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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. The host was James Sauter.
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival.
Best Actor in Play: Alfred Lunt, Quadrille: Best Actress in a Play: Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed: Best Actor in a Musical: Walter Slezak, Fanny: Best Actress in a Musical: Mary Martin, Peter Pan: Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play: Francis L. Sullivan, Witness for the Prosecution: Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
Both roles earned him Tony Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical: in 1988 for Chess and again in 1990 for Grand Hotel. [1] Carroll was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was an active member of the Dartmouth Players. While at Dartmouth Carroll had star ...
The original Broadway production won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Libretto, and it is the only musical production ever to have won all four Tony Awards for acting. [4] The 2008 Broadway revival was a strong success, winning numerous theatre awards. Its seven Tonys included Best Musical Revival.
It won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The West End revivals in 1993 and 2012 won their respective Olivier Awards for Best Revival. Thoroughly Modern Millie: 2002 Jeanine Tesori, Arthur Sullivan: Dick Scanlan: Richard Morris, Scanlan 2002: Nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning six including Best Musical. Titanic: 1997 Maury Yeston ...
Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. His best known role was Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.