4th Tony Awards

4th Tony Awards
Date	April 9, 1950
Location	Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City, New York
Hosted by	Humphrey Bogart
Television/Radio coverage
Network	WOR, Mutual Network

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. The host was James Sauter.

Ceremony

Presenters were Helen Hayes (President of the American Theatre Wing) and Mrs. Martin Beck (Chairman of the Board), with a special presentation by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.^[1]

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

Award winners

Source:The New York Times^[1]

Note: nominees are not shown

Production

Award	Winner
Best Play	The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot. Produced by Gilbert Miller
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

Award	Winner
Actor-Play	Sidney Blackmer, Come Back, Little Sheba
Actress-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

Award	Winner
Best Director	Joshua Logan, South Pacific
Choreographer	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

Special 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)

References

1 2 "8 Perry Awards Go To 'South Pacific': Hit Musical Sweeps the Field --T.S. Eliot's 'Cocktail Party' Captures 'Tony' Honored for Libretto Evans Gets Citation", The New York Times, April 10, 1950, p.27

External links

Tony Awards

American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Sound Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

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