Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.

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Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play 1
Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play 1
Tony Award – Best Actor in a Play 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play ⓘ
awardingBodyType professional association ⓘ
awardType competitive award ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage English ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distinctFrom Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ
eligibility male actors in leading roles in Broadway plays ⓘ
field Broadway theatre ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedForSeason 1946–1947 Broadway season ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre acting award ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award – Best Actor in a Play
hasAwardedWorkType stage play ⓘ
hasCategoryType performance award ⓘ
hasCeremonyBroadcastOn television in the United States ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction male ⓘ
hasMedium live theatre ⓘ
hasReputation one of the most prestigious awards in American theatre ⓘ
hasSelectionBasis artistic merit of performance ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
industry entertainment industry ⓘ
isSubsetOf Tony acting awards ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Antoinette Perry ⓘ
notableVenue Beacon Theatre ⓘ
Radio City Music Hall ⓘ
Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ
organisedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
partOf Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards
performanceType leading role ⓘ
presentedAt Tony Awards telecasts ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards ceremony
presentedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
productionType play ⓘ
region Broadway ⓘ
scope Broadway productions ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
typicalCeremonyMonth June ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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Brian Dennehy → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Bryan Cranston → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Christopher Plummer → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Courtney B. Vance → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Denzel Washington → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Derek Jacobi → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Frank Langella → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Geoffrey Rush → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Hal Holbrook → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Henry Fonda → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Ian McKellen → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Jason Robards → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Laurence Olivier → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Richard Burton → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Richard Griffiths → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play → hasAbbreviation → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award – Best Actor in a Play
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play → relatedCategory → Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