Donaldson Awards

List of winners

Plays

Play

• The Voice of the Turtle
• The Glass Menagerie
• State of the Union
• All My Sons
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Death of a Salesman
• The Member of the Wedding
• Darkness at Noon
• The Shrike
• Picnic and The Crucible
• The Teahouse of the August Moon
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  First Play

• Born Yesterday
• No Exit
• Mister Roberts
• Edward, My Son
• The Member of the Wedding
• Billy Budd
• The Shrike
• The Love of Four Colonels
• Tea and Sympathy
• Inherit the Wind

  Director (play)

• Moss Hart, Winged Victory
• John Van Druten, I Remember Mama
• Garson Kanin, Born Yesterday
• Elia Kazan, All My Sons
• Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Elia Kazan, Death of a Salesman
• Harold Clurman, The Member of the Wedding
• Daniel Mann, The Rose Tattoo
• José Ferrer, The Shrike
• Joshua Logan, Picnic
• Elia Kazan, Tea and Sympathy
• Elia Kazan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  Actor (play)

• Paul Robeson, Othello
• Frank Fay, Harvey
• Louis Calhern, The Magnificent Yankee
• Laurence Olivier, Oedipus Rex
• Paul Kelly, Command Decision
• Lee J. Cobb, Death of a Salesman
• Sidney Blackmer, Come Back, Little Sheba
• Claude Rains, Darkness at Noon
• José Ferrer, The Shrike
• Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch
• Lloyd Nolan, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
• Paul Muni, Inherit the Wind

  Actress (play)

• Margaret Sullavan, The Voice of the Turtle
• Laurette Taylor, The Glass Menagerie
• Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
• Ingrid Bergman, Joan of Lorraine
• Judith Anderson, Medea
• Martita Hunt, The Madwoman of Chaillot
• Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
• Uta Hagen, The Country Girl
• Julie Harris, I Am a Camera
• Shirley Booth, The Time of the Cuckoo
• Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy
• Kim Stanley, Bus Stop

  Supporting Actor (play)

• José Ferrer, Othello
• Anthony Ross, The Glass Menagerie
• Marlon Brando, Truckline Cafe
• Tom Ewell, John Loves Mary
• Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Arthur Kennedy, Death of a Salesman
• Dennis King, The Devil's Disciple
• Eli Wallach, The Rose Tattoo
• John Cromwell, Point of No Return
• John Williams, Dial "M" for Murder
• John Kerr, Tea and Sympathy
• Ed Begley, Inherit the Wind

  Supporting Actress (play)

• Audrey Christie, The Voice of the Turtle
• Josephine Hull, Harvey
• Barbara Bel Geddes, Deep Are the Roots
• Margaret Phillips, Another Part of the Forest
• Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Mildred Dunnock, Death of a Salesman
• Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding
• Phyllis Love, The Rose Tattoo
• Marian Winters, I Am a Camera
• Kim Stanley, Picnic
• Jo Van Fleet, The Trip to Bountiful
• Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed

  Male Debut (play)

• Paul Douglas, Born Yesterday
• Claude Dauphin, No Exit
• James Whitmore, Command Decision
• Charles Boyer, Red Gloves
• Brandon deWilde, The Member of the Wedding
• Denholm Elliott, Ring Round the Moon
• John Hodiak, The Chase
• Menasha Skulnik, The Fifth Season
• Louis Jourdan, The Immoralist
• Buddy Hackett, Lunatics and Lovers

  Female Debut (play)

• Susan Douglas, He Who Gets Slapped
• Patricia Neal, Another Part of the Forest
• June Lockhart, For Love or Money
• Martita Hunt, The Madwoman of Chaillot
• Joan Lorring, Come Back, Little Sheba
• Dominique Blanchar, L'Ecole des Femmes
• Audrey Hepburn, Gigi
• Geraldine Page, Mid-Summer
• Deborah Kerr, Tea and Sympathy
• Loretta Leversee, Home Is the Hero

  Settings (play)

• Stewart Chaney, The Voice of the Turtle
• George Jenkins, I Remember Mama
• Jo Mielziner, Dream Girl
• Cecil Beaton, Lady Windermere's Fan
• Jo Mielziner, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Jo Mielziner, Death of a Salesman
• Jo Mielziner, The Innocents
• Frederick Fox, Darkness at Noon
• Cecil Beaton, The Grass Harp
• Lemuel Ayers, Camino Real
• Peter Larkin, The Teahouse of the August Moon
• Peter Larkin, Inherit the Wind

