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Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise his Tony-winning role in 'Hamilton' this fall • Apr. 14, 2025, 8:40 AM ET (AP)
Denis Arndt, Tony-nominated star of ‘Heisenberg’ and veteran of David E. Kelley TV shows, dies at 86 • Apr. 7, 2025, 6:18 PM ET (AP)
Musical theater's beloved show 'The Last Five Years' finally makes it to Broadway • Apr. 4, 2025, 12:16 PM ET (AP)

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

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