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5th Tony Awards

Index 5th Tony Awards

The 5th Annual Tony Awards were held on March 25, 1951, at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom and broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network. [1]

52 relations: Abe Burrows, Anne Jeffreys, Boris Aronson, Call Me Madam, Celeste Holm, Cheryl Crawford, Claude Rains, Darkness at Noon, Eli Wallach, Ethel Merman, Frank Loesser, George S. Kaufman, Guys and Dolls, Herb Shriner, Ilka Chase, Irving Berlin, Isabel Bigley, Jo Swerling, Joan Edwards (radio singer), Juanita Hall, Lehman Engel, Lois Hunt, Martin Beck (vaudeville), Maureen Stapleton, Michael Kidd, Miles White, Mutual Broadcasting System, New York City, Robert Alda, Russell Nype, Tennessee Williams, The Autumn Garden, The Consul, The Country Girl (1950 play), The Rose Tattoo, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Tony Award for Best Choreography, Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director, Tony Award for Best Costume Design, Tony Award for Best Director, Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, Uta Hagen, Waldorf Astoria New York, WOR (AM), ..., 4th Tony Awards, 6th Tony Awards. Expand index (2 more) »

Abe Burrows

Abe Burrows (December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage.

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Anne Jeffreys

Anne Jeffreys (born Annie Jeffreys Carmichael; January 26, 1923 – September 27, 2017) was an American actress and singer.

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Boris Aronson

Boris Aronson (October 15, 1898 – November 16, 1980) was an American scenic designer for Broadway and Yiddish theatre.

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Call Me Madam

Call Me Madam is a musical based on a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress.

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Cheryl Crawford

Cheryl Crawford (September 24, 1902 – October 7, 1986) was an American theatre producer and director.

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Claude Rains

William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was an English–American film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades.

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Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon (Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940.

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Eli Wallach

Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s.

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Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer.

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Frank Loesser

Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others.

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George S. Kaufman

George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.

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Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

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Herb Shriner

Herbert Arthur "Herb" Shriner (May 29, 1918 – April 23, 1970) was an American humorist, radio personality and television host.

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Ilka Chase

Ilka Chase (April 8, 1905 – February 15, 1978) was an American actress of stage, television and film, radio host and novelist.

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin (Израиль Моисеевич Бейлин) Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.

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Isabel Bigley

Isabel Bigley (February 23, 1926 – September 30, 2006) was an American actress, perhaps best remembered for originating the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls.

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Jo Swerling

Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter.

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Joan Edwards (radio singer)

Joan Edwards (February 13, 1919 – August 27, 1981) was an American singer in the old-time radio era.

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Juanita Hall

Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 28, 1968) was an American musical theatre and film actress.

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Lehman Engel

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Lois Hunt

Lois Hunt (November 26, 1924 – July 26, 2009) was an American lyric soprano who had spent some of her earlier career performing at New York City's Metropolitan Opera and later spent four decades performing and recording classical music and musical theater numbers nationwide together with baritone Earl Wrightson.

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Martin Beck (vaudeville)

Martin Beck (July 31, 1868 – November 16, 1940) was a vaudeville theatre owner and manager, and theatrical booking agent, who founded the Orpheum Circuit, and built the Palace and Martin Beck Theatres in New York City's Broadway Theatre District.

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Maureen Stapleton

Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress in film, theater and television.

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Michael Kidd

Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and staged some of the leading Broadway and film musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

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Miles White

Miles E. White (July 27, 1914 – February 17, 2000) was a top costume designer of Broadway musicals for 25 years.

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Mutual Broadcasting System

The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network; corporate name Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc.) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Robert Alda

Robert Alda (February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) was an American theatrical and film actor and father of actors Alan and Antony Alda.

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Russell Nype

Russell Harold Nype (April 26, 1920 – May 27, 2018) was an American actor and singer.

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Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright.

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The Autumn Garden

The Autumn Garden is a 1951 play by Lillian Hellman.

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The Consul

The Consul is an opera in three acts with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, his first full-length opera.

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The Country Girl (1950 play)

The Country Girl is a 1950 dramatic play by American playwright Clifford Odets which was subsequently adapted as a film of the same name in 1954.

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The Rose Tattoo

The Rose Tattoo is a Tennessee Williams play.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival.

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival.

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Choreography

The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays.

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Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

The Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director was awarded to acknowledge the contributions of conductors and musical directors in both musicals and operas.

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Tony Award for Best Costume Design

These are the winners and nominees for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design.

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Tony Award for Best Director

The Tony Award for Best Director was one of the original 11 awards given in 1947 when the Tony Awards originated.

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Tony Award for Best Musical

The Tony Awards are yearly awards that recognize achievement in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Play

The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City.

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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for outstanding set design of a play or musical.

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Uta Hagen

Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was an American actress and theatre practitioner.

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Waldorf Astoria New York

The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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WOR (AM)

WOR (710 AM) is a 50,000 watt class A clear-channel station owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to New York City.

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4th Tony Awards

The 4th Annual Tony Awards were held on April 9, 1950, at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City, and broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network.

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6th Tony Awards

The 6th Annual Tony Awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing, took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom, on March 30, 1952.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Tony_Awards

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