The 6th Annual Tony Awards, presented by the

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, took place at the

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Grand Ballroom, on March 30, 1952. It was broadcast on radio station WOR and the

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. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the

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, recognize achievement in

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theatre.

Ceremony

The presenter was

Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...

. Performers were

Odette Myrtil Odette Myrtil (born Odette Laure Clotilde Quignarde; June 28, 1898 – November 18, 1978) was a French-born American actress, singer, and violinist. She began her career as a violinist on the vaudeville stage in Paris at 14. She expanded in ...

with her son Roger Adams; and

Victor Borge Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the North America and Europe. His ...

. Music was by Meyer Davis and his Orchestra.

Award winners

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Production

Performance

Craft

Special awards

Edward Kook Edward F. Kook (1903–1990) was an American stage lighting engineer who helped to develop the art form, receiving a Special Tony Award for his contributions in 1952. He was a lecturer in it at two Ivy League universities, Columbia University and Y ...

, for his contributing to and encouraging the development of stage lighting and electronics *

Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...

, for an important contribution to the revival of vaudeville through her recent stint at the Palace Theatre *

Charles Boyer Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...

, for distinguished performance in ''

Don Juan in Hell ''Man and Superman'' is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. ''Man and Superman'' opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London o ...

'', thereby assisting in a new theatre trend

Multiple nominations and awards

The following productions received multiple awards. *''5 wins:'' ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the chil ...

'' *''3 wins:'' '' Pal Joey'' *''2 wins:'' '' The Fourposter'', ''

I Am a Camera ''I Am a Camera'' is a 1951 Broadway play by John Van Druten adapted from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel '' Goodbye to Berlin'', which is part of ''The Berlin Stories''. The title is a quotation taken from the novel's first page: "I am a ca ...

'' and '' The Shrike''

References

External links

1952 - 6th Annual Tony Awards
The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards
1952 Tony Award Winners
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