While the theatre-going public may consider the Tony Awards to be the Oscars of live theatre, critics have suggested that the Tony Awards are primarily a promotional vehicle for a small number of large production companies and theatre owners in New York City. In a 2014 "Playbill" article, Robert Simonson wrote that "Who gets to perform on the Tony Awards broadcast, what they get to perform, and for how long, have long been politically charged questions in the Broadway theatre community..." The producers "accept the situation ... because just as much as actually winning a Tony, a performance that lands well with the viewing public can translate into big box-office sales." Producer Robyn Goodman noted that, if the presentation at the ceremony shows well and the show wins a Tony, "you’re going to spike at the box office".
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Tony Award | Criticism
Some critics have suggested that the Tony Awards are primarily a promotional vehicle for a small number of large production companies and theatre owners in New York City and when they eliminated the sound design awards in 2014. n a 2014 "Playbill" article, Robert Simonson wrote that "Who gets to perform on the Tony Awards broadcast, what they get to perform, and for how long, have long been politically charged questions in the Broadway theatre community...". That its a promotional vehicle for a small number of large production companies and theatre owners in New York City. Critics have suggested that the Tony Awards are primarily a promotional vehicle for a small number of large production companies and theatre owners in New York City.
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1989
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who directed this film?
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Rob Reiner
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who are the lead actors in the film?
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Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan
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who composed the music for it?
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Harry Connick Jr. and Marc Shaiman
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who is the fist actor?
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He  is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director, and television host.
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what are some of the awards conferred to him?
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Six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Mark Twain Prize
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Rabbit Test, The Princess Bride, Throw Momma from the Train etc
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It is about a novelist Larry Donner who struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret, and Owen Lift who lives with his overbearing, hard and paranoid mother fanatsizes about killing her but can't summon the courage to.
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Kate Mulgrew, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey etc
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The film received mixed reviews.
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what is the second award recognized as?
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It recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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when was this award founded?
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1947
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A committee of the American Theatre Wing headed by Brock Pemberton.
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The Tony Administration Committee decided on April 30, 2010 that the scores of "American Idiot" and "Fela!" were ineligible for Tony Award nominations because fewer than 50% of their scores were written for the stage productions. On May 14, 2010, the Tony Award committee announced a withdrawal of nomination for Best Costume Design for "Ragtime", stating that "...Santo Loquasto's designs for the revival of Ragtime are predominantly those from the original 1998 production, and therefore do not meet the Tony rule which states, work that 'substantially duplicate(s)' work from a prior production is ineligible."
64th Tony Awards | Ineligibility rulings
While the theatre-going public may consider the Tony Awards to be the Oscars of live theatre, critics have suggested that the Tony Awards are primarily a promotional vehicle for a small number of large production companies and theatre owners in New York City. In a 2014 "Playbill" article, Robert Simonson wrote that "Who gets to perform on the Tony Awards broadcast, what they get to perform, and for how long, have long been politically charged questions in the Broadway theatre community..." The producers "accept the situation ... because just as much as actually winning a Tony, a performance that lands well with the viewing public can translate into big box-office sales." Producer Robyn Goodman noted that, if the presentation at the ceremony shows well and the show wins a Tony, "you’re going to spike at the box office".
Tony Award | Criticism
The awards met further criticism when they eliminated the sound design awards in 2014. In 2014, a petition calling for the return of the Sound Design categories received more than 30,000 signatures. Addressing their previous concerns over Tony voters in the category, it was announced that upon the awards' return for the 2017–2018 season, they would be decided by a subset of voters based on their expertise.
Tony Award | Criticism
"The New York Times" critic Charles Isherwood wrote, "I share to a certain extent Mr. Foster’s dismay at this year’s star-glutted Tony awards. ... It’s possible that if the Tony administrators had not kicked the journalists out of the voting pool, there might have been a few more worthy winners." Isherwood called the proliferation of Hollywood stars on Broadway "ominous", claiming that projects from last season featuring film actors such as Jude Law's "Hamlet" and "A Steady Rain" monopolized the box office, causing "superior" plays to fail. On the other hand, Isherwood felt, it is possible that "welcoming [film] stars on Broadway – the talented ones, anyway – [could help] New York theater to reassert its importance to the culture, and maybe even to tilt the balance of the entertainment business at least a little back toward the East Coast".
