1951 Tony Awards results (5th) – Winners & Nominees

This page lists the winners from the 5th Tony Awards, held on March 25, 1951. The 1951 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Guys and Dolls.”

Best Musical

Winner:

• Guys and Dolls

Best Play

Winner:

• The Rose Tattoo

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Winner:

• Claude Rains (Darkness at Noon)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Winner:

• Uta Hagen (The Country Girl)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Winner:

• Robert Alda (Guys and Dolls)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Winner:

• Ethel Merman (Call Me Madam)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Winner:

• Eli Wallach (The Rose Tattoo)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Winner:

• Maureen Stapleton (The Rose Tattoo)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Winner:

• Russell Nype (Call Me Madam)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Winner:

• Isabel Bigley (Guys and Dolls)

Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Winner:

• Boris Aronson (The Rose Tattoo; The Country Girl; Season in the Sun)

Best Costume Design in a Play

Winner:

• Miles White (Bless You All)

Stage Technician Award

Winner:

• Richard Raven and Master Electrician (The Autumn Garden)

Best Direction of a Play

Winner:

• George S. Kaufman (Guys and Dolls)

Best Direction of a Musical

Winner:

• Lehman Engel (The Consul)

Best Choreography

Winner:

• Michael Kidd (Guys and Dolls)

Special Tony Award

• Ruth Green

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