Every year, typically in June, the biggest plays to hit New York City are honored by the Tony Awards, a prestigious and often unforgettable event that just happened to celebrate its whopping 79th anniversary.
According to Perry’s eldest daughter, Margaret Perry, the honor was originally going to be called the Toni Award — but a popular ad campaign at the time was also using the name Toni. So, the decision was made to change the spelling to "Tony" Award.
According to Playbill, there was no official Tony Award for the first two years. The winners were presented with a scroll, as well as engraved 14-karat gold money clips or cigarette lighters for the men, and initialed articles of jewelry for the women, including initialed compacts and bracelets.
In more modern Broadway news, fans may have caught Daniel Radcliffe in the current one-person show Every Brilliant Thing — or plan to. But on May 26, Mariska Hargitaywill take over for the Harry Potter star, 36.
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