64th Tony Awards | Summary of awards
The new base is slightly taller , up from and heavier , up from . This change was implemented to make the award "feel more substantial" and easier to handle at the moment the award is presented to the winners. According to Howard Sherman, the executive director of the American Theatre Wing: For the specific Tony Awards presented to a Broadway production, awards are given to the author and up to two of the producers free of charge. All other members of the above-the-title producing team are eligible to purchase the physical award. Sums collected are designed to help defray the cost of the Tony Awards ceremony itself.
Tony Award | Medallion
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Midtown Manhattan. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances. One is also given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are given, as well, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards founded by Brock Pemberton are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing.
Tony Award | Introduction
The Antoinette Perry Award (Tony) is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Considered the highest honor in US theatre, they are the theatre equivalent to the Oscars (film) and the Emmys (television).
List of awards and nominations received by Glenn Close | Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, was first held in 1947 at Waldorf Astoria New York. Cranston has been awarded twice.
List of awards and nominations received by Bryan Cranston | <a href="Tony%20Awards">Tony Awards</a>
No award was given in 2006, because neither of the two performers nominated, Jonathan Pryce and Harvey Fierstein, received the necessary sixteen votes for a win. Following the 2006 Tony Awards, the Administration Committee voted unanimously to abandon the category.
60th Tony Awards | New category
The opening number, written especially for the telecast, was a dud, and he seemed a bit tired throughout the evening. There was a skit where he had Broadway actors dissing each other, and I can only hope he did not have script approval on that one." Theatre critic Charles McNulty of the "Los Angeles Times" remarked, "James Corden sprinkled in crowd-pleasing pokes at annoying audience members’ phones ringing during shows, how expensive Broadway tickets have become and how low the industry's paychecks and the CBS telecast's ratings tend to be."
73rd Tony Awards | Reception
Drama specialists from each university now also contribute to the selection process. The first prize was awarded following the 1958-1959 theatrical year.
George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism | Introduction
The George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism is administered by the Cornell University Department of English and presented "to the American who has written the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year (July 1 to June 30), whether it is an article, an essay, treatise or book." The prize was established by the prominent drama critic, George Jean Nathan, who instructed in his will that the net income of half of his estate be awarded to the recipient of the award. Today, the award amounts to about $10,000. Winners are selected annually by a committee composed of the heads of the English departments at Cornell University, Princeton University, and Yale University.
George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism | Introduction
Kaye's lack of professionalism and Rodgers' public grousing about the liberties he took with the script allegedly ruined Kaye's chances for a Tony Award nomination. Willison was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, and he and O'Neil received Theatre World Awards for their performances.
Two by Two (musical) | Awards
The most prominent prize that ATCA has a role in is the Regional Theatre Tony Award. Each year ATCA members confidentially vote for this Tony Award, and the organization's choice is presented to the Tony Award committee. ATCA's vote is solely advisory: the Tony Awards committee makes the decision of which company to give the award to. However, to date (2014), ATCA's recommendation has been accepted every year, even in 1987, with the then-controversial San Francisco Mime Troupe. The first theatre company to win the award was Arena Stage in 1976. From 1976 to 2013 only theatre companies outside of New York City were eligible; in 2013 the Tony Awards committee announced that non-profit theatre companies within the five boroughs of New York City would be eligible, although Broadway companies would still be ineligible for this particular Tony Award.
American Theatre Critics Association | Regional Theatre Tony Award
Perhaps funny to those in the know, it could only have been mystifying to a wider audience." In addition, television critic Robert Lloyd of the "Los Angeles Times" remarked, "Kevin Spacey was the somewhat surprising — though certainly not unqualified — host of the 71st running of the Broadway theater-honoring Tony Awards, broadcast Sunday night from New York’s Radio City Music Hall."
71st Tony Awards | Reception
The Tony Award is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Considered the highest honor in US theatre.
List of awards and nominations received by John Lithgow | Tony Awards
The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theatre Wing headed by Brock Pemberton. The award is named after Antoinette Perry, nicknamed Tony, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who died in 1946. As her official biography at the Tony Awards website states, "At [Warner Bros. story editor] Jacob Wilk's suggestion, [Pemberton] proposed an award in her honor for distinguished stage acting and technical achievement. At the initial event in 1947, as he handed out an award, he called it a Tony. The name stuck." The first awards ceremony was held on April 6, 1947, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.
