4th Tony Awards

Infobox Tony Awards
name = 4th


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date = April 9 1950
venue = Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City, New York
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network = WOR, Mutual Network
last = 3rd
next = 5th

The 4th Annual Tony Awards were held on April 9, 1950, at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City, and broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network.

Presenters were Mrs. Martin Beck and Helen Hayes, with a special presentation by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Performers: Yvonne Adair, Rod Alexander, John Conte, Richard Eastham, Adolph Green, Georges Guetary, Bambi Linn, Allyn McLerie, Lucy Monroe, Danny Scholl, Herb Shriner, William Tabbert, William Warfield, Lou Wills Jr., Julie Wilson, and Martha Wright.

Winners

"Note: nominees are not shown"

Production

*Best Play
**"The Cocktail Party" by T. S. Eliot/ Produced by Gilbert Miller

*Tony Award for Best 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.

*Tony Award for Producers (Musical)
**"South Pacific" Produced by Leland Hayward, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan and Richard Rodgers.

Performance

*Actors—Play
**Sidney Blackmer, "Come Back, Little Sheba"

*Actresses—Play
**Shirley Booth, "Come Back, Little Sheba"

*Actor—Musical
**Ezio Pinza, "South Pacific"

*Actress—Musical
**Mary Martin, "South Pacific"

*Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Musical)
**Myron McCormick, "South Pacific"

*Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Musical)
**Juanita Hall, "South Pacific"

Craft

*Tony Award for Best Director
**Joshua Logan, "South Pacific"

*Choreographers
**Helen Tamiris, "Touch and Go"

*Tony Award for Libreto
**Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, "South Pacific"

*Tony Award for Score
**Richard Rodgers, "South Pacific"
*Costume Designer
**Aline Bernstein, "Regina"

* Scenic Designer
**Jo Mielziner, "The Innocents"

*Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director
**Maurice Abravanel, "Regina"

pecial Awards

* Maurice Evans, for work he did in guiding the City Center Theatre Company through a highly successful season
* Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presented a special award to volunteer worker Philip Faversham of the American Theatre Wing's hospital program
* Brock Pemberton, founder of Tony Awards and its original chairman (posthumous)
* Stage Technician, Joe Lynn, master propertyman ("Miss Liberty")

ee also

Tony Awards

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Official Site]
* [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153404.html Infoplease listing]