49th Tony Awards

The 49th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 4, 1995. Hosts were Glenn Close, Gregory Hines, and Nathan Lane.

The musical sequence was "Broadway Songs We've Never Done, and Never Will" with Gregory Hines and Nathan Lane.

Presenters were: Maria Conchita Alonso, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Red Buttons, Walter Cronkite, Jim Dale, Laurence Fishburne, Gloria Foster, Michele Lee, Lonette McKee, Robert Morse, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jon Secada, Patrick Stewart, Elaine Stritch, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner, Joan Van Ark.

Musicals represented:

*"Smokey Joe's Cafe" "On Broadway" - The Men;
*"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" "Brotherhood of Man" - Matthew Broderick, Lillias White and Company;
*"Show Boat" "Kim's Charleston" - Elaine Stritch, Tammy Amerson and Company;
*"Sunset Boulevard"- "As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close and Company.

A special segment,"Broadway Across America" featured: "Buskers (musical)" in San Francisco ("Busker Alley" - Tommy Tune and Company); "Master Class" in Los Angeles (Scene with Zoe Caldwell and Audra McDonald); "Grease" in Boston ("We Go Together" - Company); "Hello, Dolly!" in San Diego.

Award winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold"

Production

Best Play----
*"Love! Valour! Compassion!" By Terrence McNally. Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, and Jujamcyn Theatres.Nominees:
*"Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop and Bernard Gersten.
*"Having Our Say" by Emily Mann. Produced by Camille O. Cosby and Judith Rutherford James
*"Indiscretions" by Jean Cocteau. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Capital Cities/ABC, and Scott Rudin.

Best Musical----
*"Sunset Boulevard" Produced by The Really Useful CompanyNominee:
*"Smokey Joe's Cafe" Produced by Richard Frankel, Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Jujamcyn Theaters/Jack Viertel, Rick Steiner, Frederic H. Mayerson, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre/Gordon Davidson.

Best Revival of a Play----
*"The Heiress", Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, Bernard GerstenNominees:
*"Hamlet", Produced by Dodger Productions, Roger Berlind, Endemol Theatre Productions, Inc., Jujamcyn Theaters, Kardana Productions, Inc., Scott Rudin, The Almeida Theatre Company
*"The Moliere Comedies", Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes
*"The Rose Tattoo", Produced by Circle in the Square Theatre, Theodore Mann, Josephine R. Abady, Robert Bennett

Best Revival of a Musical----
*"Show Boat" Produced by Livent (U.S.) Inc.Nominee:
*"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", Produced by Dodger Productions & Kardana Productions, Inc., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Nederlander Organization.

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*"Ralph Fiennes" ("Hamlet")Nominees:
*Brian Bedford ("The Moliere Comedies")
*Roger Rees ("Indiscretions")
*Joe Sears ("A Tuna Christmas")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*"Cherry Jones" ("The Heiress")Nominees:
*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!")Nominees:
*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")Nominee:
*Rebecca Luker ("Show Boat")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*"John Glover" ("Love! Valour! Compassion!")Nominees:
*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")Nominees:
*Suzanne Bertish ("The Moliere Comedies")
*Cynthia Nixon ("Indiscretions")
*Mercedes Ruehl ("The Shadow Box")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*"George Hearn" ("Sunset Boulevard")Nominees:
*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")Nominees:
*Brenda Braxton ("Smokey Joe's Cafe")
*B.J. Crosby ("Smokey Joe's Cafe")
*DeLee Lively ("Smokey Joe's Cafe")

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*"Gerald Gutierrez" ("The Heiress")Nominees:
*Emily Mann ("Having Our Say")
*Joe Mantello ("Love! Valour! Compassion!")
*Sean Mathias ("Indiscretions")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*"Harold Prince" ("Show Boat")Nominees:
*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")Nominees:
*Bob Avian ("Sunset Boulevard")
*Wayne Cilento ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
*Joey McKneely ("Smokey Joe's Cafe")

Best Book of a Musical----
*"Sunset Boulevard" by Don Black and Christopher Hampton

"No other nominees"

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*"Sunset Boulevard" Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton

"No other nominees"

Best Scenic Design----
*"John Napier" ("Sunset Boulevard")Nominees:
*John Lee Beatty ("The Heiress")
*Stephen Brimson Lewis ("Indiscretions")
*Mark Thompson ("Arcadia")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*"Florence Klotz" ("Show Boat")Nominees:
*Jane Greenwood ("The Heiress")
*Stephen Brimson Lewis ("Indiscretions")
*Anthony Powell ("Sunset Boulevard")

Tony Award for Best Lighting ----
*"Andrew Bridge" ("Sunset Boulevard")Nominees:
*Beverly Emmons ("The Heiress")
*Mark Henderson ("Indiscretions")
*Paul Pyant ("Arcadia")

Regional Theatre Award

Goodspeed Opera House

Tony Honor

*National Endowment for the Arts

pecial Tony Award

*Carol Channing — Lifetime Achievement
*Harvey Sabinson — Lifetime Achievement

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Official Site Tony Awards]