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Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre,[1] 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[2] at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. The ceremony is held on the second Sunday of June.

Tony Award
Current: 76th Tony Awards
Tony award medallion, designed by Herman Rosse, 1949
Awarded forExcellence in Broadway theatre
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing and The Broadway League
First awardedApril 6, 1947; 76 years ago (1947-04-06)
Websitewww.tonyawards.com

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.[3]

The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton and are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. The trophy consists of a spinnable medallion, with faces 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.[4] The Tony Awards are the New York theatre industry's equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Grammy Awards for music, and the Academy Awards (Oscars) for film, and a person who has won all four is said to have won the EGOT. The Tony Awards are the U.S. equivalent of the United Kingdom's Laurence Olivier Awards and France's Molière Awards.

Award categories edit

As of 2014, there were 26 categories of awards, in addition to several special awards. Starting with 11 awards in 1947, the names and number of categories have changed over the years. Some examples: the category Best Book of a Musical was originally called "Best Author (Musical)." The category of Best Costume Design was one of the original awards. For two years, in 1960 and 1961, this category was split into Best Costume Designer (Dramatic) and Best Costume Designer (Musical). It then went to a single category, but in 2005 it was divided again. For the category of Best Director of a Play, a single category was for directors of plays and musicals prior to 1960.[5]

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."[6]

The category of Best Special Theatrical Event was retired as of the 2009–2010 season.[7] The categories of Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical were retired as of the 2014–2015 season.[8] On April 24, 2017, the Tony Awards administration committee announced that the Sound Design Award would be reintroduced for the 2017–2018 season.[9]

Performance categories edit

Show and technical categories edit

Special awards edit

Retired awards edit

History edit

The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theatre Wing (ATW) 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.[10] 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."[11] Nevertheless, the awards were sometimes referred to as the "Perry Awards" in their early years.[12][13]

The 1st Tony Awards was held on April 6, 1947, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.[14] The first prizes were "a scroll, cigarette lighter and articles of jewelry such as 14-carat gold compacts and bracelets for the women, and money clips for the men".[15] ATW co-founder Louise Heims Beck was responsible for over seeing the organization of the first awards.[16] It was not until the third awards ceremony in 1949 that the first Tony medallion was given to award winners.[15]

Since 1967, the award ceremony has been broadcast on U.S. national television and includes songs from the nominated musicals, and occasionally has included video clips of, or presentations about, nominated plays. The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League jointly present and administer the awards. Audience size for the telecast is generally well below that of the Academy Awards shows, but the program reaches an affluent audience, which is prized by advertisers. According to a June 2003 article in The New York Times: "What the Tony broadcast does have, say CBS officials, is an all-important demographic: rich and smart. Jack Sussman, CBS's senior vice president in charge of specials, said the Tony show sold almost all its advertising slots shortly after CBS announced it would present the three hours. 'It draws upscale premium viewers who are attractive to upscale premium advertisers,' Mr. Sussman said..."[17][18] The viewership has declined from the early years of its broadcast history (for example, the number of viewers in 1974 was 20 million; in 1999, 9.2 million) but has settled into between six and eight million viewers for most of the decade of the 2000s.[19] In contrast, the 2009 Oscar telecast had 36.3 million viewers.[20]

Medallion edit

The Tony Award medallion was designed by art director Herman Rosse and is a mix of mostly brass and a little bronze, with a nickel plating on the outside; a black acrylic glass base, and the nickel-plated pewter swivel.[21] The face of the medallion portrays an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks. Originally, the reverse side had a relief profile of Antoinette Perry; this later was changed to contain the winner's name, award category, production and year. The medallion has been mounted on a black base since 1967.[22][23]

A larger base was introduced and first presented in the 2010 award ceremony. That base is slightly taller – 5 inches (13 cm), up from 3+14 inches (8.3 cm) – and heavier – 3+12 pounds (1.6 kg), up from 1+12 pounds (680 grams). 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:

We know the physical scale of the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys. While we're not attempting to keep up with the Joneses, we felt this is a significant award, and it could feel and look a bit more significant... By adding height, now someone can grip the Tony, raise it over their head in triumph and not worry about keeping their grip. Believe me, you can tell the difference.[24]

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. An award cost $400 as of at least 2000, $750 as of at least 2009, and, as of 2013, had been $2,500 "for several years", according to Tony Award Productions.[25]

Details of the Tony Awards edit

Source: Tony Awards Official Site, Rules[26]

Rules for a new play or musical edit

For the purposes of the award, a new play or musical is one that has not previously been produced on Broadway and is not "determined… to be a 'classic' or in the historical or popular repertoire", as determined by the Administration Committee (per Section (2g) of the Rules and Regulations).[4] The rule about "classic" productions was instituted by the Tony Award Administration Committee in 2002, and stated (in summary) "A play or musical that is determined ... to be a 'classic' or in the historical or popular repertoire shall not be eligible for an award in the Best Play or Best Musical Category but may be eligible in that appropriate Best Revival category."[27] Shows transferred from Off-Broadway or the West End are eligible as "new", as are productions based closely on films.

