Who wrote the 1949 Tony Award winner for Best Play?
Tony Awards
| year | best musical |
|---|---|
| **Postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| 1947 | not awarded |
| 1948 | not awarded |
| 1949 | Kiss Me, Kate (book, Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack; music and lyrics, Cole Porter) |
Which musical won the very first Best musical Tony Award back in 1949?
List of Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning musicals
| Title | Year | Tony |
|---|---|---|
| The King and I | 1951 | 1952 |
| Kinky Boots | 2013 | 2013 |
| Kismet | 1953 | 1954 |
| Kiss Me, Kate | 1948 | 1949 |
Which play won the Tony for best musical?
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 2001 film, won the Tony Award for Best Musical tonight. The Inheritance, Matthew López’s elegiac two-part drama about the AIDS scourge inspired by E.M Forster’s Howards End, won the Tony Award tonight for Best Play.
Who was the first African American dramatist to win the Tony for best play?
African American playwright August Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for his play ‘Fences’ and earned a second Pulitzer Prize for ‘The Piano Lesson.
What are three musicals that have won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
Do You Know All of the Tony-Winning Best…
- 2019: Hadestown.
- 2018: The Band’s Visit.
- 2017: Dear Evan Hansen.
- 2016: Hamilton.
- 2015: Fun Home.
- 2014: A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murder.
- 2013: Kinky Boots.
- 2012: Once.
What show won the award for best musical at the 55th Tony Awards?
Winners and nominees
| Best Play | Best Musical |
|---|---|
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Betrayal The Best Man The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | 42nd Street Bells Are Ringing Follies The Rocky Horror Show |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
What actress won the most Tony Awards?
Audra McDonald
Leading Ladies. Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards for performance, more than any other individual. She is the only person to have won Tony Awards in four different acting categories. Julie Harris also earned six Tony Awards.
Who was the first playwright to win two Tony Awards?
In 1994, Tony Kushner became the first playwright to win consecutive Tony Awards for his two-part Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Terrence McNally repeated this feat the following two years with his plays Love!
Where is the Tony Award for Best Play located?
Tony Award for Best Play Location New York City Presented by American Theatre Wing The Broadway Leagu Currently held by The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth (2019) Website TonyAwards.com
When did death of a salesman win a Tony Award?
1940s Year Production Author 1948 2nd Tony Awards 1948 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan 1949 3rd Tony Awards 1949 3rd Tony Awards Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
Who are the nominees for the Tony Award?
With ten nominations, Neil Simon has been nominated for the award more than any other playwright. August Wilson, with nine nominations, comes in second, followed by Tom Stoppard (seven nominations), Edward Albee (six nominations), and Arthur Miller (five nominations).