"for the women, and an engraved gold bill clip or cigarette lighter for the men. ""Note: nominees are not shown"" Source: ""The New York Times"" 1st Tony Awards 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. 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"
"of the board and secretary of, the American Theatre Wing, which operated the Stage Door Canteens during World War II, providing entertainment to servicemen in several American cities. After her death, her friends and colleagues took action to memorialize her contribution to the high standards of American theatre. Brock Pemberton suggested that the American Theatre Wing create a series of awards to be given in her honor. Since 1947, the Antoinette Perry Awards have been given annually for distinguished achievement in theatre, and are one of the theatre world's most coveted honors. They are universally known by their nickname, the"
"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. Performance categories Show and technical categories Special awards Retired 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 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Warner Bros. story editor] Jacob Wilk's suggestion, [Pemberton] proposed an award in"
"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. Some notable records and facts about the Tony Awards include the following: Tony Award 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 New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre. Several"
"show and a 1943 movie called Stage Door Canteen. After World War II, the Wing founded The Community Players to assist war veterans and their families on their return home. Co-chaired of the Community Players was Katharine Cornell, who was active on the Stage Door Canteen. With the close of the war, the Wing concentrated on holding seminars about American theater, and on funding numerous scholarship grants. It sponsored the First American Congress of Theatre (FACT) in 1947, but it is best known in contemporary times for having created, in the same year, The American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry Awards"
"on Broadway."" In 1932, a Los Angeles location of Sardi's opened on Hollywood Boulevard, where it was similarly popular with celebrities. It has since closed. Sardi's is the birthplace of the Tony Award; after Antoinette Perry's death in 1946, her partner, theatrical producer and director Brock Pemberton, was eating lunch at Sardi's when he came up with the idea of a theater award to be given in Perry's honor. For many years Sardi’s was the location where Tony Award nominations were announced. Vincent Sardi Sr. received a special Tony Award in 1947, the first year of the awards, for ""providing"
"Pemberton gave the Antoinette Perry Award its nickname, the Tony. As Perry's official biography at the Tony Awards website states, ""At <nowiki>[</nowiki>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. Months after his death in 1950, a Tony Award was given to him posthumously in recognition of his role as the founder and the original chairman of the Tony Awards. Brock Pemberton Brock Pemberton (December 14, 1885 –"
"Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City. There was no award in the Tonys' first year. ""All My Sons"" has been incorrectly categorized as the Best Play of 1947, but it won the Best Author award for Arthur Miller. The following year ""Mister Roberts"" received the first Tony Award as Best Play. The award goes to the authors and the producers of the play. Legend:<br> <nowiki>†</nowiki>"
"of the previous year."" Originally called the Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), it was later changed to its current title in 1976. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public. The change was made by the awards committee to ""have a greater impact on theatregoers"". Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play The Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. The"
"LGBT youth, is named. The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper has won two awards from 16 nominations. 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 Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. Lauper is the first woman to win a Tony solo for Best Score. An Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate"
"to win consecutive Tony Awards for his two-part """". Terrence McNally repeated this feat the following two years with his plays ""Love! Valour! Compassion!"" and ""Master Class"". Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City. There was no award in the Tonys' first year. ""All My Sons"" has been incorrectly categorized as the Best Play of 1947, but it won the Best Author award for Arthur Miller."
"In 2002, the American Theater Wing awarded WTF America's highest theatrical honor, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theater —the ""Tony""—as an especially distinguished regional theater. The festival transferred several successful shows to Broadway, including ""One Mo' Time, Hedda Gabler"", ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"", and ""The Bridges of Madison County"". Throughout its over four decades in existence, many celebrated American artists—designers, composers, directors, choreographers as well as stage and screen actors—have worked as apprentices or company members at Williamstown. Williamstown Theatre Festival A winner of a 2002 Tony Award and a 2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council Commonwealth"
"for Excellence in Theatre, or Tony Awards for short, which it still sponsors and which awards were themselves named for Perry, its co-founder and wartime chair, who had died in 1946. The initial presentation of the Wing's Tony Awards program on radio and television was broadcast only locally in New York City. In 1967, it partnered with the League of American Theatres and Producers, now called The Broadway League, to present them on nationwide network television. From 1965 to 1998, Isabelle Stevenson was the President of the ATW. After retiring, she served as chairwoman of the board of directors until"
"of the 2000s. In contrast, the 2009 Oscar telecast had 36.3 million viewers. 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. 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"
"Yvonne Perry Yvonne Perry (born October 23, 1966 in Voorheesville, New York, U.S.) is an American actress. After years doing commercials, and nearly a year as part of the improv team tricking people for Candid Camera, her big break came in 1992 when she landed the role of Rosanna Cabot on the CBS soap opera ""As the World Turns"". In 1993, she won the Soap Opera Digest award for Outstanding Female Newcomer which was the show's first win in that category. She and on-screen love interest Shawn Christian (ex-Mike) were voted Hottest Soap Opera Couple by People Magazine in 1995."
"Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to ""honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."" Originally called the Tony"
"husband Hobart Donavan suggested that the awards be called ""Annie"" since the awards are for excellence in animation. The first Annie Award trophy was given out in the second awards ceremony to Walter Lantz, the founder of Walter Lantz Productions and creator of Woody Woodpecker. The trophy was a brass prize shaped like a zoetrope and was made out of wood and plastic. The next year, Tom Woodward came up with the current design. Production Individual achievement in Film Individual achievement in Television, Broadcast and Video Game Juried awards In 2008, the Annie Award nominees for Best Short Subject included"
"3, 2018, on the campus of UCLA. In 1972, June Foray conceived the idea that there should be awards for animation as there were no awards for the field. With the approval of ASIFA-Hollywood president Nick Bosustow, Annie Awards ceremony was organized. The first ceremony was held at the banquet room of Sportsmen's Lodge in Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California. Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer were the first to be honored by the first Annie Awards for creating the characters Betty Boop, Popeye and Olive Oyl, and for inventing the technique of rotoscoping. According to Foray, her"
"assigned there. She currently resides in Provo, Utah. In 1994, Perry was honored with the Exemplary Woman Award from Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho). In 1997, she was awarded the BYU Alumni Distinguished Service Award. In 1998, she was awarded the National George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for the album she wrote with Senator Orrin Hatch. In 1999, Perry won two awards: the Exceptional Merit Award from the LDS Booksellers Association, and the Heritage Award from the Utah/California Women. In 2001, the Faith Centered Music Association honored Perry with their Lifetime Achievement Award. In"
"Ellen Perry Ellen Perry is an award-winning film director, writer, producer and cinematographer. She attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her first feature documentary, ""Great Wall Across the Yangtze"", aired nationally on PBS in 2000. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film investigates the Three Gorges Dam project, on China's Yangtze River. It won the Grand Festival Award at the Berkeley Film Festival. Her documentary film on the Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, ""The Fall of Fujimori"", garnered much acclaim. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. ""The Fall of Fujimori"" was nominated for an Emmy for Best"
"will even play ""split weeks"", which are half a week in one town and the second half in another. On occasion, they will also play ""one-nighters"". The production values, while generally still good, are usually less lavish than the typical Broadway national tour or national touring production and the actors, while still members of the actor's union, are compensated under a different, less lucrative, union contract. The Touring Broadway Awards, presented by The Broadway League, honored excellence in touring Broadway. Broadway productions and artists are honored by the annual Antoinette Perry Awards (commonly called the ""Tony Awards"", or ""Tony"") which"
"J. Perry Jonathan Perry (born June 4, 1988) better known by his stage name J. Perry, is a Haitian singer, songwriter, and composer. On 18 February 2012, President of Haiti Michel Martelly, alongside the Minister of Tourism, Stéphanie Villedrouin & the Haitian Carnival Committee gave Perry a ""Gold Disk Plaque"" for his song ""Dekole"" (Haitian Creole to mean, """"take off"""") which inspired the theme of the 2012 Carnival. J. Perry grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He started to play music when he was six years old. Before he had learned musical notes, Perry would already have played back the songs"
"39th best artist. From 2007 to 2012, Hill was the voice of ""NBC Sunday Night Football""'s intro song. In 2019, Hill will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hill was born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, north of Jackson, Mississippi. She was adopted as an infant, and named Audrey Faith Perry. She was raised in the nearby town of Star, 20 miles outside of Jackson. Her adoptive parents, Edna and Ted Perry, raised her with their two biological sons in a devout Christian environment. Hill's vocal talent was apparent early, and she had her first public performance, at a"
"regard to human rights violations. It was characterized by one critic as ""brilliant, revelatory and entertaining"". Ellen Perry Ellen Perry is an award-winning film director, writer, producer and cinematographer. She attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her first feature documentary, ""Great Wall Across the Yangtze"", aired nationally on PBS in 2000. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film investigates the Three Gorges Dam project, on China's Yangtze River. It won the Grand Festival Award at the Berkeley Film Festival. Her documentary film on the Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, ""The Fall of Fujimori"", garnered much acclaim. The film premiered at the"
"Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic), it was later changed to its current title in 1976. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public. The change was made by the awards committee to ""have a greater impact on theatregoers"". Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. Honors in several"
"the Year Award. He stepped down as president in 1994, and retired as chief executive officer in 2000, and was succeeded by Robert Denning, his son-in-law. He served as chairman of the board and, at the time of his death, chairman emeritus. Perry served on the Village of Akron Board from 1975 to 1987 and was mayor from 1987 to 1991. In December 1962, he married Marilyn Peterson. Together, they were the parents of: Perry died, aged 76, on June 4, 2017 after a lengthy illness. Thomas C. Perry Thomas Charles Perry (April 6, 1941 – June 4, 2017) was"
"Atlanta is the setting for popular TV shows such as the Real Housewives of Atlanta and Tyler Perry's series. Due to Perry, the ""Housewives"", and others, Atlanta is also known as a center of black entertainment in the U.S. Films set in Atlanta include two pictures that were awarded the Oscar for Best Picture:, ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939) and ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989). Other films set in Atlanta include ""Little Darlings"" (1980), ""Sharky's Machine"" (1981), ""Outbreak"" (1995), Tyler Perry's ""Meet the Browns"" (2008), ""Life as We Know It"" (2010), ""Contagion"" (2011), and Baby Driver (2017). Well-known television shows set"
"served as president, and later chairman, of the League of American Theatres and Producers (now called The Broadway League) from 1989 to 2003. He died on May 17, 2006 of bladder cancer in New York City, aged 95. Cy Feuer Cy Feuer (January 15, 1911 – May 17, 2006) was an American theatre producer, director, composer, musician, and half of the celebrated, legendary producing duo Feuer and Martin. He was the winner of three competitive Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for 1938's ""Storm Over"
"Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective). At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual"
"award in 2014. Joel Grey received the 2015 Watt Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as film producer Harvey Weinstein (Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre & Film). The Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016 was given to Judith Jamison, and Maurice Hines was given a special recognition award for Outstanding Body of Work in Dance. On March 30, 2017, it was announced that the Astaire Awards were ""rebranded"" as the Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography. The awards will be presented by the American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, with the first awards presented on September 11, 2017"
"The Perry Sisters The Perry Sisters originated in Huntington, WV in 1974 with Diana Perry Gillette and her two sisters, Bonnie & Carol. In 1984 they signed with a major record label and officially became the first professional ladies trio in southern gospel music and have enjoyed numerous top charting songs over their 43 year career including I Wonder How Mary Felt, There'll Be A Payday, Resurrection Morn, Imagine If You Will, Heaven's Avenue, Only Sleeping, More Like You, That Wonderful Name, God Save Our Country, and He'll Deliver Me. The Perry Sisters have recorded 25 albums, and had 33"
"July 2008 as a Mail on Sunday supplement, followed by a full release in September 2008. More recently, Perry has produced albums by Don Broco, Molotov, McBusted, Matthew P, Ivyrise, McFly, The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Futures, Matt Willis and 3 Dudes. Perry was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2014 for Molotov - Agua Maldita - Best rock album. The record was also nominated for a 2015 U.S. Grammy. Perry spent his childhood in Leeds, before moving to Suffolk with his family at the age of 13. He attended Reydon High School, where he"
"Colorado State Teachers College. Two years later, she held a faculty position at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), where she remained until 1955. During the years of 1949 and until she left UAPB, Perry toured with Kelton Lawrence as a piano duo in order to recruit students for UAPB. From 1955 to 1982, she was a faculty member and composer-in-residence at Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio. She continued to volunteer ""on behalf of the African American community"" after she retired. In 1998 she was honored by the University of Wyoming, winning the Arts and Sciences Outstanding"