This rule has been the subject of some controversy, as some shows, such as Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Violet,[28] 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[who?] 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.

Committees and voters edit

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.[29]

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.[30] The Nominating Committee for the 2012–13 Broadway season (named in June 2012) had 42 members;[31] the Nominating Committee for the 2014–2015 season has 50 members and was appointed in June 2014.[30]

There are approximately 868 eligible Tony Award voters (as of 2014),[26] a number that changes slightly from year to year. The number was decreased in 2009 when the first-night critics were excluded as voters.[32][33] 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.[34]

The eligible Tony voters include the board of directors and designated members of the advisory committee of the American Theatre Wing, members of the governing boards of Actors' Equity Association, the Dramatists Guild, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, United Scenic Artists, and the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, members of the Theatrical Council of the Casting Society of America and voting members of The Broadway League (in 2000, what was then The League of American Theaters and Producers changed membership eligibility and Tony voting status from a lifetime honor to all above-the-title producers, to ones who had been active in the previous 10 years. This action disenfranchised scores of Tony voters, including Gail Berman, Harve Brosten, Dick Button, Tony Lo Bianco, and Raymond Serra).

Eligibility date (Season) edit

To be eligible for Tony Award consideration, a production must have officially opened on Broadway by the eligibility date that the Management Committee establishes each year. For example, the cut-off date for eligibility the 2013–2014 season was April 24, 2014.[35] The season for Tony Award eligibility is defined in the Rules and Regulations.

In 2020, the 74th Annual Tony Awards were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[36] On August 21, 2020, it was announced that the 74th Annual Tony Awards would take place digitally later in 2020.[37]

Broadway theatre edit

A Broadway theatre is defined as having 500 or more seats, among other requirements. While the rules define a Broadway theatre in terms of its size, not its geographical location, the list of Broadway theatres is determined solely by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. As of the 2016–2017 season, the list consisted solely of 41 theaters: 40 located in the vicinity of Times Square in New York City and Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater.[38][39]

Criticism edit

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.[40][41] 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".[42]

The awards met further criticism when they eliminated the sound design awards in 2014.[43] In 2014, a petition calling for the return of the Sound Design categories received more than 30,000 signatures.[44] Addressing their previous concerns over Tony voters[45] 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.[9][46][47]

Some advocates of gender equality and non-binary people have criticized the separation of male and female acting categories in the Tony Awards, Academy Awards, and Emmy Awards. Though some commentators worry that gender discrimination would cause men to dominate unsegregated categories, other categories are unsegregated. The Grammy Awards went gender-neutral in 2012, while the Daytime Emmy Awards introduced a single Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series category in 2019 to replace their two gender-specific younger actor and actress categories.[48][49] In 2023, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first nonbinary actors to be nominated for Tony Awards. Both would go on to win in their respective categories. Fellow nonbinary performer Justin David Sullivan withdrew from Tony consideration due to the gendered categories.[50]

Award milestones edit

Some notable records and facts about the Tony Awards include the following:[51]

