TonyAward69thTonyAwards

DesignedbyHermanRosse,1949

Awardedfor ExcellenceinBroadwaytheatre

Country UnitedStates

Presentedby AmericanTheatreWingandTheBroadwayLeague

Firstawarded 1947

Officialwebsite tonyawards.com(http://tonyawards.com)

TonyAwardFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

TheAntoinettePerryAwardforExcellenceinTheatre,morecommonlyknowninformallyastheTonyAward,recognizesachievementinliveBroadwaytheatre.TheawardsarepresentedbytheAmericanTheatreWingandTheBroadwayLeague[1]atanannualceremonyinNewYorkCity.TheawardsaregivenforBroadwayproductionsandperformances,andanawardisgivenforregionaltheatre.Severaldiscretionarynoncompetitiveawardsarealsogiven,includingaSpecialTonyAward,theTonyHonorsforExcellenceinTheatre,andtheIsabelleStevensonAward.[2]TheawardsarenamedafterAntoinettePerry,cofounderoftheAmericanTheatreWing.

TherulesfortheTonyAwardsaresetforthintheofficialdocument"RulesandRegulationsofTheAmericanTheatreWing'sTonyAwards",whichappliesforthatseasononly.[3]TheTonyAwardsareconsideredthehighestU.S.theatrehonor,theNewYorktheatreindustry'sequivalenttotheAcademyAwards(Oscars)formotionpictures,theGrammyAwardsformusicandtheEmmyAwardsfortelevision,andtheLaurenceOlivierAwardfortheatreintheUnitedKingdomandtheMolireAwardofFrance.

From1997to2010,theTonyAwardsceremonywasheldatRadioCityMusicHallinNewYorkCityinJuneandbroadcastliveonCBStelevision,exceptin1999,whenitwasheldattheGershwinTheatre.[4]In2011and2012,theceremonywasheldattheBeaconTheatre.[5]The67thTonyAwardsreturnedtoRadioCityMusicHallonJune9,2013,[6]asdidthe68thTonyAwardsonJune8,2014.

Contents

1Awardcategories2History

2.1Themedallion3DetailsoftheTonyAwards

3.1Rulesforanewplayormusical3.2Committeesandvoters

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