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Special Award winners

1940s

1947
  • Dora Chamberlain for unfailing courtesy as treasurer of the Martin Beck Theatre
  • Ira and RitA Katzenberg for enthusiasm as inveterate first-nighters [1]
  • Jules Leventhal for the season's most prolific backer and producer
  • Burns Mantle for the annual publication of The Ten Best Plays
  • P. A. MacDonald for intricate construction for the production of If the Shoe Fits
  • Vincent Sardi for providing a transient home and comfort station for theatre folk at Sardi's for 20 years
1948
  • Rosalind Gilder Contribution To Theatre Through A Publication for Editor, Theatre Arts
  • Vera Alle Distinguished Wing Volunteer Worker Through The War And After
  • Experimental Theatre Inc., For Experiment In Theatre, John Garfield Accepted
  • The Cast of The Importance of Being Earnest Outstanding Foreign Company
  • June Lockhart For Love or Money Outstanding Performance By Newcomers
  • James Whitmore Command Decision Outstanding Performance By Newcomers
  • Robert W. Dowling Progressive Theatre Operators to President of City Investing Company,
  • Paul Beisman Progressive Theatre Operators to Operator of the American Theatre, St. Louis
  • George Pierce for twenty-five years of courteous and efficient service as a backstage doorman (Empire Theatre)
  • Mary Martin Annie Get Your Gun Spreading Theatre To The Country While The Originals Perform In New York
  • Joe E. Brown Harvey Spreading Theatre To The Country While The Originals Perform In New York

1950s

1950
  • Maurice Evans--special recognition for guiding City Center theatre company through a highly successful season.
  • Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presented a special award to volunteer worker Philip Faversham of the American Theatre Wing's hospital program, representing those workers who had performed hospital volunteer work outside of New York.
  • Brock Pemberton founder of awards and its original chairman (posthumous)
1951
  • Ruth Green for her services as a volunteer in arranging reservation and seating for the five Tony Awards.
1952
  • Judy Garland for an important contribution to the revival of vaudeville through her recent stint at the Palace Theatre.
  • Edward Kook for his contributing to and encouraging the development of stage lighting and electronics.
  • Charles Boyer for distinguished performance in Don Juan in Hell, thereby assisting in a new theatre trend.
1953
1954
no award
1955
1956
  • City Center
  • Fourth Street Chekov Theatre
  • The Shakespearewrights
  • The Threepenny Opera distinguished Off-Broadway production; Carmen Capalbo, Stanley Chase, producers.
  • The New York Public Library Theatre Collection twenty-fifth anniversary for its distinguished service to the theatre. George Freedley, founder and curator, accepted.
1957
1958
  • New York Shakespeare Festival for presenting free performances in Central Park and the Hecksher Theater.
  • Mrs. Martin Beck for fifteen years of untiring dedication to the American Theatre Wing, which she served as treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. Presented by Elaine Perry, daughter of Antoinette Perry.
  • Circle in the Square Phoenix Theatre, Esther Hawley
1959
  • John Gielgud for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, Ages of Man.
  • Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for a collaboration that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan.
  • Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante (Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhery, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec), for contribution to the theatre.

1960s

1960
1961
  • David Merrick In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.
  • The Theatre Guild For organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.
1962
  • Brooks Atkinson Retired drama critic of the New York Times
  • Franco Zeffirelli For designs and direction of the Old Vic's Romeo and Juliet.
  • Richard Rodgers For all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them on stage in No Strings.
1963
  • W. McNeil Lowry On behalf of the Ford Foundation for his and their distinguished support of the American Theatre.
  • Irving Berlin For his distinguished contribution to the musical theatre for these many years
  • Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, For Beyond the Fringe, for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy.
1964
  • Eva Le Gallienne Celebrating her 50th year as an actress, honored for her work with the National Repertory Theatre.
1965
  • Gilbert Miller For having produced 88 plays and musicals and for his perseverance which has helped to keep New York and theatre alive
  • Oliver Smith
1966
  • Helen Menken For a lifetime of devotion and dedicated service to the Broadway theatre.
1967
no award
1968
1969