Productions edit

Individuals edit

Firsts edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ American Theatre Wing. "2014 Rules for use of Tony Awards trademarks" April 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, April 8, 2017
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew (December 18, 2007). "League of American Theatres and Producers Announces Name Change" December 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013. The League of American Theatres and Producers was renamed "The Broadway League".
  3. ^ Staff (undated). "Who's Who" December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Tony Awards Rules and Regulations for 2013–14 season" July 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, accessed June 12, 2014
  5. ^ Pesner, Ben. "The Tony Awards – Category by Category" tonyawards.com (webcache.googleusercontent.com), accessed June 12, 2014
  6. ^ Gans, Andrew (October 8, 2008). "Tony Awards to Present Isabelle Stevenson Award in May 2009" December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Playbill. Retrieved September 2013.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew (June 18, 2009)."Tony Awards Retire Special Theatrical Event Category" June 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  8. ^ Bowgen, Philippe. "Tony Award Administration Committee Eliminates Sound Design Categories" June 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 11, 2014
  9. ^ a b American Theatre Editors (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Reinstate Sound Design Categories".American Theatre Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  10. ^ Nassour, Ellis (June 10, 2011). . Playbill. Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  11. ^ Nassour, Ellis. "Who Is 'Tony'?". tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  12. ^ "20 Stage Notables Get Perry Awards". The New York Times. April 7, 1947. p. 40.
  13. ^ "Drama, Musical Win Perry Prizes". The New York Times. March 30, 1953. p. 26.
  14. ^ Bloom, Ken (2004). "Tony Award" Broadway – Its History, People and Places. Taylor & Francis. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-415-93704-7.
  15. ^ a b Nassour, Ellis (June 12, 2011). . Playbill. Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  16. ^ Clark, Alfred E. (March 17, 1978). "Louise Heims Beck, Widow of the Producer And a Founder of American Theater Wing". The New York Times. p. 33.(subscription required)
  17. ^ Jesse McKinley (June 1, 2003). "The Tony Awards; Is There a Tony Doctor in the House". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  18. ^ [failed verification] Tony Homepage March 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com
  19. ^ Gorman, Bill (June 10, 2011).. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  20. ^ Bierly, Mandi (February 24, 2009). "Ratings: Oscars Up, 'Dollhouse' Down" February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  21. ^ Pincus-Roth, Zachary (May 22, 2008). . Playbill. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  22. ^ Staff. "Tony Awards FAQ". tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  23. ^ Staff. . American Theatre Wing. Archived from the original on July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  24. ^ Piepenburg, Erik. "Tony Gets a Mini-Makeover" The New York Times, June 10, 2010
  25. ^ Healy, Patrick (July 4, 2013). "Broadway Success Has a Price: $2,500". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  26. ^ a b Staff (undated). "Rules & Voting". tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  27. ^ Gans, Andrew; Simonson, Robert (September 19, 2002). "New Tony Awards Ruling on Classic Texts May Affect Current and Upcoming Shows" September 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  28. ^ Gerard, Jeremy (April 25, 2014). "Tony Bosses Declare Broadway Debutantes 'Violet' & 'Hedwig' Ineligible For Best Musical Category". Deadline.
  29. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Administration Committee Convenes for Final Meeting of the Season April 25" April 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, April 25, 2014
  30. ^ a b Gans, Andrew. 50-Member Tony Awards Nominating Committee Announced for 2014–15 Season" June 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 11, 2014
  31. ^ Jones, Kenneth (June 18, 2012). "Mark Brokaw, Cheyenne Jackson, Liza Gennaro, Adam Guettel and More Join Tony Nominating Committee for 2012–13". Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  32. ^ (registration required) Healy, Patrick (July 15, 2009). "Tony Awards Committee Trims List of Voters, Citing Conflicts". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  33. ^ Gans, Andrew. "First-Nighters Lose Tony-Voting Privilege" July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, July 14, 2009
  34. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Awards Extend Votes to Members of New York Drama Critics' Circle" July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 25, 2010
  35. ^ Gans, Andrew. "68th Annual Tony Awards Will Be Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall" February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Playbill, October 9, 2013
  36. ^ Casado, Joey Hadden, Laura. "Here is the latest major events that have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Cannes Film Festival, and the 74th Annual Tony Awards". Business Insider. Retrieved April 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  37. ^ McPhee, Ryan (August 21, 2020). "The 2020 Tony Awards to Be Held Digitally This Fall". Playbill. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  38. ^ Pincus-Roth, Zachary (February 7, 2008). "Ask Playbill.com: Broadway or Off-Broadway – Part I". Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  39. ^ Piepenburg, Erik (February 2, 2017). "The Hudson Theater Is Back on Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  40. ^ Okrent, Daniel (May 9, 2004). "The Public Editor; There's No Business Like Tony Awards Business". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  41. ^ Teachout, Terry (March 29, 2012). "Why Straight Plays Can't Make It on Broadway". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  42. ^ Simonson, Robert. "Previews of Coming Attractions: Tony Awards Favor Future Musicals Over Present Ones" playbill.com, June 12, 2014
  43. ^ "Breaking News: Tony Awards Committee Meets – Changes Rules for Revival Authors, Erases 2 Creative Categories for 2014–15!". Broadway World. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  44. ^ Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Restore Sound Design Categories Next Season" Variety Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  45. ^ American Theatre Editors (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Reinstate Sound Design Categories".
  46. ^ McPhee, Ryan (April 24, 2017). "The Tony Awards Will Reinstate the Best Sound Design Categories" Playbill.com Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  47. ^ Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Restore Sound Design Categories Next Season".
  48. ^ Block, Melissa (July 14, 2021). "Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose". National Public Radio.
  49. ^ Dino-Ray Ramos (October 30, 2019). "Daytime Emmy Awards Eliminates Gender Distinction From Outstanding Younger Performer Category". Deadline Hollywood.
  50. ^ "Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee Make History as First Nonbinary Actors Nominated for Tony Awards". Peoplemag. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  51. ^ "Facts & Trivia – History from the Tony Awards" July 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine tonyawards.com, Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  52. ^ Jones, Kenneth; Gans, Andrew (May 3, 2011). "2011 Tony Nominations Announced; 'Book of Mormon' Earns 14 Nominations October 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Playbill (playbill.com), Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  53. ^ Jones, Kenneth (June 9, 2003), " 'Take Me Out', 'Hairspray' Are Top Winners in 2003 Tony Awards; 'Long Day's Journey', 'Nine' Also Hot" August 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Playbill (playbill.com) Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  54. ^ "Julie Harris Awards" ibdb.com, accessed August 11, 2019
  55. ^ Richardson, Randi (May 2, 2023). "10-time Tony nominee Audra McDonald continues to make Broadway history". TODAY.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  56. ^ "Chita Rivera Awards" ibdb.com, accessed August 11, 2019
  57. ^ Fierberg, Ruthie (May 2, 2019). "Ali Stroker Talks Making Broadway History With Her 2019 Tony Nomination". Playbill. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  58. ^ "Tony Award winner Ali Stroker makes history as first wheelchair user to win trophy". Fox News. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  59. ^ Smith, Courtney E. "Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landmark Tony Nominee". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  60. ^ "L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". www.theguardian.com. June 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  61. ^ Vanasco, Jennifer (May 2, 2023). "'Some Like It Hot' leads with 13 Tony Award nominations". NPR. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

