1 Every year since 1947, the Antoinette Perry Awards have been handed out by the American Theatre Wing of the Broadway League. They are known as the Tony Awards. Only certain productions which have played certain theatres in New York City in a calendar year are eligible.
The Tony Awards have been broadcast on television since 1967 and is usually the best televised awards show of the year. Now, the Tony Awards are basically an advertising gimmick - like the Oscars and Grammys - and so the televised show gives viewers a small taste of some of the shows which were nominated that year. Well, a show used to have to have been nominated - that has been relaxed in the last few years. Little known fact - the shows which perform pay the Broadway League to be on the show, in addition to the costs of transporting set pieces and paying the performers. So, shows which have closed prior to the Tony Awards do not always perform even if nominated. Still, a Tony Award performance may help a show stay open or at least have a life in regional and community theatre production. Or a show with major financial backing may perform - such as Finding Neverland in 2015 - which performed despite not garnering a single nomination. Over the next several posts, I am going to identify my personal "top ten" of Tony Award performances from nominated musicals.
The Tony Awards have been broadcast on television since 1967 and is usually the best televised awards show of the year. Now, the Tony Awards are basically an advertising gimmick - like the Oscars and Grammys - and so the televised show gives viewers a small taste of some of the shows which were nominated that year. Well, a show used to have to have been nominated - that has been relaxed in the last few years. Little known fact - the shows which perform pay the Broadway League to be on the show, in addition to the costs of transporting set pieces and paying the performers. So, shows which have closed prior to the Tony Awards do not always perform even if nominated. Still, a Tony Award performance may help a show stay open or at least have a life in regional and community theatre production. Or a show with major financial backing may perform - such as Finding Neverland in 2015 - which performed despite not garnering a single nomination. Over the next several posts, I am going to identify my personal "top ten" of Tony Award performances from nominated musicals.
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