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49th Tony Awards

1995 theatrical awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	49th Tony Awards
date	June 4, 1995
location	Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York
host	Nathan Lane, Glenn Close, Gregory Hines
network	CBS
previous	48th
main	Tony Awards
next	50th

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.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1994–1995 season before May 4, 1995 are eligible.

;Original plays

Arcadia
Defending the Caveman
Having Our Say
Indiscretions
Love! Valour! Compassion!
My Thing of Love
On the Waterfront
Translations
A Tuna Christmas
What’s Wrong With This Picture? ;Original musicals
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Sunset Boulevard ;Play revivals
A Christmas Carol
The Glass Menagerie
Hamlet
Hedda Gabler
The Heiress
The Molière Comedies
A Month in the Country
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
The Rose Tattoo
The Shadow Box
Uncle Vanya ;Musical revivals
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Show Boat

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:

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 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

Best Play	Best Musical	Best Revival of a Play	Best Revival of a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Best Book of a Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design	Best Choreography	Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical

Special awards

;Regional Theatre Tony Award Goodspeed Opera House

;Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre

National Endowment for the Arts

;Special Tony Award

Carol Channing — Lifetime Achievement
Harvey Sabinson — Lifetime Achievement

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: Sunset Boulevard
10 nominations: Show Boat
9 nominations: Indiscretions
7 nominations: The Heiress and Smokey Joe's Cafe
5 nominations: Love! Valour! Compassion!
4 nominations: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
3 nominations: Arcadia, Having Our Say and The Molière Comedies
2 nominations: Hamlet

The following productions received multiple awards.

7 wins: Sunset Boulevard
5 wins: Show Boat
4 wins: The Heiress
2 wins: Love! Valour! Compassion!

References

[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/ceremonies/200909161253135142531.html "1995 Tony Awards"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-01-01 tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011)
(May 9, 1995). "'Sunset' Leads the Race for Tony Awards". [[The New York Times]].

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