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Tonys redirects here For other uses see Tony The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre 1 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 2 at an annual ceremony in Manhattan The ceremony is held on the second Sunday of June Tony AwardCurrent 76th Tony AwardsTony award medallion designed by Herman Rosse 1949Awarded forExcellence in Broadway theatreCountryUnited StatesPresented byAmerican Theatre Wing and The Broadway LeagueFirst awardedApril 6 1947 76 years ago 1947 04 06 Websitewww wbr tonyawards wbr comThe 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 3 The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton and are named after Antoinette Tony Perry an actress producer and theatre director who was co founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing The trophy consists of a spinnable medallion with faces 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 4 The Tony Awards are the New York theatre industry s equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television the Grammy Awards for music and the Academy Awards Oscars for film and a person who has won all four is said to have won the EGOT The Tony Awards are the U S equivalent of the United Kingdom s Laurence Olivier Awards and France s Moliere Awards Contents 1 Award categories 1 1 Performance categories 1 2 Show and technical categories 1 3 Special awards 1 4 Retired awards 2 History 2 1 Medallion 3 Details of the Tony Awards 3 1 Rules for a new play or musical 3 2 Committees and voters 3 3 Eligibility date Season 3 4 Broadway theatre 4 Criticism 5 Award milestones 5 1 Productions 5 2 Individuals 5 3 Firsts 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksAward categories editMost recent Tony Award winners 2022 2023 Tony Awards 2024 nbsp nbsp Award Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a PlayWinner Sean Hayes Good Night Oscar Jodie Comer Prima Facie nbsp nbsp Award Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a MusicalWinner J Harrison Ghee Some Like It Hot Victoria Clark Kimberly Akimbo nbsp nbsp Award Best Direction of a Musical Best Direction of a PlayWinner Michael Arden Parade Patrick Marber Leopoldstadt Previous Best MusicalA Strange LoopPrevious Best PlayThe Lehman Trilogy Best Musical Kimberly AkimboBest PlayLeopoldstadtAs of 2014 update there were 26 categories of awards in addition to several special awards Starting with 11 awards in 1947 the names and number of categories have changed over the years Some examples the category Best Book of a Musical was originally called Best Author Musical The category of Best Costume Design was one of the original awards For two years in 1960 and 1961 this category was split into Best Costume Designer Dramatic and Best Costume Designer Musical It then went to a single category but in 2005 it was divided again For the category of Best Director of a Play a single category was for directors of plays and musicals prior to 1960 5 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 6 The category of Best Special Theatrical Event was retired as of the 2009 2010 season 7 The categories of Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical were retired as of the 2014 2015 season 8 On April 24 2017 the Tony Awards administration committee announced that the Sound Design Award would be reintroduced for the 2017 2018 season 9 Performance categories edit Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Show and technical categories edit Best Musical Best Revival of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score Best Orchestrations Best Choreography Best Scenic Design in a Musical Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical Best Play Best Revival of a Play Best Direction of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Sound Design of a Play Special awards edit Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award includes Lifetime Achievement Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award Retired awards edit Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design split into two categories Best Costume Design in a Musical and Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design split into two categories Best Lighting Design in a Musical and Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Newcomer Best Revival split into two categories Best Revival of a Musical and Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design split into two categories Best Scenic Design in a Musical and Best Scenic Design in a Play Best Stage Technician Best Special Theatrical Event Best Director split into two categories Best Direction of a Musical and Best Direction of a Play History editMain article List of Tony Awards ceremonies The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theatre Wing ATW 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 10 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 11 Nevertheless the awards were sometimes referred to as the Perry Awards in their early years 12 13 The 1st Tony Awards was held on April 6 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City 14 The first prizes were a scroll cigarette lighter and articles of jewelry such as 14 carat gold compacts and bracelets for the women and money clips for the men 15 ATW co founder Louise Heims Beck was responsible for over seeing the organization of the first awards 16 It was not until the third awards ceremony in 1949 that the first Tony medallion was given to award winners 15 Since 1967 the award ceremony has been broadcast on U S national television and includes songs from the nominated musicals and occasionally has included video clips of or presentations about nominated plays The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League jointly present and