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	Learn more about Tony Award in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Awarded by a panel of approximately 700 judges from various areas of the industry, it is generally regarded as the theatre's closest equivalent to the Oscars.
		While the award was founded in 1947, it was at the third awards ceremony in 1949 that the first actual Tony medallion was given to award winners.
		Eligibility for the awards is restricted to shows playing on Broadway during the season in question.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/to/tony_award.html (493 words)

	Tony Award - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Awarded by a panel of approximately 700 judges from various areas of the industry and press, it is generally regarded as the theatre's closest equivalent to the Oscars.
		The award ceremony is broadcast on television, and includes songs from the nominated musicals, as well as video clips of or presentations about nominated plays.
		Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
	open-encyclopedia.com /Tony_Award (480 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is the Tony awarded to the librettist(s) of the musical.
		He or she writes the book or libretto, which is the spoken, non-sung dialogue of a musical play; the librettist is also typically responsible for the overall story of the musical.
		To be eligible a musical must have some sort of original narrative framework; revues without a plot and revivals are ineligible, unless a new book is used for a revival.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tony-Award-for-Best-Book-of-a-Musical (511 words)

	Terrence McNally - Festival Restrospective
		He also wrote the book for the musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman for which McNally won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
		The awarding of the 1993 Margo Jones Award and Medal.
		Wright was nominated for an Emmy Award for her portrayals of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and the title role in The Margaret Bourke-White Story.
	www.ingefestival.org /Festival2003/inge2003/Terrence_McNally.htm (2988 words)

	WMU Theatre \| Kiss of the Spider Woman \| Terrence McNally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In 1990, McNally won an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Miniseries or Special for Andre's Mother.
		He collaborated with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens on "Ragtime (1997)", a musical adaptation of the novel by E.L. Doctorow, which tells the story of Coalhouse Walker Jr., a fiery fl piano man who demands retribution when his Model T is destroyed by a mob of white troublemakers.
		In addition to four Tony Awards, McNally received the Pulitzer Prize, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, the Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
	www.wmich.edu /~theatre/shows/spiderwoman/about_mcnally.html (376 words)

	Tonys: "Spamalot" Wins Not So Much - Jun 06, 2005 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Aside from the Best Musical prize, Mike Nichols took home the Tony for Best Direction of a Musical and Sara Ramirez won for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.
		The night's biggest winner was the musical The Light in the Piazza, a romance set in Italy, which took home six Tonys in all, including Best Original Score and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Victoria Clark, who plays a mother accompanying her mentally challenged daughter on a European vacation.
		Nominations for the Tony Awards are made by a group of about 30 theater professionals and the winners are voted upon by about 750 journalists and theatrical types.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,16696,00.html?tnews (732 words)

	Broadway Shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical 1997
		Directed by Adrian Noble with a book adapted by Jeremy Sams from the novel by Ian Fleming and with music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers.
		With a book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Sweet Charity is a funny, poignant and tender look at the misadventures of Charity Hope Valentine, a dance-hall hostess who always gives her heart--and her earnings--to the wrong man.
	www.42ndstreettours.com /broadwayshows.htm (4678 words)

	Playbill News: 2004 Tony Award for Book of a Musical: Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q
		Playbill News: 2004 Tony Award for Book of a Musical: Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q
		Jeff Whitty won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Avenue Q.
		The 2004 Tony Awards were announced June 6, 2004.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/86611.html (171 words)

	AIDA
		Apart from his musical projects, Elton John continues to be personally involved in the fund-raising activities for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which funds direct care service for men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS.
		He was honored with a Tony Award nomination for the hit revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Ttying starring Matthew Broderick, and a Tony nomination for Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical, which he also directed.
		She was nominated for both a Helen Hayes Award and a Jefferson Award for the performance.
	www.broadwayinboston.com /html/shows/aida/whoswho.html (1664 words)

	Author Biography: Music Theatre International - MTI - Musical Theatre Broadway Shows Available for Licensing
		During the music that opens the show, the cloth was slowly lifted into the flies revealing a stylistic topiary maze garden.
		He won his fourth Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime (music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens).
		Compassion!; and the 1993 Tony for his book of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman (music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb).
	www.mtishows.com /bio.asp?bID=3487 (515 words)