  Costumes (play)

• Motley Theatre Design Group, Lovers and Friends
• Lucinda Ballard, I Remember Mama
• Motley Theatre Design Group, Pygmalion
• Cecil Beaton, Lady Windermere's Fan
• David Ffolkes, Man and Superman
• Christian Bérard, The Madwoman of Chaillot
• James Bailey, As You Like It
• Oliver Messel, Romeo and Juliet; and Castillo, Ring Round the Moon
• Audrey Gruddas, Caesar and Cleopatra
• Lemuel Ayers, Camino Real
• Richard Whorf, Ondine
• Cecil Beaton, Quadrille

  Musicals

Musical

• Carmen Jones
• Carousel
• Show Boat
• Finian's Rainbow
• High Button Shoes
• South Pacific
• The Consul
• Guys and Dolls
• Pal Joey
• Wonderful Town
• The Golden Apple
• The Pajama Game

  Director (musical)

• Hassard Short, Carmen Jones
• Rouben Mamoulian, Carousel
• George Abbott, Billion Dollar Baby
• Joshua Logan, Annie Get Your Gun
• George Abbott, High Button Shoes
• Joshua Logan, South Pacific
• Gian Carlo Menotti, The Consul
• George S. Kaufman, Guys and Dolls
• David Alexander, Pal Joey
• George Abbott, Wonderful Town
• Albert Marre, Kismet
• George Abbott and Jerome Robbins, The Pajama Game

  Actor (musical)

• Bobby Clark, Mexican Hayride
• John Raitt, Carousel
• Ray Bolger, Three to Make Ready
• David Wayne, Finian's Rainbow
• Paul Hartman, Angel in the Wings
• Alfred Drake, Kiss Me, Kate
• Todd Duncan, Lost in the Stars
• Yul Brynner, The King and I
• Phil Silvers, Top Banana
• Thomas Mitchell, Hazel Flagg
• Alfred Drake, Kismet
• Cyril Ritchard, Peter Pan

  Actress (musical)

• Mary Martin, One Touch of Venus
• Beatrice Lillie, Seven Lively Arts
• Betty Garrett, Call Me Mister
• Ethel Merman, Annie Get Your Gun
• Nanette Fabray, High Button Shoes
• Mary Martin, South Pacific
• Patricia Neway, The Consul
• Shirley Booth, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Vivienne Segal, Pal Joey
• Rosalind Russell, Wonderful Town
• Shirley Booth, By the Beautiful Sea
• Mary Martin, Peter Pan

  Supporting Actor (musical)

• Kenny Baker, One Touch of Venus
• Burl Ives, Sing Out, Sweet Land
• Tom Helmore, Day Before Spring
• David Wayne, Finian's Rainbow
• Jack McCauley, High Button Shoes
• Myron McCormick, South Pacific
• Wally Cox, Dance Me a Song
• Russell Nype, Call Me Madam
• Tony Bavaar, Paint Your Wagon
• Jack Whiting, Hazel Flagg
• Harry Belafonte, John Murray Anderson's Almanac
• Cyril Ritchard, Peter Pan

  Supporting Actress (musical)

• June Havoc, Mexican Hayride
• Joan McCracken, Bloomer Girl
• Carol Bruce, Show Boat
• Polyna Stoska, Street Scene
• Nanette Fabray, High Button Shoes
• Juanita Hall, South Pacific
• Gloria Lane, The Consul
• Doretta Morrow, The King and I
• Helen Gallagher, Pal Joey
• Edie Adams, Wonderful Town
• Gwen Verdon, Can-Can
• Carol Haney, The Pajama Game

  Male Debut (musical)

• Jules Munshin, Call Me Mister
• Albert Sharpe, Finian's Rainbow
• Sid Caesar, Make Mine Manhattan
• Ezio Pinza, South Pacific
• Wally Cox, Dance Me a Song
• Robert Alda, Guys and Dolls
• Tony Bavaar, Paint Your Wagon
• Ronny Graham, New Faces of 1952
• Billy De Wolfe, John Murray Anderson's Almanac
• David Daniels, Plain and Fancy

  Female Debut (musical)

