Awards & Winners

1951 Tony Award

Check winners and nominations of 1951 Tony Award. Check awards winners of 5th Tony Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

5th Tony Awards

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Claude Rains

Honored for : Darkness at Noon
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Russell Nype

Honored for : Call Me Madam
Tony Award for Best Choreography

Michael Kidd

Honored for : Guys and Dolls
Tony Award for Best Original Score

Irving Berlin

Honored for : Call Me Madam
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Eli Wallach

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo
Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

Lehman Engel

Honored for : The Consul
Tony Award for Best Stage Technician

Richard Raven

Honored for : The Autumn Garden
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Isabel Bigley

Honored for : Guys and Dolls
Tony Award for Best Play

Tennessee Williams, Cheryl Crawford

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tennessee Williams The Rose Tattoo
Cheryl Crawford The Rose Tattoo
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Robert Alda

Honored for : Guys and Dolls
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Uta Hagen

Honored for : The Country Girl
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Ethel Merman

Honored for : Call Me Madam
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play

Maureen Stapleton

Honored for : The Rose Tattoo
Special Tony Award

Ruth Green

(for her services as a volunteer in arranging reservation and seating for the five Tony Awards)
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

Boris Aronson

Honored for : Season in the Sun, The Country Girl, The Rose Tattoo
Tony Award for Best Director

George S. Kaufman

Honored for : Guys and Dolls
Tony Award for Best Costume Design

Miles White

Honored for : Bless You All
Tony Award for Best Musical

Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, Cy Feuer, Ernest H. Martin

Honored for : Guys and Dolls