1970s

1970
1971
  • Elliot Norton drama critic, for distinguished theatrical commentary.
  • Ingram Ash president of Blaine-Thompson Advertising, for decades of devoted service to the theatre.
  • Playbill for chronicling Broadway through the years.
  • Roger L. Stevens
1972
1973
1974
  • Liza Minnelli For adding lustre to the Broadway season
  • Bette Midler For adding lustre to the Broadway season
  • Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Co-stars and authors of Good Evening
  • A Moon for the Misbegotten An outstanding dramatic revival of an American classic. Produced by Lester Osterman, Elliott Martin and Richard Hurner
  • Candide An outstanding contribution to the artistic development of the musical theatre. Produced by Chelsea Theatre Group,
  • Harold Prince and Ruth Mitchell
  • Actor's Equity Association
1974 (cont.)
1975
  • Al Hirschfeld For 50 years of theatrical cartoons (Theatre Award '75)
1976
  • Mathilde Pincus For outstanding service to the Broadway musical theatre
  • Thomas H. Fitzgerald To the gifted lighting technician of countless Broadway shows and many Tony telecasts. (Posthumous)
  • Circle in the Square For twenty-five continuous years of quality productions
  • Richard Burton
1977
1978
  • Charles Moss and Stan Dragoti To the creators (of Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc.) of the I Love New York Broadway Show Tours and its sponsor, the New York State Department of Commerce. (Theatre Award '78)
1979
  • Henry Fonda
  • Walter F. Diehl International President of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, has been an active force in advancing the well-being of the Broadway theatre and of theatre nationally
  • Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut

1980s

1980
  • Mary Tyler Moore Whose Life Is It Anyway?
  • Richard Fitzgerald honored for his installing the infrared system in Broadway theatres, thus bringing the compassion and dedication of making theatergoing for those with impaired hearing, rewarding, and enjoyable (Theatre Award '80)
  • Hobe Morrison theater editor of Variety (Theatre Award '80)
1981
1982
1983
no award
1984
  • La Tragedie de Carmen For outstanding achievement in musical theatre
  • Peter Feller A master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic
  • A Chorus Line Gold Tony Award, in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical
1985
1986
no award
1987
1988
1989
no award

1990s

1990
1991
  • Father George Moore Special Award
1992
no award
1993
1994
1995
1996
no award
1997
  • Bernard B. Jacobs Lifetime Achievement
1998
  • Edward E. Colton Lifetime Achievement
1999
  • Isabelle Stevenson Lifetime Achievement

2000s

2000
  • Dame Edna: The Royal Tour – Live Theatrical Event
  • T. Edward Hambleton – Lifetime Achievement
  • City Center Encores! – Excellence in Theatre
  • Eileen Heckart – Excellence in Theatre
  • Sylvia Herscher – Excellence in Theatre
2001
  • Betty Corwin – The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts – Excellence in Theatre
  • Paul Gemignani – Lifetime Achievement
  • New Dramatists – Excellence in Theatre
2002
2003
  • Cy Feuer – Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
  • Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway – Special Theatrical Event
  • The principal ensemble of La Bohème – Excellence in the Theatre
  • Paul Huntley – Excellence in the Theatre
  • Johnson-Liff Casting Associates – Excellence in the Theatre
  • The Acting Company – Excellence in the Theatre
2004
  • James M. Nederlander – Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
2005
  • 700 Sundays – Best Special Theatrical Event
  • Edward Albee – Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
2006
2007
no award
2008
2009
  • Jerry Herman – Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
  • Shirley Herz - Excellence in the Theatre, for her work as a press agent.

See also

References

  1. ^ "First Night Fever". Time. 30 January 1939. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760694,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 

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