| 1st Tony Awards | ||||
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| Date | April 6, 1947 | |||
| Venue | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York |
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| Host | Brock Pemberton | |||
| TV in the United States | ||||
| Network | WOR (radio), Mutual Network (radio) |
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The First Tony Awards, more formally known as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, were held on April 6, 1947, in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.[1] Presented by the American Theatre Wing, they celebrated the best in live American theatre over the previous season. 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.[2]
Musicals represented were Street Scene, Brigadoon and Finian's Rainbow. Oklahoma! and Carousel could not be nominated because, while although still playing their original runs at the time of the awards, they had opened too soon to qualify for the awards (Oklahoma! had opened in 1943, and Carousel in 1945).
The award itself was a scroll, an initialed sterling silver compact case for the women, and an engraved gold bill clip or cigarette lighter for the men. Tickets to the first Tony event cost $7.00 each.[3] More than 1,000 guests attended.[1]
Contents |
Winners [link]
Note: nominees are not shown
Performance [link]
[edit] Actors—Play
- José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac
- Fredric March in Years Ago
[edit] Actresses—Play
[edit] Supporting or Featured Actress—Play
[edit] Supporting or Featured Actor—Musical
Craft [link]
[edit] Director
[edit] Costume Designer
- Lucinda Ballard for Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary, The Chocolate Soldier
[edit] Choreographers
[edit] Composer
Special awards [link]
- Dora Chamberlain
- Mr. and Mrs. Ira Katzenberg
- Jules Leventhal
- P.A. MacDonald
- Burns Mantle
- Arthur Miller
- Vincent Sardi, Sr.
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ a b "History - The Story of the Tonys" tonyawards.com, retrieved June 7, 2010
- ^ Newsroom - How the Tonys Got Their Name, tonyawards.com
- ^ History - Trivia, tonyawards.com
External links [link]
https://wn.com/1st_Tony_Awards
24th Tony Awards
The 24th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by NBC television on April 19, 1970 from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau.
The ceremony
Presenters: Clive Barnes, Claire Bloom, Michael Caine, Jack Cassidy, David Frost, Cary Grant, Patricia Neal, George C. Scott, James Stewart, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.
Musicals represented:
Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold
Special awards
References
External links
45th Tony Awards
The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991. The hosts were Julie Andrews and Jeremy Irons.
The ceremony
Presenters: Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Tyne Daly, Whoopi Goldberg, Joel Grey, Steve Guttenberg, Audrey Hepburn, Raul Julia, Jackie Mason, Shirley MacLaine, James Naughton, Penn & Teller, Anthony Quinn, Lily Tomlin, Denzel Washington
Musicals represented:
Special Salute:
32nd Tony Awards
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television on June 4, 1978 from the Shubert Theatre in New York City. This was the first time that CBS broadcast the ceremony, which had previously been shown on the ABC television network.
The ceremony
Presenters were Ed Asner, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Carol Channing, Bonnie Franklin, Robert Guillaume, Julie Harris, Helen Hayes, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, Linda Lavin, Jack Lemmon, Hal Linden, Roy Scheider, and Dick Van Patten.
Bonnie Franklin introduced each segment from her seat in the audience. Bob Hope presented the "Lawrence Langer" Special Award to Irving Berlin, who was not present at the ceremony. The theme of the ceremony was "footlights", with each presenter telling of the first time they saw live theatre.
Musicals represented:
