49th Tony Awards

1995 awards ceremony

49th Tony Awards

Date

June 4, 1995

Location

Minskoff Theatre, New York City, New York

Hosted by

Nathan Lane, Glenn Close, Gregory Hines

Television/radio coverage

Network

CBS

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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.^[1]

Musicals represented:^[1]

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
Love! Valour! Compassion! – Terrence McNally Arcadia – Tom Stoppard Having Our Say – Emily Mann Indiscretions – Jean Cocteau	Sunset Boulevard Smokey Joe's Cafe
Best Revival of a Play	Best 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 Play	Best 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 – Having Our Say 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 Musical	Best 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 Play	Best 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 Musical	Best 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 Musical	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Sunset Boulevard – Don Black and Christopher Hampton No additional nominees^[2]	Sunset Boulevard – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Don Black and Christopher Hampton (lyrics) No additional nominees^[2]
Best Scenic Design	Best 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 Design	Best 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 Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Gerald Gutierrez – The Heiress Emily Mann – Having Our Say 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

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

^ ^a ^b "1995 Tony Awards" Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed April 29, 2011
^ ^a ^b McNeil Jr., Donald G. (May 9, 1995). "'Sunset' Leads the Race for Tony Awards". The New York Times. p. C11. Retrieved 2020-12-24.