The CeremonyThe MedallionThe Categories

HistoryThe AwardsThe Ceremony

Gatis Rifriani Awe

HistoryHistoryThe awards are

named after Antoinette Perry (Co-founder of The American Theatre Wing)

Was founded in 1947 by Brock Pemberton

The Awards• Broadway’s highest theatre award• Originally given for regional

theatre in America• Equivalent with Laurence Olivier

Awards in Britain• Presented by American Theatre

Wing and The Broadway League in New York City

• Became important since their annual broadcast on TV program

In 1947 only 11 awards for each category

Several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including:

Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award (Lifetime

Achievement Award) Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabella Stevenson Award

The Ceremony

First awards was given on April 6, 1947 at

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

The Ceremony Since

1997 was

held at

Radio City

Music Hall

The 64th

was held

on June

13, 2010

at Radio

City Music

Hall

The Ceremony

In 1999 was held at Gershwin Theatre

Celebrities are often chosen to host the show

The Medallion

• Designed by Herman Rose in 1949

• The face of the medallion portrayed an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks,

• Has a relief profile of Antoinette Perry

Categories

• 26 categories

• 4 special categories

• 7 retired categories

Best MusicalBest Book of a

MusicalBest Original Score

(Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Alan Ayckbourn  Marian Seldes

Isabelle Stevenson Award

David Hyde Pierce

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

B.H. Barry

Tom Viola