administer the awards Audience size for the telecast is generally well below that of the Academy Awards shows but the program reaches an affluent audience which is prized by advertisers According to a June 2003 article in The New York Times What the Tony broadcast does have say CBS officials is an all important demographic rich and smart Jack Sussman CBS s senior vice president in charge of specials said the Tony show sold almost all its advertising slots shortly after CBS announced it would present the three hours It draws upscale premium viewers who are attractive to upscale premium advertisers Mr Sussman said 17 18 The viewership has declined from the early years of its broadcast history for example the number of viewers in 1974 was 20 million in 1999 9 2 million but has settled into between six and eight million viewers for most of the decade of the 2000s 19 In contrast the 2009 Oscar telecast had 36 3 million viewers 20 Medallion edit The Tony Award medallion was designed by art director Herman Rosse and is a mix of mostly brass and a little bronze with a nickel plating on the outside a black acrylic glass base and the nickel plated pewter swivel 21 The face of the medallion portrays an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks Originally the reverse side had a relief profile of Antoinette Perry this later was changed to contain the winner s name award category production and year The medallion has been mounted on a black base since 1967 22 23 A larger base was introduced and first presented in the 2010 award ceremony That base is slightly taller 5 inches 13 cm up from 3 1 4 inches 8 3 cm and heavier 3 1 2 pounds 1 6 kg up from 1 1 2 pounds 680 grams 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 We know the physical scale of the Oscars Emmys and Grammys While we re not attempting to keep up with the Joneses we felt this is a significant award and it could feel and look a bit more significant By adding height now someone can grip the Tony raise it over their head in triumph and not worry about keeping their grip Believe me you can tell the difference 24 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 An award cost 400 as of at least 2000 750 as of at least 2009 and as of 2013 had been 2 500 for several years according to Tony Award Productions 25 Details of the Tony Awards editSource Tony Awards Official Site Rules 26 Rules for a new play or musical edit For the purposes of the award a new play or musical is one that has not previously been produced on Broadway and is not determined to be a classic or in the historical or popular repertoire as determined by the Administration Committee per Section 2g of the Rules and Regulations 4 The rule about classic productions was instituted by the Tony Award Administration Committee in 2002 and stated in summary A play or musical that is determined to be a classic or in the historical or popular repertoire shall not be eligible for an award in the Best Play or Best Musical Category but may be eligible in that appropriate Best Revival category 27 Shows transferred from Off Broadway or the West End are eligible as new as are productions based closely on films This rule has been the subject of some controversy as some shows such as Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Violet 28 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 who 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 Committees and voters edit 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 29 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 30 The Nominating Committee for the 2012 13 Broadway season named in June 2012 had 42 members 31 the Nominating Committee for the 2014 2015 season has 50 members and was appointed in June 2014 30 There are approximately 868 eligible Tony Award voters as of 2014 26 a number that changes slightly from year to year The number was decreased in 2009 when the first night critics were excluded as voters 32 33 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 34 The eligible Tony voters include the board of directors and designated members of the advisory committee of the American Theatre Wing members of the governing boards of Actors Equity Association the Dramatists Guild the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers United Scenic Artists and the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers members of the Theatrical Council of the Casting Society of America and voting members of The Broadway League in 2000 what was then The League of American Theaters and Producers changed membership eligibility and Tony voting status from a lifetime honor to all above the title producers to ones who had been active in the previous 10 years This action disenfranchised scores of Tony voters including Gail Berman Harve Brosten Dick Button Tony Lo Bianco and Raymond Serra Eligibility date Season edit To be eligible for Tony Award consideration a production must have officially opened on Broadway by the eligibility date that the Management Committee establishes each year For example the cut off date for eligibility the 2013 2014 season was April 24 2014 35 The season for Tony Award eligibility is defined in the Rules and Regulations In 2020 the 74th Annual Tony Awards were postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 36 On August 21 2020 it was announced that the 74th Annual Tony Awards would take place digitally later in 2020 37 Broadway theatre edit A Broadway theatre is defined as having 500 or more seats among other requirements While the rules define a Broadway theatre in terms of its size not its geographical location the list of Broadway theatres is determined solely by the Tony Awards Administration Committee As of the 2016 2017 season the list consisted solely of 41 theaters 40 located in the vicinity of Times