Tony Awards

1949 Kiss Me, Kate - Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Samuel and Bella Spewack.

[edit] 1950s

1950 South Pacific - Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.

1951 Guys and Dolls - Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

1952 The King and I - Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers.

1953 Wonderful Town - Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

1954 Kismet - Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, music by Alexander Borodin, adapted and with lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest.

1955 The Pajama Game - Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

Fanny. Book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome

Peter Pan. Book by Jerome Robbins, music by Moose Charlap and Jule Styne and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Plain and Fancy. Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, music by Albert Hague, and lyrics by Arnold Horwitt.

Silk Stockings. Book, music and lyrics by Cole Porter

1956 Damn Yankees - Book by George