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The First Tony Awards, more formally known as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, were held on April 6, 1947, in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.〔("History - The Story of the Tonys" ) tonyawards.com, retrieved June 7, 2010〕 ==Background and ceremony== Presented by the American Theatre Wing, the Awards celebrated "outstanding contributions to the current American theatre season."〔"20 Stage Notables Get Perry Awards", ''The New York Times'', April 7, 1947, p.40〕 According to ''The New York Times'', these awards "do not designate their recipients as 'best' or 'first' but the classifications in which they are given will be elastic from year to year."〔 The ceremony, hosted by Brock Pemberton, was broadcast on radio station WOR and the Mutual Network. The awards got their nickname, "Tonys", during the ceremony itself when Pemberton handed out an award and called it a "Toni", referring to the nickname of Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.〔(Newsroom - How the Tonys Got Their Name ), tonyawards.com〕 Musicals represented at the ceremony were ''Street Scene'', ''Brigadoon'' and ''Finian's Rainbow''. ''Oklahoma!'' and ''Carousel'' could not be nominated because, while although still playing their original runs at the time of the awards, they had opened too soon to qualify for the awards (''Oklahoma!'' had opened in 1943, and ''Carousel'' in 1945). The award itself was a scroll, an initialed sterling silver compact case for the women, and an engraved gold bill clip or cigarette lighter for the men. Tickets to the first Tony event cost $7.00 each.〔(History - Trivia ), tonyawards.com〕 More than 1,000 guests attended.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1st Tony Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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