1st Tony Awards
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| 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 | ||
| Network | WOR (radio), Mutual Network (radio) |
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The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre.
The First Tony Awards was presented by the American Theatre Wing and were held on April 6, 1947 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. [1] The ceremony was broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network. The Master of Ceremonies was Brock Pemberton.
Musicals represented were: Street Scene, Brigadoon and Finian's Rainbow. Oklahoma! and Carousel could not even be nominated because, while although still playing their original runs at the time of the awards, they had been written too early to qualify for them - 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.[2] More than 1,000 guests attended.[1] The Antoinette Perry Awards got their name Tonys, at the this first event, when Brock Pemberton handed out an award, and called it a Tony. The name has stuck ever since. (He was referring to Antoinette Perry, whose nickname was Toni.)[3]
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[edit] Winners and Nominees
Winners are in bold[4]
[edit] Performance
- Actors—Play
- José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac
- Fredric March in Years Ago
- Actresses—Play
- Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Lorraine
- Helen Hayes in Happy Birthday
[edit] Craft
- Costume Designer
- Lucinda Ballard for Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary, The Chocolate Soldier
[edit] Special awards
- Dora Chamberlain
- Mr. and Mrs. Ira Katzenberg'
- Jules Leventhal
- P.A. MacDonald
- Burns Mantle
- Arthur Miller
- Vincent Sardi, Sr.
