The Tony Awards are the awards for Broadway – aka musicals.In the first two years the Tonys we
The Tony Awards are the awards for Broadway – aka musicals.In the first two years the Tonys were presented in 1947 and 1948, the ceremony began with a 9 p.m. dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, followed by dancing. Anyone could attend (it cost $7 for a ticket)Most nominated production in Tony history: The Producers, which earned 15 nominations in 2011. In 1960, two musicals tied for Best Musical for the only time (Fiorello! and The Sound of Music)Also in 1960, a nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical was split among the seven child actors—five girls and two boys—who played the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music. 1960 was a weird year.Originally, winners got a scroll, a money clip, and a cigarette lighter (for the men) or a compact (for the women). -- source link
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