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The Tony Awards are the New York theatre industry's equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Grammy Awards for music, and the Academy Awards (Oscars) for film. A person who has won all four is said to have won the EGOT. The Tony Awards are the U.S. equivalent of the United Kingdom's Laurence Olivier Awards and France's Molière Awards.
Having obtained her fourth award with a special Tony at age 28, she is the youngest special EGOT winner. With just six years elapsing between her first award, a 1964 Grammy, and her 1970 Tony, Streisand held the record for completing the fastest special EGOT until 2023 when Frank Marshall did so within four years.
Francis Michael Chernesky (5 May 1955 – 30 March 2016), known professionally as Frankie Michaels, was an American actor and singer.In 1966, he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing young Patrick Dennis in the original production of Mame, just a little over a month after his 11th birthday, being the youngest Tony Award winner ever.
So far, Erivo has collected trophies from three of the four major annual award shows. In 2016, she won a Tony Award for best actress in a musical for playing Celie in the Broadway musical "The ...
As of 2024, he remains the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. [ 3 ] In 2006, for his contributions to the film industry, Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard . [ 4 ]
By now, 18 months into “Kimberly Akimbo,” the musical that has catapulted him to Broadway fame — and, Sunday night, as from a dream, the chance to win a Tony Award — Olathe’s 19-year-old ...
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actresses—Musical. It was first presented to Grace Hartman at the 2nd Tony Awards for her portrayal of various characters in Angel in the Wings. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public; [2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". [3]
She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role. [3] At eleven years old, she is the youngest female to win a Tony to date (as of 2024), and is the second youngest person to win a Tony.