Tony Award

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American award arts award theatre award

The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tony Awards	26
Tony Award nomination	5
Tony Award for Best Play	3
Tony Awards for creative achievement	2
Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre	1
Special Tony Award	1
Tony Award (Special Award for Springsteen on Broadway)	1
Tony Award (Special Tony Award)	1
Tony Award for Best Musical (as producer of "A Strange Loop")	1
Tony Award for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	1
Tony Awards (United States)	1
Tony Awards ceremony	1
Tony Awards for musical theatre	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American award ⓘ arts award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in acting ⓘ excellence in choreography ⓘ excellence in costume design ⓘ excellence in directing ⓘ excellence in lighting design ⓘ excellence in musical theatre ⓘ excellence in orchestration ⓘ excellence in playwriting ⓘ excellence in scenic design ⓘ excellence in sound design ⓘ theatrical achievement ⓘ
broadcastOn	CBS ⓘ
broadcastType	television ⓘ
categoryIncludes	Best Book of a Musical ⓘ Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ Best Direction of a Play ⓘ Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ Best Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ Best Featured Actress in a Musical ⓘ Best Featured Actress in a Play ⓘ Best Lighting Design of a Musical ⓘ Best Lighting Design of a Play ⓘ Best Musical ⓘ Best Orchestrations ⓘ Best Original Score ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical ⓘ Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play ⓘ Best Play ⓘ Best Revival of a Musical ⓘ Best Revival of a Play ⓘ Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ Best Scenic Design of a Play ⓘ Best Sound Design of a Musical ⓘ Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ
consideredOneOf	major American entertainment awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
domain	Broadway ⓘ surface form: Broadway theatre
eligibilityRegion	Broadway Theatre District ⓘ surface form: Broadway theatre district New York City ⓘ
field	performing arts ⓘ
firstAwarded	1947 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
fullName	Tony Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre
governingBody	Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
hasTrophyForm	medallion mounted on a black pedestal ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry ⓘ
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
primaryVenue	various Broadway theatres in New York City ⓘ
recognizes	excellence in live Broadway theatre ⓘ
relatedTo	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards Emmy Award ⓘ surface form: Emmy Awards Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards
shortName	Tony ⓘ
status	prestigious ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld	June ⓘ

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Tim Rice → awardReceived → Tony Award ⓘ

Tony Shalhoub → awardReceived → Tony Award ⓘ

Whoopi Goldberg → awardReceived → Tony Award ⓘ

Yale Repertory Theatre → awardReceived → Tony Award ⓘ

Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals → awardReceivedByWorks → Tony Award ⓘ

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Royal Shakespeare Company → awarded → Tony Award ⓘ

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The Crucible → awarded → Tony Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Play

Tony Award for Best Choreography → categoryOf → Tony Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tony Awards for creative achievement

Best Featured Actress in a Play → ceremonyType → Tony Award ⓘ

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The Broadway League → coAdministers → Tony Award ⓘ

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American Theatre Wing → coFoundedAward → Tony Award ⓘ

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American Theatre Wing → coPresents → Tony Award ⓘ

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Laurence Olivier Award → consideredEquivalentTo → Tony Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tony Awards (United States)

Tony Award → fullName → Tony Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre

Antoinette Perry → hasAwardNamedAfter → Tony Award ⓘ

Best Featured Actor in a Musical → hasCategory → Tony Award ⓘ

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EGOT winner → hasComponentAward → Tony Award ⓘ

American Theatre Wing → hasPart → Tony Award ⓘ

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Ali Stroker → hasWon → Tony Award ⓘ

Neil Patrick Harris → hosted → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Direction of a Musical → isSubsetOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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American Theatre Wing → namedAfter → Tony Award ⓘ

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Alfred Drake → nominatedFor → Tony Award ⓘ

Christopher Walken → nominatedFor → Tony Award ⓘ

Rip Torn → nominatedFor → Tony Award ⓘ

Sheila Hancock → nominatedFor → Tony Award ⓘ

Bruce Springsteen → notableAward → Tony Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tony Award (Special Award for Springsteen on Broadway)

William Edward Crystal → notableAward → Tony Award ⓘ

Best Direction of a Musical → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Direction of a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Featured Actor in a Musical → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Featured Actor in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Featured Actress in a Musical → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Featured Actress in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Best Sound Design of a Musical → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Choreography → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play → partOf → Tony Award ⓘ

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Drama Desk Award → relatedTo → Tony Award ⓘ

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Emmy Award → relatedTo → Tony Award ⓘ

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