Which play won the Tony for Best Musical?
A Strange Loop
NEW YORK — The Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Strange Loop” was named best musical at the 75th Tony Awards on Sunday night, while “The Lehman Trilogy,” an epic-length account by Stefano Massini and Ben Power of the rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers investment house, won the Tony for best play.
In what year did it win the Tony for best play?
1949
The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters….1940s.
| Year | Production | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | ||
| Death of a Salesman | Arthur Miller |
What musical won the 1946 Tony?
Perry was a co-founder of the revived and revised version the American Theatre Wing (ATW) in 1940, and the award were established by the ATW in her memory after her death in 1946….Performance.
| Award | Winner (s) |
|---|---|
| Tony Award for Best Performance in a Musical | David Wayne in Finian’s Rainbow |
What was the first music to ever win a Tony Award for Best Musical?
Kiss Me
While the first Tony Awards took place in 1947, the award for Best Musical wasn’t given out until 1949, with Kiss Me, Kate becoming the first ever musical to take home the coveted prize.
What individual holds the record for the most Tonys ever won how many and for what?
The hip-hop infused musical “Hamilton” earned a record-setting 16 Tony nominations on May 3, 2016, including Best Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for playwright/star Lin-Manuel Miranda. Producer/director Harold “Hal” Prince has won the most Tony Awards overall (21).
What was the shortest running Broadway show?
List
| No. | Title | Opening date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A Broadway Musical | December 21, 1978 |
| 1. | A Teaspoon Every Four Hours | June 14, 1969 |
| 1. | Billy | March 22, 1969 |
| 1. | Blood Red Roses | March 22, 1970 |
What is the most awarded musical of all time?
Wins: The most Tony Awards ever received by a single production was the musical The Producers (2001) with 12 awards, including Best Musical.
Who was the youngest person to be on Broadway?
On Monday, Lucy Moss took the record from the hands of director Liz Swados, who has held the title since 1978. Swados was just 27 when she directed Runaways. Moss’s new title also means that she joins the likes of Orson Welles, who was 22 when he became the youngest man to direct a musical on Broadway.