1st Tony Awards

1947 US theatrical awards ceremony 1st Tony Awards April 6, 1947 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,New York City, New York Brock Pemberton Another Part of the Forest, Finian's Rainbow, and Happy Birthday (2) WOR (radio),Mutual Network (radio) Tony Awards 2nd 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."History. An Award for Excellence" https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062944/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/index.html 2016-03-04 Tony Awards, accessed May 28, 2016 Perry was a co-founder of the revived and revised version the American Theatre Wing (ATW) in 1940, and the award were established by the ATW in her memory after her death in 1946. Fellow ATW co-founder Louise Heims Beck was responsible for overseeing the organization of the 1st Tony Awards.OBITUARIES: Louise Heims Beck Variety 290 7 March 22, 1978 46 Background and ceremony Presented by the ATW, the Awards celebrated "outstanding contributions to the current American theatre season."20 Stage Notables Get Perry Awards The New York Times April 7, 1947 40 http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/606077 30 January 2019 Rare Newspapers According to The New York Times, these awards "do not designate their recipients as 'best' or 'first' but the classifications in which they are given will be elastic from year to year." 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 "Tony", referring to the nickname of Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.Nassour Ellis http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/perry.html History. The Original 'Tony' Tonyawards.com May 28, 2016 IBM Corp. April 28, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120428143051/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/perry.html dead Rothman Lily https://time.com/3903886/ton-awards-antoinette-perry-history/ This Is the Woman the Tony Awards Are Named After Time Magazine June 7, 2015 30 January 2019 TIME USA, LLC. 21 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190721062932/https://time.com/3903886/ton-awards-antoinette-perry-history/ dead Nassour Ellis http://www.playbill.com/article/remembering-tony-namesake-antoinette-perry-com-75756 Remembering Tony Namesake Antoinette Perry Playbill June 4, 1998 30 January 2019 Brightspot Musicals represented at the ceremony 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. Winners Note: nominees are not shown Performance Award Winner (s)Actors-PlayJosé Ferrer in Cyrano de BergeracFredric March in Years AgoActresses-PlayIngrid Bergman in Joan of LorraineHelen Hayes in Happy Birthday Tony Award for Outstanding NewcomerPatricia Neal in Another Part of the Forest Tony Award for Best Performance in a MusicalDavid Wayne in Finian's Rainbow Craft Award WinnerDirectorElia Kazan for All My SonsCostume DesignerLucinda Ballard for Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary, The Chocolate Soldier ChoreographersAgnes de Mille for BrigadoonMichael Kidd for Finian's Rainbow ComposerKurt Weill, Street Scene Special awards Source: The New York Times Dora Chamberlain - "unfailing courtesy as treasurer of the Martin Beck Theatre" Mr. and Mrs. Ira Katzenberg - "for enthusiasm as inveterate first-nighters" Jules Leventhal - "the season's most prolific backer and producer" P.A. MacDonald - "intricate construction for the production of 'If the Shoe Fits'" Burns Mantle - "for his annual publication" Arthur Miller - author of All My Sons Vincent Sardi Sr. - "for providing a transient home and comfort station for theatre folk at Sardi's for twenty years" Multiple nominations and awards The following productions received multiple awards. 2 wins: Another Part of the Forest, Finian's Rainbow and Happy Birthday See also Theatre Music 19th Academy Awards References External links Tony Awards official site https://web.archive.org/web/20090105165520/http://tonyawards.com/ 2009-01-05 1947 Tony Awards, infoplease.com Category:Tony Awards ceremonies Category:1947 in theatre Category:1947 awards Category:1947 in the United States Category:1947 in New York City