• Pearl Bailey, St. Louis Woman
• Marion Bell, Brigadoon
• Valerie Bettis, Inside U.S.A.
• Yvonne Adair, Lend an Ear
• Gloria Lane, The Consul
• Vivian Blaine, Guys and Dolls
• Olga San Juan, Paint Your Wagon
• Edie Adams, Wonderful Town
• Hermione Gingold, John Murray Anderson's Almanac
• Julie Andrews, The Boy Friend

  Dance Direction

• Agnes de Mille, One Touch of Venus
• Agnes de Mille, Carousel
• Jerome Robbins, Billion Dollar Baby
• Agnes de Mille, Brigadoon
• Jerome Robbins, High Button Shoes
• Gower Champion, Lend an Ear
• Jack Cole, Alive and Kicking
• Jerome Robbins, The King and I
• Robert Alton, Pal Joey
• Jerome Robbins, Two's Company
• Michael Kidd, Can-Can
• Bob Fosse, The Pajama Game

  Male Dancer

• Paul Haakon, Mexican Hayride
• Peter Birch, Carousel
• Ray Bolger, Three to Make Ready
• James Mitchell, Brigadoon
• Harold Lang, Look Ma, I'm Dancin
• Ray Bolger, Where's Charley?
• Jack Cole, Alive and Kicking
• Harold Lang, Make a Wish
• Harold Lang, Pal Joey
• John Brascia, Hazel Flagg
• Jonathan Lucas, The Golden Apple
• Daniel Nagrin, Plain and Fancy

  Female Dancer

• Sono Osato, One Touch of Venus
• Bambi Linn, Carousel
• Joan McCracken, Billion Dollar Baby
• Anita Alvarez, Finian's Rainbow
• Valerie Bettis, Inside U.S.A.
• Viola Essen, Along Fifth Avenue
• Anita Alvarez, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Janet Collins, Out of This World
• Gemze de Lappe, Paint Your Wagon
• Nora Kaye, Two's Company
• Gwen Verdon, Can-Can
• Carol Haney, The Pajama Game

  Book (musical)

• Oscar Hammerstein II, Carmen Jones
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat
• Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy, Finian's Rainbow
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Allegro
• Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, South Pacific
• Gian Carlo Menotti, The Consul
• Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, Guys and Dolls
• John O'Hara, Pal Joey
• Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, Wonderful Town
• John La Touche, The Golden Apple
• George Abbott and Richard Bissell, The Pajama Game

  Lyrics (musical)

• Oscar Hammerstein II, Carmen Jones
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat
• Irving Berlin, Annie Get Your Gun
• Oscar Hammerstein II, Allegro
• Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific
• Gian Carlo Menotti, The Consul
• Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls
• Lorenz Hart, Pal Joey
• Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Wonderful Town
• John La Touche, The Golden Apple
• Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, The Pajama Game

  Score (musical)

• Georges Bizet, Carmen Jones
• Richard Rodgers, Carousel
• Jerome Kern, Show Boat
• Irving Berlin, Annie Get Your Gun
• Richard Rodgers, Allegro
• Richard Rodgers, South Pacific
• Gian Carlo Menotti, The Consul
• Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls
• Richard Rodgers, Pal Joey
• Leonard Bernstein, Wonderful Town
• Alexander Borodin, Kismet
• Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, The Pajama Game

  Settings (musical)

• Howard Bay, Carmen Jones
• Howard Bay, Up in Central Park
• Robert Edmond Jones, Lute Song
• Oliver Smith, Brigadoon
• Oliver Smith, High Button Shoes
• Lemuel Ayers, Kiss Me, Kate
• Oliver Smith, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Jo Mielziner, The King and I
• Oliver Smith, Pal Joey
• Raoul Pene Du Bois, Wonderful Town
• William and Jean Eckart, The Golden Apple
• Oliver Messel, House of Flowers

  Costumes (musical)

• Raoul Pene Du Bois, Carmen Jones
• Miles White, Bloomer Girl
• Robert Edmond Jones, Lute Song
• David Ffolkes, Brigadoon
• Miles White, High Button Shoes
• Lemuel Ayers, Kiss Me, Kate
• Miles White, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Irene Sharaff, The King and I
• Miles White, Pal Joey
• Lemuel Ayers, My Darlin' Aida
• Lemuel Ayers, Kismet
• Oliver Messel, House of Flowers