Tony Award | History
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. On Metacritic, the ceremony has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 6 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". "The Hollywood Reporter" columnist David Rooney remarked, "Spacey is a brilliant actor, but warmth and humility are perhaps not his strongest suits. So opening on the defensive, with a messy mashup of songs from current-season musicals that he repurposed to head off any eventual criticism of his hosting performance, started the show on a strained note." "The New York Times" theatre critic Neil Genzlinger commented, "Sunday night’s broadcast of Broadway’s annual celebration of itself had trouble figuring out what to do with Kevin Spacey, the evening’s host, making use of him in ways that ranged from torturous (the opening number) to tolerable (he does pretty good Johnny Carson and Bill Clinton impressions).
71st Tony Awards | Reception
His crash-deadline material worked. And even when it didn't, he was genial, relaxed, and seemed utterly at home." In addition, he quipped that although there was a lack of surprise amongst the winners, he marveled "The evening was plenty elegant. The stage setting was handsome. The orchestra sounded full and lush. Everyone behaved."
80th Academy Awards | Critical reviews
Irony should not be wasted." Writers Guild of America Award Tony award
Dale Wasserman | Honors & awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City.
List of awards and nominations received by Andrew Garfield | <a href="Tony%20Award">Tony Awards</a>
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Stewart F. Lane | Awards
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Larry Carpenter | Awards and nominations
It fared far better when it was about the work being honored and the people who did it." Cynthia Littleton from "Variety" wrote, "The biggest shortcoming was host Kevin Spacey, who just didn’t deliver the same kind of engaging effort as his recent predecessors. The contrast was especially sharp against last year’s emcee." "The Guardian" columnist Alexis Soloski wrote, "The "House of Cards" actor offered outdated Johnny Carson impressions, a Bobby Darin number and a misfiring gag about Hillary Clinton’s emails on a night of occasional shock and unforgivable schtick." "IndieWire" theatre critic Charles Isherwood commented, "Full of allusions to previous hosts (Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden, Hugh Jackman), it seemed to drag on forever — and was not particularly enlivened by guest appearances by Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg.
71st Tony Awards | Reception
This rule has been the subject of some controversy, as some shows, such as "Hedwig And The Angry Inch" and "Violet", have been ruled ineligible for the "new" category, meaning that their authors did not have a chance to win the important awards of Best Play or Best Musical (or Best Score or Best Book for musicals). On the other hand, some people feel that allowing plays and musicals that have been frequently produced to be eligible as "new" gives them an unfair advantage because they will have benefited from additional development time as well as additional familiarity with the Tony voters.
Tony Award | Rules for a new play or musical
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List of awards and nominations received by Leonard Bernstein | Tony Awards
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, was first held in 1947 at Waldorf Astoria New York.
List of awards and nominations received by Sam Mendes | <a href="Tony%20Award">Tony Award</a>s
Brock Pemberton (December 14, 1885 – March 11, 1950) was an American theatrical producer, director and founder of the Tony Awards. He was the professional partner of Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, and he was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table. Pemberton was born in Leavenworth, Kansas and attended the College of Emporia where he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the University of Kansas, before becoming a press agent in New York City. Later, Pemberton directed and produced the American premiere of Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" in 1922, as well as its first Broadway revival two years later.
Brock Pemberton | Introduction
The winner of the award for Best Musical, "Contact", raised controversy about what constitutes a musical, as it is a dance musical with no singing and minimal dialogue; and instead of original music, it uses pre-recorded music and songs. As a result of the controversy, a new category was created for the Tony Awards: Best Special Theatrical Event.
54th Tony Awards | "Contact" controversy
His American theatre awards include two Tonys and a Drama Desk Special Award.
Gregory Mosher | Awards
The nominating committee declined to give nominations in the leading actor in a musical and choreography categories because they did not consider any of the performances or choreography outstanding or excellent." Musicals represented:
39th Tony Awards | The ceremony
Presented by the American Theatre Wing, the Awards celebrated "outstanding contributions to the current American theatre season." According to "The New York Times", these awards "do not designate their recipients as 'best' or 'first' but the classifications in which they are given will be elastic from year to year." The ceremony, hosted by Brock Pemberton, was broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network. The awards got their nickname, "Tonys", during the ceremony itself when Pemberton handed out an award and called it a "Toni", referring to the nickname of Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. Musicals represented at the ceremony were "Street Scene", "Brigadoon" and "Finian's Rainbow".
