Glamorous Hollywood is an industry with many interesting areas. Other than movies and TV series it does involve ceremonies and festivals such as Hollywood film festivals and Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Today, though, we’ll discuss the Tony Awards. Tony Award is an award that becomes a very famous topic during the month of June in every year. And will see what is the story behind this “Tony Awards”.
The original name of this award is Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre. This award is awarded by the 2 institutions Wing Broadway League & the American Theatre. This ceremony takes place every year in Manhattan.
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Mainly this award is for the Broadway productions and performances. The founder of this award is Brock Pemberton. He decided to name the award as Tony Award as an honor to Antoinette Perry who was an actress, producer, and theatre director. She was also the co-founder and the secretary of the American Theatre Wing.
Categories
There are twenty-seven categories under the Tony awards in addition to the special categories. Some of the main categories are Best Musical, Best Play & Best Book of a musical. The special categories are
- Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
- Regional Theatre Award
- Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
- Special Tony Award
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So what good comes when a play wins a Tony award? Winning a Tony award helps the play or the actor to get more work and shows frequently. Plus winning a Tonyaward is not an easy task. Becoming a box office movie is not an easy task but winning a Tony award is twice as harder as that. Plus it nudges for the fundraisers to invest in the next plays that they are directing or acting.
Do you have around 300USD? Then you can buy a ticket and watch the live show at Radio City Music Hall instead of watching on CBShttps://www.cbs.com/ (Colombia Broadcasting System). It’s not a mere awarding ceremony. There will be plenty of glamorous performances that can make you drop your mouth.
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But unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic ruined the entire schedule. And the plan is to hold the ceremony virtually. So counting fingers to watch the virtual ceremony.