Square in New York City and Lincoln Center s Vivian Beaumont Theater 38 39 Criticism editWhile 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 40 41 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 42 The awards met further criticism when they eliminated the sound design awards in 2014 43 In 2014 a petition calling for the return of the Sound Design categories received more than 30 000 signatures 44 Addressing their previous concerns over Tony voters 45 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 9 46 47 Some advocates of gender equality and non binary people have criticized the separation of male and female acting categories in the Tony Awards Academy Awards and Emmy Awards Though some commentators worry that gender discrimination would cause men to dominate unsegregated categories other categories are unsegregated The Grammy Awards went gender neutral in 2012 while the Daytime Emmy Awards introduced a single Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series category in 2019 to replace their two gender specific younger actor and actress categories 48 49 In 2023 J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first nonbinary actors to be nominated for Tony Awards Both would go on to win in their respective categories Fellow nonbinary performer Justin David Sullivan withdrew from Tony consideration due to the gendered categories 50 Award milestones editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tony Awards news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Some notable records and facts about the Tony Awards include the following 51 Productions edit Nominations The most Tony nominations ever received by a single production was the musical Hamilton 2016 with 16 nominations in 13 categories narrowly passing the previous holders of this record The Producers 2001 15 nominations in 12 categories and Billy Elliot 2009 15 nominations in 13 categories The most Tony nominations for a non musical play was Slave Play 2020 12 nominations in 10 categories Wins The most Tony Awards ever received by a single production was the musical The Producers 2001 with 12 awards including Best Musical Non musical wins The most Tonys ever received by a non musical play was The Coast of Utopia 2007 with 7 awards including Best Play Most nominations with fewest wins Musicals The Scottsboro Boys 2011 and Mean Girls 2018 as well as non musical play Slave Play 2020 are tied all three were nominated for 12 Tony Awards but did not win any 52 Four musicals have won all big six awards for original musicals South Pacific 1950 awards Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1979 awards Hairspray 2003 awards 53 and The Band s Visit 2018 awards each won the Best Musical Best Score Best Book Best Performance by a Leading Actor Best Performance by a Leading Actress and Best Direction awards Two Plays have won all big four awards for original plays Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1963 awards and The Real Thing 1984 awards both won the Best Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor Best Performance by a Leading Actress and Best Direction awards Acting Awards Only one production South Pacific 1950 awards has won all four of the acting awards in a single year Words and Music Only eight musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had co written the Book non sung dialogue and storyline and the Score music and lyrics 1958 winner The Music Man Meredith Willson award for Book and Score did not exist that year 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rupert Holmes who also won for Book and Score 1996 winner Rent Jonathan Larson posthumously who also won for Book and Score 2001 winner The Producers Mel Brooks also won for Book and Score 2011 winner The Book of Mormon Trey Parker Robert Lopez and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score 2016 winner Hamilton Lin Manuel Miranda also won for Book and Score 2019 winner Hadestown Anais Mitchell also won for Score and 2022 winner A Strange Loop Michael R Jackson also won for Book Design Awards Eleven shows have swept the Design Awards original 3 of Best Scenic Design Best Costume Design Best Lighting Design joined by Best Sound Design starting in 2008 Follies 1972 The Phantom of the Opera 1986 The Lion King 1998 The Producers 2001 The Light in the Piazza 2005 The Coast of Utopia 2007 the 2008 revival of South Pacific first to sweep the expanded four awards for Creative Arts Peter and the Starcatcher first straight play to sweep the expanded four awards for Creative Arts 2012 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2018 A Christmas Carol and Moulin Rouge both 2020 Revivals Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller in 2012 became the first show play or musical to win as Best Production in four different years Best Play at the 1949 awards Best Revival at the 1984 awards before the Best Revival award was split into two categories for Play and Musical in 1994 and Best Revival of a Play at the 1999 and 2012 awards La Cage aux Folles made history as the first musical to win as Best Production in three different years Best Musical at the 1984 awards and Best Revival of a Musical at both the 2005 awards and the 2010 awards The King and I has also garnered three Tony Awards one for each time it has been produced on Broadway first as Best Musical and then twice as Best Revival of a Musical Company has also won three Tony Awards first as Best Musical in 1971 followed by Best Revival of a Musical in 2007 and 2022 Individuals edit Wins Harold Prince received 21 Tony Awards more than anyone else including eight for Best Direction of a Musical eight for Best Musical two for Best Producer of a Musical and three special Tony Awards Tommy Tune has received ten Tony Awards including three for direction