1st Tony Awards | Background and ceremony
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Paul Gordon (composer) | Awards and nominations
The Jeff Awards and Committee have been criticized by Chicago theater professionals, specifically those in the non-Equity sector, for not recognizing critically acclaimed productions and seeming to not be willing to reward daring works in Chicago theater. In a more outspoken criticism of the awards, "Time Out" Chicago publishes a "They Wuz Robbed" feature for both the non-Equity and Equity nominations every year.
Jeff Award | Criticism
The Tony Awards are a set of awards recognizing achievements in live Broadway theatre. The awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, were first held in 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Cooper has been nominated once.
List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper | Tony Awards
He is the recipient of four Tony Awards.
Cecil Beaton | Stage and film design
"American Idiot" won a total of five awards. At a meeting of the Tony Administration Committee on April 30, 2010, the score of "American Idiot" was deemed ineligible for a Tony Award for Best Original Score nomination because less than 50% of it was written for the stage production.
American Idiot (musical) | Awards and nominations
The trophy consists of a medallion, with a face portraying an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks, mounted on a black base with a pewter swivel. The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document "Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards", which applies for that season only. The Tony Awards are considered the highest U.S. theatre honor, the New York theatre industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards (Oscars) for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Grammy Awards for music. It also forms the fourth spoke in the EGOT, that is, someone who has won all four major annual American entertainment awards.
Tony Award | Introduction
Price was nominated for three Tony Awards and was the recipient of a Theatre World Award:
Gilbert Price | Awards
Others have dismissed these concerns as rather pedantic and irrelevant to a play that does not pretend to be rigorously realistic. In 2016, Jeff S. Dailey directed a limited-run Off Broadway production at the John Cullum Theatre in midtown Manhattan, using an amalgamation of several Victorian translations. His direction won a Jean Dalrymple Award for Innovative Theatre, in the category of Best Direction of a Classical Play.
Captivi | Critical evaluation
Sources: Internet Broadway Database Listing Tony Awards Database (broadwayworld.com) Drama Desk History Olivier Awards, Past Nominees and Winners
Trevor Nunn | Awards and nominations
The Antoinette Perry Award (Tony) is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Considered the highest honor in U.S. theater, they are the theater equivalent to the Oscars and the Emmys.
List of awards and nominations received by Patricia Clarkson | Tony Awards
The Tony Awards are also considered the equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Awards in the United Kingdom and the Molière Awards in France.
Tony Award | Introduction
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association even wrote, "his blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities caused anger and resentment in some quarters.”
68th Golden Globe Awards | Criticism
The Regional Theatre Award was presented to the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The Tony Honor Award was presented to Alfred Drake for Excellence in the Theatre.
44th Tony Awards | Special awards
For the first time in the history of the Tony Awards, awards were not presented for the lead actor and actress in a musical and choreography. According to "The New York Times", "Theater historians and Tony administrators say they cannot recall an instance when one category was dropped from the awards, much less three." As Ken Mandelbaum noted: "1985: Things get bad enough musically to require the elimination of the Best Musical Actor and Actress categories, as well as the choreography prize." The "Associated Press" wrote: "For the first time in the Tony's 39-year history, awards in three categories - best actor and actress in a musical and best choreography - were scrapped because of a lack of candidates." In a further report, the "Associated Press" noted: "The award for best actress, musical was eliminated this season because there was only one eligible candidate.
39th Tony Awards | The ceremony
In 2010, some theater heavyweights like Mr. Lane were not even nominated; instead, several Tony Awards were given for productions that were always intended to be short-timers on Broadway, given that many of their film-star performers had to move on to other commitments. According to Mark Shenton, "One of the biggest changes to the commercial theatrical landscape—on both sides of the Atlantic—over the past decade or so is that sightings of big star names turning out to do plays has gone up; but the runs they are prepared to commit to has gone down. Time was that a producer would require a minimum commitment from his star of six months, and perhaps a year; now, the 13-week run is the norm."
