CULTURETECHLENSTony Awards
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Combined Graph record U-02809 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0042. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Tony Awards (alias Antoinette Perry Awards) is an award for excellence in Broadway theatre, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, first held in 1947: tonyawards.com (tier 2) history states the Wing's Tony Awards 'got their start in 1947... to celebrate excellence in the theatre', debut April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria, named for Antoinette Perry, and that the Wing invited The Broadway League to co-present from 1967 — jointly confirming stored issuer='American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League' and first_held=1947 at the bar. FINDING (per brief, no merge): this List entity's claims duplicate the subject of the separately verified Tony ceremony/Event entities (wave 3) — the List entry appears to be the award-as-institution record for the same awards the ceremony entities instance year by year.
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Tony Awards (alias Antoinette Perry Awards) is an award for excellence in Broadway theatre, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, first held in 1947: tonyawards.com (tier 2) history states the Wing's Tony Awards 'got their start in 1947...
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- Also known as: Antoinette Perry Awards
Sources
- https://www.tonyawards.com/history/our-history/ (verification source · master store)
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Tony Awards (alias Antoinette Perry Awards) is an award for excellence in Broadway theatre, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, first held in 1947: tonyawards.com (tier 2) history states the Wing's Tony Awards 'got their start in 1947... to celebrate excellence in the theatre', debut April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria, named for Antoinette Perry, and that the Wing invited The Broadway League to co-present from 1967 — jointly confirming stored issuer='American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League' and first_held=1947 at the bar. FINDING (per brief, no merge): this List entity's claims duplicate the subject of the separately verified Tony ceremony/Event entities (wave 3) — the List entry appears to be the award-as-institution record for the same awards the ceremony entities instance year by year.
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