four for choreography two for performing and one special Tony Award Stephen Sondheim has won more music Tony Awards than any other individual with eight awards six for Best Original Score one for Best Composer and one for Best Lyricist Bob Fosse has won the most Tonys for choreography also eight Oliver Smith has won a record eight scenic design Tony Awards Jules Fisher has won the most lighting design awards with nine Audra McDonald has the most performance Tony Awards with six Terrence McNally and Tom Stoppard are the most awarded writers with four Tonys each McNally has won Best Play twice and Best Book of a Musical twice while Stoppard has won Best Play four times Most nominations Julie Harris Audra McDonald and Chita Rivera have been nominated more often than any other performer ten apiece 54 55 56 Performers in two categories Six performers have been nominated in two acting categories in the same year Amanda Plummer Dana Ivey Kate Burton Jan Maxwell Mark Rylance and Jeremy Pope Plummer in 1982 was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for A Taste of Honey and Best Featured Actress in a Play for Agnes of God for which she won Ivey in 1984 was nominated as Best Featured Actress in Musical for Sunday in the Park with George and Best Featured Actress in a Play for Heartbreak House In 2002 Burton was nominated for Best Actress in Play for Hedda Gabler and Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Elephant Man Maxwell was nominated in 2010 for Best Actress in a Play for The Royal Family and Best Featured Actress in a Play for Lend Me a Tenor Rylance was nominated in 2014 for Best Actor in a Play for Richard III and Best Featured Actor in a Play for Twelfth Night for which he won Pope was nominated in 2019 for Best Actor in a Play for Choir Boy and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Ain t Too Proud Performers in all categories Five performers have been nominated for all four performance awards for which a performer is eligible Boyd Gaines was the first performer to be nominated for each of Best Featured Actor in a Play in The Heidi Chronicles 1989 Best Actor in a Musical for She Loves Me 1994 Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Contact 2000 and Gypsy 2008 and Best Actor in a Play for Journey s End 2007 Gaines won in three of the categories and four of the five nominations missing only for the performance in Journey s End Raul Esparza was the second performer to be nominated in all four categories no wins achieving this over a mere six seasons Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Taboo 2004 Best Actor in a Musical for Company 2007 Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Homecoming 2008 and Best Actor in a Play for Speed the Plow 2009 Angela Lansbury was the third performer to be nominated for all four performance awards She won Best Actress in a Musical for Mame 1966 Dear World 1969 Gypsy 1975 and Sweeney Todd 1979 She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for Deuce 2007 She won Best Featured Actress in a Play for Blithe Spirit 2009 She was nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music 2010 Jan Maxwell became the fourth performer to achieve this distinction by being nominated no wins for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2005 Best Featured Actress in a Play for Coram Boy 2007 and Lend Me a Tenor 2010 Best Actress in a Play for The Royal Family 2010 and Best Actress in a Musical for Follies 2012 Audra McDonald became the fifth performer to accomplish the feat and the first to win in all four categories winning Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Carousel 1994 and Ragtime 1998 Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Master Class 1996 and A Raisin in the Sun 2004 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Porgy and Bess 2012 and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Lady Day at Emerson s Bar and Grill 2014 She was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Marie Christine 2000 and 110 in the Shade 2007 and for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune 2020 21 and Ohio State Murders 2022 Performers Playing Opposite Sex While several performers have won Tonys for roles that have involved cross dressing only four have won for playing a character of the opposite sex Mary Martin in the title role of Peter Pan 1955 Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray 2003 Mark Rylance as Olivia in Twelfth Night 2014 and Lena Hall as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2014 In 2000 Australian actor Barry Humphries won the Special Tony Award for a live theatrical event at the 55th Annual Tony Awards for Dame Edna The Royal Tour Shared Performances All three of the young actors who shared the duties of performing the lead character in Billy Elliot the Musical 2009 awards David Alvarez Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish also shared a single nomination then shared the win for Best Actor in a Musical Previously the only prior joint winners were John Kani and Winston Ntshona who shared the Best Actor in a Play award in 1975 for Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island two plays they co wrote and co starred in In 2003 the 10 stars of Baz Luhrmann s La Boheme won a joint Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre award as did the four co leads in the title role of Matilda the Musical in 2013 Two genders for one role Ben Vereen and Patina Miller both won respectively Best Actor in a Musical in 1972 and Best Actress in a Musical in 2013 for the role of the Leading Player in Pippin marking the first time the same role has been won by both a man and a woman in a Broadway production Writing and performing Two people have won Tonys as an author and as a performer Harvey Fierstein won Best