Broadway theatre | Personnel
There are approximately 868 eligible Tony Award voters (as of 2014), a number that changes slightly from year to year. The number was decreased in 2009 when the first-night critics were excluded as voters. That decision was changed, and members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle were invited to be Tony voters beginning in the 2010–2011 season.
Tony Award | Committees and voters
The York Theatre production garnered nominations for several awards for the 2009-2010 season. These included nominations for two Lucille Lortel Awards, for Outstanding Musical and Jeffry Denman for Outstanding Choreographer; two Outer Critics Circle Awards, for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway); and seven Drama Desk Awards nominations, for Outstanding Musical, Bobby Steggert for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Jeffry Denman for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Igor Goldin for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Joseph Zellnik for Outstanding Music, David Zellnik for Outstanding Lyrics, and David Zellnik for Outstanding Book of a Musical.
Yank! | Awards and nominations
Other awards given to Broadway productions include the Drama Desk Award, presented since 1955, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, first given in 1936, and the Outer Critics Circle Award, initially presented in 1950.
Broadway theatre | Awards
The show received a mixed reception from many media publications. On Metacritic, the ceremony has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based 6 6 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". "The Hollywood Reporter" columnist David Rooney remarked, "The host started strong and had one sharp musical interlude mid-show, but elsewhere delivered strained comedy bits that felt familiar, safe and thematically generic." "The New York Times" theatre critic Mike Hale commented, "But after his verbal dexterity enlivened an overcrowded and bland opening number that did little to showcase the season’s musicals, the material continually failed him, whether it was a tortured audience-participation gag about putting on a loser’s face for the cameras, or a tortured audience-participation gag about generating some rap-style beefs between Broadway stars." Daniel D'Addario from "Variety" wrote, "The quality of showmanship — the simple sense of taking joy in a production having been brought across well — seemed painfully absent from a broadcast that has little other reason to exist.
73rd Tony Awards | Reception
An orchestra was performing in the tribute as images of theatre personalities who died in the past year were shown in the following order.
70th Tony Awards | "In Memoriam"
Brooks Atkinson theatre critic for "The New York Times" wrote, "Some of the most imposing people in show business are collaborating on a singularly unimposing musical comedy... The snobberies of the people they are satirizing have infected the writers... They are too fascinated by their astringent style to write a good, earthy musical show. It ain't funny, McGee."
Park Avenue (musical) | Critical reception
The silver Tony medallion, designed by Herman Rosse, was awarded for the first time. The face of the medallion portrayed an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks and the reverse side had a relief profile of Antoinette Perry. Performers: Yvonne Adair, Anne Renee Anderson, Carol Channing, Alfred Drake, Bill Eythe, Nanette Fabray, Jane Froman, Lisa Kirk, Mary McCarty, Lucy Monroe, Gene Nelson, Lanny Ross, Lee Stacy, Lawrence Tibbett, Betty Jane Watson, and Paul Winchell. The American Theatre Wing "emphasized that it avoids any 'firsts' or 'bests' and presents the prizes for a 'notable contributuion to the current season'... Anything that enlivens the theatre may win a 'Tony' ".
3rd Tony Awards | Ceremony
Traditionally, the Critics' Circle has made a single award annually since 1988 with theatre director Sir Peter Hall being the first recipient.
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts | Introduction
The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre is a non-competitive award created by the American Theatre Wing in 1990. They are presented to institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible to compete in any of the established Tony Award categories. The Tony Honors "are announced in the autumn. They are bestowed at a separate ceremony that affords recipients a special moment in the spotlight." As explained in "Playbill", "In 2003, a new tradition began for the Tony Honors, which were previously announced during the Tony Awards broadcast. Last year, however, the Honors were presented in the fall..." The first recipient was Alfred Drake, who was recognized for his lengthy career in musical theatre.
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre | Introduction
During this ceremony, a new award was announced by Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer, the "Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre Education", which is to be presented by Carnegie Mellon University and will "honor kindergarten through high school (K-12) theatre educators."
68th Tony Awards | New award
Tommy Tune received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre award recipients are: Adrian Bryan-Brown (press agent), Gene O'Donovan (Hudson Scenic Studio founder), and Arnold Abramson (scenery designer and painter). The Cleveland Play House received the Regional Theatre Tony Award. John Cameron Mitchell received the Special Tony Award for his return to "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". Stephen Schwartz was given the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The new education award was presented to Corey Mitchell, Performing Arts Teacher and Theatre Director, Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina.
