49th Tony Awards


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

The ceremony

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:
A special segment,"Broadway Across America" featured: Buskers in San Francisco ; Master Class in Los Angeles ; Grease in Boston ; Hello, Dolly! in San Diego.

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold
Best PlayBest Musical

  • Sunset Boulevard
  • * Smokey Joe's Cafe
    • Best Revival of a PlayBest Revival of a Musical
  • The Heiress
  • * Hamlet
  • * The Molière Comedies
  • * The Rose Tattoo
  • Show Boat
  • * How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
  • Ralph Fiennes – Hamlet as Hamlet
  • * Brian Bedford – The Molière Comedies as Sganarelle
  • * Roger Rees – Indiscretions as George
  • * Joe Sears – A Tuna Christmas as Various Characters
  • Cherry Jones – The Heiress as Catherine Sloper
  • * Mary Alice – ' as Bessie Delany
  • * Eileen Atkins – Indiscretions as Léonie
  • * Helen Mirren – A Month in the Country as Natalia Petrovna
    • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
  • Matthew Broderick – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J. Pierrepont Finch
  • *Alan Campbell – Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
  • * Mark Jacoby – Show Boat as Gaylord Ravenal
  • * John McMartin – Show Boat as Cap'n Andy
  • Glenn Close – Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond
  • * Rebecca Luker – Show Boat as Magnolia Hawks
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
  • John Glover – Love! Valour! Compassion! as John and James Jeckyll
  • * Stephen Bogardus – Love! Valour! Compassion! as Gregory Mitchell
  • * Anthony Heald – Love! Valour! Compassion! as Perry Sellars
  • * Jude Law – Indiscretions as Michael
  • Frances Sternhagen – The Heiress as Lavinia Penniman
  • * Suzanne Bertish – The Molière Comedies as Lisette/Sganerelle's Wife
  • * Cynthia Nixon – Indiscretions as Madeleine
  • * Mercedes Ruehl – The Shadow Box as Beverly
    • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a MusicalBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
  • George Hearn – Sunset Boulevard as Max Von Mayerling
  • * Michel Bell – Show Boat as Joe
  • * Joel Blum – Show Boat as Frank
  • * Victor Trent Cook – Smokey Joe's Cafe as Various Characters
  • Gretha Boston – Show Boat as Queenie
  • * Brenda Braxton – Smokey Joe's Cafe as Various Characters
  • * B.J. Crosby – Smokey Joe's Cafe as Various Characters
  • * DeLee Lively – Smokey Joe's Cafe as Various Characters
    • Best Book of a MusicalBest Original Score Written for the Theatre
  • Sunset Boulevard – Don Black and Christopher Hampton
  • * No nominees
  • Sunset Boulevard – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black and Christopher Hampton
  • * No nominees
    • Best Scenic DesignBest Costume Design
  • John Napier – Sunset Boulevard
  • * John Lee Beatty – The Heiress
  • * Stephen Brimson Lewis – Indiscretions
  • * Mark Thompson – Arcadia
  • Florence Klotz – Show Boat
  • * Jane Greenwood – The Heiress
  • * Stephen Brimson Lewis – Indiscretions
  • * Anthony Powell – Sunset Boulevard
    • Best Lighting DesignBest Choreography
  • Andrew Bridge – Sunset Boulevard
  • * Beverly Emmons – The Heiress
  • * Mark Henderson – Indiscretions
  • * Paul Pyant – Arcadia
  • Susan Stroman – Show Boat
  • * Bob Avian – Sunset Boulevard
  • * Wayne Cilento – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • * Joey McKneely – Smokey Joe's Cafe
    • Best Direction of a PlayBest Direction of a Musical
  • Gerald Gutierrez – The Heiress
  • * Emily Mann – '
  • * Joe Mantello – Love! Valour! Compassion!
  • * Sean Mathias – Indiscretions
  • Harold Prince – Show Boat'
  • * Des McAnuff – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • * Trevor Nunn – Sunset Boulevard
  • * Jerry Zaks – Smokey Joe's Cafe''

    • Special awards

    ;Regional Theatre Tony Award
    Goodspeed Opera House
    ;Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
    ;Special Tony Award
    These productions had multiple nominations:
    The following productions received multiple awards.