Tony Award / Best Conductor and Music Director
From 1948 to 1964, the Tony Awards presented the prize for the best conductor and music director .
Max Meth received this award twice, Lehman Engel was nominated 5 times. Most of the nominations without a win went to Jay Blackston , Pembrode Davenport and Milton Rosenstock with 2 nominations each.
Winner & Nominees
1948-1950
year | Musical work | Award winners | Other nominees |
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1948 | The golden rainbow | Milton rose bush | no |
1949 | As the Girls Go | Max meth | no |
1950 | Regina | Maurice Abravanel | no |
1951-1960
year | Musical work | Award winners | Other nominees |
---|---|---|---|
1951 | The consul | Lehman angel | no |
1952 | Pal Joey | Max meth | no |
1953 |
Wonderful Town and Gilbert and Sullivan Season |
Lehman angel | no |
1955 | The Saint of Bleecker Street | Thomas Schippers | no |
1956 | Damn Yankees | Hal Hastings |
Salvatore Dell'Isola for Pipe Dream Milton Rosenstock for The Vamp |
1957 | My fair lady | Franz Allers |
Herbert Greene for The Most Happy Fella Samuel Krachmalnick for Candide |
1958 | The Music Man | Herbert Greene | Max Groberman for West Side Story |
1959 | Flower drum song | Salvatore Dell'Isola |
Jay Blackston for Redhead Lehman Engel for Goldilocks Gershon Kingsley for La Plume de Ma Aunt |
1960 | The Sound of Music | Frederick Dvonch |
Abba Bogin for Greenwillow Lehman Engel for Take Me Along Hal Hastings for Fiorello! Milton rose bush for Gypsy |
1961-1964
year | Musical work | Award winners | Other nominees |
---|---|---|---|
1961 | Camelot | Franz Allers |
Pembrode Davenport for 13 Daughters Stanley Lebowsky for Irma La Douce Elliot Lawrence for Bye Bye, Birdie |
1962 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Elliot Lawrence |
Pembrode Davenport for Kean Herbert Greene for The Gay Life Peter Matz for No Strings |
1963 | Oliver! | Donald Pippin |
Jay Blackston for Mr. President Anton Coppola for Bravo Giovanni Julius Rudel for Brigadoon |
1964 | Hello, Dolly! | Shepard Coleman |
Lehman Engel for What Makes Sammy Run? Charles Jaffe for West Side Story Fred Werner for High Spirits |