69th Tony Awards | Non-competitive awards
After this change was made Signature Theatre was the first New York City company to win the award in 2014.
American Theatre Critics Association | Regional Theatre Tony Award
Presenters were Helen Hayes (President of the American Theatre Wing) and Mrs. Martin Beck (Chairman of the Board), with a special presentation by Eleanor Roosevelt. Performers were Yvonne Adair, Rod Alexander, John Conte, Richard Eastham, Adolph Green, Georges Guétary, Bambi Linn, Allyn McLerie, Lucy Monroe, Danny Scholl, Herb Shriner, William Tabbert, William Warfield, Lou Wills Jr., Julie Wilson, and Martha Wright.
4th Tony Awards | Ceremony
Many, many people who watch the Tonys never have seen and never will see a nominated show in Manhattan; for that audience, a production brought off well before the cameras is the ceremony’s point vastly more than is a list of winners." In addition, Caroline Siede from "The A.V. Club" gave the show a B-, expanding in her review, "All in all, this was a mostly satisfying, if not completely exhilarating year for the Tonys. I’ll remember the winners and I’ll remember some of the musical performances, but I doubt I’ll remember James Corden's opening number in the way I still do with Neil Patrick Harris’ “Bigger” or last year's Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban's tribute to losers." "New York Post" critic Michael Riedel wrote, "As for Corden, this was not his finest hour.
73rd Tony Awards | Reception
Initially presented in 1948 to Robert Porterfield of the Virginia Barter Theatre for their "Contribution To Development Of Regional Theatre", the Regional Theatre awards were next presented starting in 1976. The award is "based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association", and includes a grant of $25,000. As the American Theatre Critics Association has noted, no theater has won the award more than once, "testifying to the growing strength of professional theater nationwide." One of the objects of the award is promoting what often amounts to the incubators of new productions. In June 2013, the Tony Awards Administration Committee stated that effective with the 2013-14 season, "New York-based theatre companies will be eligible to receive the Regional Theatre Award." The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing, in a joint statement, explained: "New York has some of the most prestigious and creative theatre groups in the country and we are thrilled to include the New York theatre community in this category."
Regional Theatre Tony Award | Background
He is President of The Critics' Circle, having previously chaired the Circle's Drama section. In 2015 he was appointed joint lead theatre critic, with Natasha Tripney, of "The Stage", a role which he left in 2018, when he became the paper's New York critic.
Mark Shenton | Career
Sources: Playbill; "The New York Times"; "The Guardian" ‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play.
70th Tony Awards | Winners and nominees
The following non-completive awards were presented:
53rd Tony Awards | Special awards
Echoing a number of the reviews, a writer in "The Guardian" criticized the "cavalier" treatment of the subject and contended that critics were right to question whether "the Holocaust was being co-opted to legitimise and lend cachet to deficient art." However, some of those critics, namely Norman Lebrecht, reviewed the musical without ever having seen it, getting on the radio and boasting as much in a radio interview with producer Beth Trachtenberg. Its proximity in opening a mere six weeks after the global economic crisis of 2008 no doubt played its role as well in posting its early notice. Ultimately some redemption did arrive for the show with the announcement of the season's What's On Stage Theatregoer's Awards, for which Imagine This received four nominations, those for Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee), Best Supporting Actor (Michael Matus), Best Actress (Leila Benn Harris) and Best Musical (Glenn Berenbeim, Shuki Levy, and David Goldsmith).
Imagine This | Critical reception
Recipients of the George Jean Nathan Award are as follows:
George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism | Recipients
The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspapers, digital and national publications, and other media beyond Broadway. The awards were first presented during the 1949–50 theater season and will celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2020. David Gordon, Senior Features Reporter at TheaterMania.com, currently serves as President.
Outer Critics Circle Award | Introduction
Broadway productions and artists are honored by the annual Antoinette Perry Awards (commonly called the "Tony Awards", or "Tony") which are given by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and which were first presented in 1947. The Tony is Broadway's most prestigious award, comparable to the Academy Awards for Hollywood film productions. Their importance has increased since 1967 when the awards presentation show began to be broadcast on national television. In a strategy to improve the television ratings, celebrities are often chosen to host the show, some with scant connection to the theatre. The most recent Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 9, 2019.
