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Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96 • May 15, 2025, 8:24 PM ET (AP)
Daniel Dae Kim making history at the Tony Awards and pushing for Asian representation on Broadway • May 15, 2025, 12:35 PM ET (AP)
Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind 'Rent' and 'Hamilton,' shines a light on his own journey • May 5, 2025, 10:36 AM ET (AP)
'Buena Vista Social Club,' 'Death Becomes Her' and 'Maybe Happy Ending' lead Tony Award nominations • May 1, 2025, 3:20 PM ET (AP)
'Buena Vista Social Club,' 'Death Becomes Her' and 'Maybe Happy Ending' each earn a leading 10 Tony Award nominations • May 1, 2025, 9:15 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Antoinette Perry Awards
Notable Honorees Bruce Springsteen • Elia Kazan • Bob Fosse • Matthew Broderick • Julie Taymor • Idina Menzel • Vanessa Redgrave • Denzel Washington • Ryan Murphy • Branden Jacobs-Jenkins • Al Pacino • Andrew Lloyd Webber • John Lithgow • Kevin Spacey • Mandy Patinkin • Nathan Lane • Allison Janney • Viola Davis • Martin Short • Mark Rylance • Hugh Jackman • Billy Crudup • Laurence Fishburne • Sarah Paulson • Andrew Garfield • Sam Mendes • Bette Midler • Henry Fonda • Bryan Cranston • Tracy Letts • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Mary-Louise Parker • Alan Arkin • Stephen Daldry • Audra McDonald • Glenn Close • Phylicia Rashad • Christopher Plummer • Yasmina Reza • Frances McDormand • Jodie Comer • Nicholas Hytner • James Earl Jones • Lily Tomlin • Tim Rice • Audrey Hepburn • Jeremy Strong • Michael Grandage • Barry Manilow • Stephen Sondheim • Liza Minnelli • Rita Moreno • Geoffrey Rush • Joel Grey • Sutton Foster • Daniel Radcliffe • Catherine Zeta-Jones • Ellen Burstyn • Brian Dennehy • Marcia Gay Harden • Marvin Hamlisch • Patti LuPone • Ralph Fiennes • Justin Peck • Bill T. Jones • Tony Shalhoub • Kevin Kline • Jason Alexander • John Legend • Dick Van Dyke • Trey Parker • Angela Lansbury • Alan Bennett • Jason Robards • Harry Belafonte • Matt Stone • Neil Patrick Harris • Glenda Jackson • Marianne Elliott • Susan Stroman • Hal Holbrook • Ian McKellen • Savion Glover • Jane Alexander • Mary Tyler Moore • Walter Matthau • Patricia Neal • Edward Gorey • Alan Menken • Judy Holliday • Edward Albee • Cicely Tyson • Robert Schenkkan • Peter Falk • Carol Channing • Harvey Fierstein • Robert Falls • Lauren Bacall • Irene Worth • Aline Frankau Bernstein • Chita Rivera • Michael Gough • Sandy Dennis • Tony Kushner • Mary Martin • Jeremy Irons • Ethel Merman • Claude Rains • Rex Harrison • David Rabe • Nigel Hawthorne • Jack Albertson • Archibald MacLeish • Gertrude Berg • Mary Zimmerman • Harold Prince • Uta Hagen • Ruth Brown • Edie Adams • Dudley Moore • Anne Bancroft • Paul Scofield • Robert Goulet • Alan Ayckbourn • George Rose • Terrence McNally • Julie Harris • Wendy Wasserstein • James Kirkwood • Phil Silvers • Michael Bennett • Betty Comden • Joseph Stein • Bea Arthur • James Whitmore • Natasha Richardson • John Kander • Jason Miller • Jerry Herman

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