Play and Best Lead Actor in a Play for Torch Song Trilogy 1983 Best Book of a Musical for La Cage aux Folles and Best Lead Actor in a Musical for Hairspray Tracy Letts the author of 2008 Best Play August Osage County won Best Lead Actor in a Play for Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2013 Youngest and oldest winners of Best Score or Best Book Lin Manuel Miranda is the youngest person to win the award he was 28 when he won for In The Heights If T S Eliot had been alive when he won for Cats he would have been 94 Eliot is one of two people to receive the award posthumously the other being Jonathan Larson who won for Rent He would have been 36 Youngest and oldest actors to win Frank Langella is the oldest actor to win a Tony for his performance in The Father won at age 78 and Lois Smith holds the record for oldest actress for her performance in The Inheritance won at age 90 The youngest actor to win a Tony Award at age 11 was Frankie Michaels in 1966 for his featured performance in Mame a record which still stands today Twenty five years later at 11 and a half years old Daisy Eagan took home a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in The Secret Garden cementing her place in Tony history as the youngest woman to win the award Youngest and oldest winners for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Liza Minnelli is the youngest actress to win the award for her performance in Flora the Red Menace won at age 19 Bette Midler is the oldest actress to win the award for her performance in Hello Dolly won at age 71 In 2013 the four girls who alternated for the title role in Matilda the Musical Sophia Gennusa aged 9 Bailey Ryon aged 10 Oona Laurence aged 10 and Milly Shapiro aged 10 won a joint Tony Honors award making Gennusa the youngest to ever receive a Tony albeit a non competitive one Firsts edit First African American to win Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Juanita Hall for South Pacific in 1950 First African American to win Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Harry Belafonte for John Murray Anderson s Almanac in 1954 First female author to win Best Play Frances Goodrich with her partner and husband Albert Hackett for The Diary of Anne Frank in 1956 First African American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Diahann Carroll for No Strings in 1962 First African American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play James Earl Jones for The Great White Hope in 1969 First African American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Cleavon Little for Purlie in 1970 First African American author to win Best Play Joseph A Walker for The River Niger in 1974 First African American composer to solely win Tony Award for Best Score Charlie Smalls for The Wiz in 1975 First female to win Tony Award for Best Score Betty Comden for On the Twentieth Century in 1978 In 1968 she became the first female to win the previous version of the Best Score Award the Tony Award for Best Composer And Lyricist for Hallelujah Baby First Asian American author to win Best Play David Henry Hwang for M Butterfly in 1988 First Asian American to win Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play BD Wong for M Butterfly in 1988 First female author to solely win Best Play Wendy Wasserstein for The Heidi Chronicles in 1989 First Asian to win Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Lea Salonga for Miss Saigon in 1991 First woman to win Best Direction of a Musical Julie Taymor for The Lion King in 1998 First woman to win Best Direction of a Play Garry Hynes for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 1998 First African American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Phylicia Rashad for A Raisin in the Sun in 2004 First Brazilian to win Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Paulo Szot for South Pacific in 2008 First woman to solely win Tony Award for Best Score Cyndi Lauper for Kinky Boots in 2013 First Asian American to win Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Ruthie Ann Miles for The King and I in 2015 First female team to win Tony Award for Best Score and Tony Award for Best Book Jeanine Tesori amp Lisa Kron for Fun Home in 2015 First Lebanese American to win Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Tony Shalhoub for The Band s Visit in 2018 First Yemeni American to win Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Ari el Stachel for The Band s Visit in 2018 First person who uses a wheelchair to be nominated for and to receive a Tony Award for acting Ali Stroker with the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Oklahoma in 2019 57 58 First woman to be nominated for and to win Best Sound Design of a Musical Jessica Paz for Hadestown in 2019 59 First Latine playwright to win Tony Award for Best Play Matthew Lopez for The Inheritance in 2020 First openly trans performer to be nominated for a Tony Award L Morgan Lee with the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for A Strange Loop in 2022 60 First openly non binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical respectively in 2023 61 See also edit nbsp New York City portal nbsp Theatre portalAfrican American Tony nominees and winners Drama Desk Award Helpmann Awards Laurence Olivier Awards List of Tony Awards ceremonies List of Tony Award nominated productions Obie Award Society of London Theatre Theatre World AwardReferences edit American Theatre Wing 2014 Rules for use of Tony Awards trademarks Archived April 9 2017 at the Wayback Machine tonyawards com April 8 2017 Gans Andrew December 18 2007 League of American Theatres and Producers Announces Name Change Archived December 21 2007 at the Wayback Machine Playbill Retrieved September 13 2013 The 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