Broadway theatre | Awards
Since 1945, the Circle has also given out awards for Best Musical. Special Citations may also be awarded for actors, companies or work of special merit. The award for Best Play includes a cash prize of $2,500, and a cash award of $1,000 is given to the playwright who receives the award for Best American or Foreign Play. Although Brooks Atkinson of the "New York Times" was the first President of the NYDCC, "Times" critics are no longer permitted to be members of the Drama Critics' Circle. In 1989, the newspaper's executive editor decreed that their critics could no longer participate in any awards.
New York Drama Critics' Circle | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
The season's Excellence in Theatre Education Award was awarded to drama teacher Marilyn McCormick of Cass Technical High School in Detroit.
70th Tony Awards | Non-competitive awards
These awards were given under the new title of "Theater Awards '73".
27th Tony Awards | Special awards
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Julie Taymor | Theatre
Critics of the Broadway production were unimpressed, including Charles Isherwood of "The New York Times", who wrote that the show was as "fresh and appealing as a roll of Necco wafers found in a mothballed Christmas stocking." Nevertheless, the show received two 2009 Tony Award nominations for Best Choreography (Randy Skinner) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Blank). It also received 2009 Drama Desk Award nominations for Walter Bobbie, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Orchestrations, Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (Anna Louizos), Outstanding Costume Design (Carrie Robbins), and Outstanding Sound Design (Acme Sound Partners).
White Christmas (musical) | Critical response and awards
2015 Tony Award for Best Choreography 2015 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations 2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical 2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Harriet Leve | An American in Paris
Reviews were mixed, though mostly unfavorable. Howard Taubman wrote in "The New York Times" that the main problem with the show "is that it's not sure whether it means to be sentimental, satirical or simply rowdy, and it ends by being dreary." Walter Kerr in the "Herald Tribune" said, "Mr. Bolger is never fascinating until he stands right up and tells you he is," and went on to praise Bolger's dance technique in the number "I'm Fascinating". Logan and Bolger were each nominated for 1962 Tony Awards.
All American (musical) | Reception
The award was not presented in 1947 or 1985. Ken Mandelbaum wrote about the 1985 season: "Things get bad enough musically to require the elimination of the Best Musical Actor and Actress categories, as well as the choreography prize." There have been three ties in this category, in 1958, 1962 and 1968.
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical | History
† marks winners of the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama. *marks finalists for the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Tony Award for Best Musical | Winners and nominees
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Television critic Robert Bianco of "USA Today" complained that the awards ceremony was "intensely narcissistic and characteristically, almost unrelievedly, dull." Columnist Matthew Gilbert of "The Boston Globe" bemoaned that "TV's most-watched slug crawled back into town last night." He also sniped, "As usual, the technical awards formed a Bermuda triangle in the middle of the show, and the film-clip fests and production numbers numbed our brains." "The Sacramento Bee"'s Rick Kishman lamented that "It was the first time both best-acting Oscars went to African Americans...yet viewers had to fight hours and hours of boredom to care." He also quipped that the excessive amount of montage and tributes dragged down the proceedings.
74th Academy Awards | Critical reviews
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17th Tony Awards | Winners and nominees
The Tony Award for Best Author is a now retired category once presented to playwrights, authors and librettists of theatrical plays and musicals. Only nine awards were presented from 1947 to 1965, and is often grouped with the category Best Book of a Musical.
Tony Award for Best Author | Introduction
The Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre was presented to Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre was awarded to photographer Sara Krulwich, costume beader Bessie Nelson, and Broadway dry cleaning service Ernest Winzer Cleaners. The Excellence in Theatre Education Award was presented to Melody Herzfeld of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
72nd Tony Awards | Non-competitive awards
This is the first year that a new Tony Award was given for Excellence in Theatre Education (presented by Carnegie Mellon University). The award was presented to an educator who demonstrates "a positive impact on the lives of students, advancing the theatre profession and a commitment to excellence." This year, the number of nominees in several categories may be increased, depending upon the number of eligible candidates. This change affects performance categories, Best Direction of both plays and musicals, and Best Choreography.
69th Tony Awards | Other events
Not everyone agreed with the Academy's actions.
Dennis Spiegel | Academy Award controversy
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4th Tony Awards | Award winners
Theatre critic Michael Riedel received harsh criticism from actors and songwriters who were subjects of the film, after seeing his comments in the film.
