Best Featured Actor in a Play

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Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category
theatre award category
administeredBy Tony Awards Administration Committee
alsoKnownAs Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
awardCategoryGender male
awardCategoryMedium play
awardCategoryScope Broadway
awardCategoryType supporting role
awardFor supporting male acting performance in a Broadway play
awardFrequency annually
countryOfOrigin United States
eligibilityCriterion performance in a Broadway production
performance in a supporting or featured role
performer identifies as male for award purposes
field performing arts
theatre
firstAwardedForSeason 1946–1947 Broadway season
hasLanguage English
inception 1947
namedAfter Antoinette Perry
notableFor recognizing outstanding supporting performances in Broadway plays
partOf Tony Awards
presentedAt annual Tony Awards ceremony
presentedBy American Theatre Wing
The Broadway League
relatedTo Best Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Play
selectionProcess voted on by Tony Awards voters
typicalCeremonyLocation New York City

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