regionaltheatretony Tag

Pasadena Playhouse to receive 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award

May 23 -- The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, Pasadena Playhouse will be the recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor is accompanied by a grant of $25,000, and will...

Court Theatre in Chicago to receive 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award

May 18 -- The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, Court Theatre will be the recipient of the 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor is accompanied by a grant of $25,000, made possible...

Pandemic causes one-year hiatus in Regional Theatre Tony Award

The American Theater Wing and the Broadway League have just announced they will give (delayed) Tony Awards for Broadway’s abbreviated season, online this fall. They have decided not to include the Special Tony Award for Regional Theatre, but will return to giving the award next...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Receive 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award

Tony Awards to Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9th     April 29 — The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA), TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will be the recipient of the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony...

La MaMa E.T.C. to receive 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award

Tony Awards to Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 10th New York, NY (April 30, 2018) – The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental Theatre Club)...

Dallas Theater Center wins Regional Tony®

New York, NY (May 1, 2017) – The Tony Awards®  Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, the Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, TX, will be the recipient of the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award. (For the history...

Regional Theatre Tony Award® goes to New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse

The much-sought annual award goes to the big New Jersey company that is best known for its musicals. As it has been since it was started in 1976, the award is “based on a recommendation by the American Thetare Critics Association,” as noted in the announcement by...

ATCA recommendation lands 2015 Regional Theater Tony© Award for Cleveland Play House

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has ratified ATCA’s recommendation of the 100 year-old Cleveland Play House for the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award, to be conferred during the Tony Awards on June 7.  Cleveland Play House’s Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square For the Cleveland Plain Dealer coverage, click...

Signature Theatre wins 2014 Regional Theatre Tony Award

*Added June 9: Here’s a video of Signature’s Tony Award acceptance speech, nicely including ATCA.* The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced April 28 that the 2014 Regional Theatre Award will go to New York’s Signature Theatre, based on the recommendation of ATCA, which makes its choice through a confidential internal...

New definition of Regional Theater Tony

After 38 years of recognizing outstanding regional theaters outside NYC with its Tony Award for a Regional Theater (see list), the Tony administration has changed the award going forward to include non-Broadway theaters within the city.  According to its June 13, 2013 press release, “The Tony...