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Critical response
In 1976, the Circle in the Square Theatre received a Special Tony Award acknowledging twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.
Theodore Mann | Career
Several recipients of the Jujamcyn Award have also been recognized with the Regional Theatre Tony Award. The Jujamcyn Theatres Award recipients have been the following: Note: this is a sortable table, click on the column heading arrow icon to sort by that column.
Jujamcyn Award | Introduction
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City.
List of awards and nominations received by Lady A | Tony Awards
The Juno Awards have received criticism from several Canadian artists.
Juno Award | Criticism
The Tony Award for Excellence in the Theatre has been awarded to Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi and the TDF Open Doors Program. Those awards were presented at the Tony Eve Cocktail party, held on June 9, 2012 at the InterContinental Hotel (Times Square). The Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre has been awarded to Emanuel Azenberg. Bernadette Peters was presented with the Isabelle Stevenson Award and Special Tony Awards were given to Hugh Jackman and the Actors’ Equity Association. The Regional Theatre Tony Award has been awarded to the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
66th Tony Awards | Non-competitive awards
The show won him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show.
John Leguizamo | Broadway and theater
Source: ‡ The award is presented to the producer(s) of the musical or play. ± The Tony Awards for Best Sound Design of a Play and of a Musical were reinstated for the 72nd Tony Awards after being removed in 2014.
72nd Tony Awards | Winners and nominees
Specifically excluded are playwrights who write one-acts, musical-books, or translations.
PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award | Introduction
The worldwide press consider the Tony Awards the most prestigious theatre awards in the United States. The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League present the winner with a copy of a circular brass and bronze medallion designed by art director Herman Rosse at an annual award ceremony in New York City. The award has been presented annually since the 63rd Tony Awards in 2009. Actress Phyllis Newman was chosen as its inaugural recipient for her work in establishing the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative in 1995 and raising $3.5 million for the organization. Since then, another five women and five men have received the award and no one has won it more than once.
Isabelle Stevenson Award | Introduction
The Tony Awards are held annually by American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Jay-Z has received one nomination.
List of awards and nominations received by Jay-Z | Tony Awards
And this is the gravest reproach one can make to a writer of opéra-bouffe music – plenty should be the matter with it." The critic of "The Theatre" disagreed with the positive assessments, calling the libretto "the worst that Mr. Gilbert ever wrote – worse even than "The Mountebanks", which was bad enough."
His Excellency (opera) | Critical reception
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has twenty-four members: ten designated by the American Theatre Wing, ten by The Broadway League, and one each by the Dramatists Guild, Actors' Equity Association, United Scenic Artists and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. This committee, among other duties, determines eligibility for nominations in all awards categories. The Tony Awards Nominating Committee makes the nominations for the various categories. This rotating group of theatre professionals is selected by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. Nominators serve three-year terms and are asked to see every new Broadway production. The Nominating Committee for the 2012–13 Broadway season (named in June 2012) had 42 members; the Nominating Committee for the 2014–2015 season has 50 members and was appointed in June 2014.
Tony Award | Committees and voters
A newly established non-competitive award, The Isabelle Stevenson Award, was given for the first time at the awards ceremony in 2009. The award is for an individual who has made a "substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations". The category of Best Special Theatrical Event was retired as of the 2009–2010 season. The categories of Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical were retired as of the 2014–2015 season. On April 24, 2017, the Tony Awards administration committee announced that the Sound Design Award would be reintroduced for the 2017–2018 season.
Tony Award | Award categories
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Columnist Jerry Roberts of the "Daily Breeze" remarked "The whole mess was like some kind of geek show from a carnival row that had incestuously multiplied itself into a gargantuan sequin-lined ego battle royal accompanied by a firestorm of ballyhooing." Despite Chase and Hawn's best efforts to liven up the broadcast, he commented, "The lumbering procedure completely defeated them." Television critic Tom Shales of "The Washington Post" wrote, "As usual, the Academy Awards show was marked by missed cues, noisy moving scenery, plunging necklines, inane scripted chatter and, as has often happened in recent years, few galvanizing or gratifying surprises." He also quipped that the segment showcasing the Best Costume Design nominees slowed down the ceremony's pace.
59th Academy Awards | Critical reviews