Kermit Bloomgarden, Walter Fried, Kermit Bloomgarden, Walter Fried	Death of a Salesman
Producer (Musical)	Saint-Subber, Lemuel Ayers	Kiss Me, Kate

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