He did, however, win the Variety poll and the Donaldson award as leading actor in a musical in 1951, when his only real competition was Robert Alda for Guys and Dolls. In the Variety poll, Brynner got 10 votes, Alda got 1. The King and I was in competition for the 1952 Tonys, when his main competition would have been Phil Silvers if he had been in leading. It's not so clear that he would have won that, despite the sensational reviews and, apparently, audience response for his performance.
But, again, no one cared that much about the Tonys at this time. |