	Evergreen Players - The Secret Garden
		Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman, Music by Lucy Simon.
		Beyond the glorious music, beneath the intriguing mystery are layers of meaning for audience members of all ages.
		She teaches music and choir in Jefferson County and is on the Evergreen Players Board of Directors.
	www.evergreenplayers.org /showinfo.php?s=1 (2038 words)

	Hippodrome State Theatre: Master Class: Perspectives
		Terrence McNally won his fourth Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime (music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens).
		He won the Tony in 1996 for his play Master Class in which Zoe Caldwell created the role of Maria Callas; the 1995 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play for Love!
		Tony: I've done Billy Jackrabbit in Fanciulla del West with Opera Ohio and I'm covering Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi for Opera West.
	thehipp.org /master_class_perspectives.html (1786 words)

	Playbill News: Tonys 2003: Best Book of a Musical - Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
		Playbill News: Tonys 2003: Best Book of a Musical - Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
		Tonys 2003: Best Book of a Musical - Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (Hairspray)
		Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick presented the 2003 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical to Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan for Hairspray.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/79987.html (175 words)

	Hal Prince Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Hal Prince (born January 30, 1928), full name Harold Smith Prince, is a theatre producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical (and less notably, dramatic) productions of the past half-century.
		He was born in New York City, and began work in the theatre as an assistant stage manager.
		He co-produced The Pajama Game, which won the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical, and was followed by a string of successes.
	www.textsheet.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hal_prince.html (609 words)

	Tony Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		What is popularly called the Tony Award® (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater.
		The award was founded in 1947, but not until the third awards ceremony in 1949 was the first Tony medallion actually given to award winners.
		Often this advertisement is disingenuous, as many shows are nominated by default in years where there are few new plays and musicals.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tony-Award.htm (571 words)

	Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott and The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (Tie)
		The Boy from Oz by Martin Sherman, Nick Enright (original book)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical (669 words)

	Prince William Sound Community College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In 1996 Albee received a Kennedy Center award for lifetime achievement, and A Delicate Balance was awarded a Tony for Best Revival.
		He also wrote the book for the musical adaptation of Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman (score by Candor and Ebb) which, directed by Harold Prince, is currently on Broadway and ran in London's West End and for which Mr.
		Irvine was awarded the most distinguished Faculty Associate Teaching Award by the School of Fine Arts for the 1995-1996 school year.
	www.pwscc.edu /theatre_conference_1995_featuredartists.shtml (3485 words)

	The Old Globe - Productions - Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
		The Old Globe is thrilled to announce its Season 2005/2006 opener: Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, a world-premiere musical celebration of the life and career of one of America's most beloved stage performers, written by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally with direction and choreography by Graciela Daniele.
		He won his fourth Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime (music and lyrics by Flaherty and Ahrens).
		She staged the musical numbers for Christopher Durang's A History of the American Film and choreographed such musicals as The Most Happy Fella (1979 revival), The Pirates of Penzance, Zorba (1983 revival), The Rink, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Goodbye Girl and Ragtime.
	www.oldglobe.org /productions/ChitaRiveraTheDancer415.html (1034 words)

	Williamstown Theatre Festival
		Williamstown, MA — The Tony Award winning Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) brings the world premiere of Rodney’s Wife by playwright Richard Nelson to the Nikos Stage beginning Wednesday, July 7 through Sunday, July 18.
		Director and playwright Richard Nelson is known for such works as James Joyce's The Dead (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical), Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award for Best Play), and Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomination for Best Play).
		Sets and costumes will be designed by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty (Wicked, Assassins, Into the Woods), lights by David Weiner (Betrayal, The Real Thing) and sound by Scott Lehrer (Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead).
	www.wtfestival.org /news/pr.php?PRID=9 (676 words)

	SLTrib Utah City Guide - Home and Services - A matter of life and death
		The musical stage version brings the story to life to the tune of Irish-flavored music by Shaun Davey.
		Richard Nelson's skillful adaptation of Joyce's story won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical when "James Joyce's The Dead" played on Broadway in 2000 in a production starring Christopher Walken.
		The holiday gathering is hosted by Gabriel's elderly maiden aunts, two music teachers who have held this party on this day for three decades.
	www.utahcityguide.com /home/1052.asp (785 words)

