1953 Tony Awards results (7th) – Winners & Nominees

This page lists the winners from the 7th Tony Awards, held on March 29, 1953. The 1953 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Wonderful Town.”

Best Musical

• Wonderful Town

Best Play

• The Crucible

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Tom Ewell (The Seven Year Itch)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Shirley Booth (Time of the Cuckoo)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Thomas Mitchell (Hazel Flagg)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Rosalind Russell (Wonderful Town)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• John Williams (Dial “M” for Murder)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Beatrice Straight (The Crucible)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Hiram Sherman (Two’s Company)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Sheila Bond (Wish You Were Here)

Best Scenic Design (Musical)

• Raoul Pene Du Bois (Wonderful Town)

Best Costume Design (Play)

• Miles White (Hazel Flagg)

Stage Technician Award

• Abe Kurnit (Wish You Were Here)

Best Direction of a Play

• Joshua Logan (Picnic)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Lehman Engel (Wonderful Town; Gilbert and Sullivan Season)

Best Choreography

• Donald Saddler (Wonderful Town)

Special Tony Award

• Beatrice Lillie

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