	Theater News - Peter Filichia's Diary: Booking for Two -
		There have been times when getting even one good book per season is a miracle and here I am urging that two Tonys be given.
		The first award for the book of a musical (it actually honored "Authors of a Musical") came in 1948-49 when Bella and Sam Spewack won for Kiss Me, Kate.
		In 1969, Peter Stone would have won Best Original for 1776 while Neil Simon could have won Best Adaptation for Promises, Promises (which is based on the screenplay of the film The Apartment).
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=4691 (1098 words)

	Cain Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 children's novel of the same name and beloved by millions, THE SECRET GARDEN is about the healing power of love and the miracle of rebirth.
		Through the lyrical shimmer of Lucy Simon's music and Marsha Norman's book and lyrics, the musical creates a world where lost loves are found, lost lives are saved, and illness blossoms into health.
		Won Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical: At age 11, Daisy Eagen, who played Mary Lennox, was the second youngest person to receive the Tony Award.
	www.cainpark.com /theater_evans_synopsis.html (397 words)

	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film) is a 1988 film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) is a Broadway musical based on the 1988 film starring John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz.
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dirty_Rotten_Scoundrels (140 words)

	Group Tours
		The 2005-06 Playhouse mainstage season boasts three musicals, "Disney's Beauty and the Beast;" the Tony Award-winner, "Chicago"; and "Pump Boys and Dinettes." Playhouse revivals include John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and the comedy "The Foreigner." The latter recently enjoyed success Off-Broadway in a production starring Matthew Broderick.
		Brief plot summary: "Beauty and the Beast" is the lavish stage adaptation of the animated Walt Disney film about a strong-willed young woman, Belle, who breaks the spell that turned a handsome prince into a monstrous beast.
		This is a musical tribute to life by the roadside.
	www.desmoinesia.com /asp/grouptour/detail_news.asp?id=459 (1030 words)

	Inside Iowa State
		Inside Iowa State, a newspaper for faculty and staff, is published by the Office of University Relations.
		The musical opened on Broadway in 1991 and won a Tony Award for "Best Book of a Musical."
		Goodman describes the musical as operatic in form, with 36 songs.
	www.iastate.edu /Inside/2005/0401/secret.shtml (414 words)

	The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM - Nominees & Awards
		Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
		The Tony Awards are presented by Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.
		Lauri Peters shared a single 1960 nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical with Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, and Marilyn Rogers - and two boys, William Snowden, and Joseph Stewart.
	www.tonyawards.com /en_US/nominees/winners.html (290 words)

	Theater News - Theater News: Works by Kirshenbaum, Lippa, Norman, et al. Chosen for 17th Annual NAMT Festival -
		Musicals written by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman, Andrew Lippa, Brian Crawley, David Kirshenbaum, and Lee Summers are among the selections for the National Alliance of Musical Theater's 17th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will take place September 25-26 at Dodger Stages.
		Book by Marsha Norman, lyrics by Beth Blatt, music by Jenny Giering
		Book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, music by Joshua Salzman
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/6517 (316 words)

	Departments of Music and Theater at The U to Feature Local Talent in The Secret Garden
		Rick Rognstad (Vermillion, S.D.), professor of music, conducts the orchestra, while Tim Case (Sioux City, Iowa) is the faculty scenic designer and undergraduate theatre design major Amanda Fehlner (Tabor, Iowa) is the costume designer.
		Eagan became the youngest actress ever to win a Tony for her portrayal of Mary, while playwright Marsha Norman won a Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical.” Popular songs from the show include, “Lily's Eyes," "A Bit of Earth," and "Come Spirit, Come Charm."
		Founded in 1862, The University of South Dakota is designated as the only public liberal arts university in the state and is home to a large College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Education and the state’s only School of Law, School of Medicine, accredited School of Business and College of Fine Arts.
	www.usd.edu /press/news/news.cfm?nid=641&uid=user (581 words)

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