Posted: 2/8/16 at 9:35pm
Does anyone know if a compilation has been made of how many Tonys have been awarded from each theatre?
I'd be curious -- and I suspect the Shuberts (or Nederlanders) would have up to the minute stats.
THANKS
Posted: 2/8/16 at 9:41pm
I know that the Richard Rodgers has the most Best Musical/Play wins, I don't know about total per company though.
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 1:26am
You would need a person very detailed oriented and give them a lot of time to get this information. In the end, it is not even worth it.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 8:14am
Mr. Roxy -- thank you for your opinion. I don't remember asking for opinions about the advisability -- only whether anyone knew if such information was extant.
But again, thank you for your opinion.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 9:02am
I would guess the lyric has the least amount of Tony's.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:11am
That's an interesting question, and I'd be curious as well. Sadly, I do not think that information is readily available that I know.
The last 20 years or so would be easy enough to calculate, the 50 years before that is another story
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:34am
If you don't mind, is there anything in particular prompting this question?
I certainly have no issue with anyone wanting to know this. I can even think of reasons why it might be of potential interest to some people. Reasons ranging from trivia for its own sake, to mystical reasons, to reasons correlating Tony-type success, the kinds of shows that get the gold, with the particular venues in which those kinds of shows are staged. Or all or none of the above. Perhaps there's a reason I haven't considered that makes good sense.
But I am genuinely more curious about what might cause someone to want an answer to this question than I am about what that answer is.
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:42am
I think it is a cool idea.
They have listed Emmy Winners by TV Channels (i.e HBO, NBC etc)
They also have listed Academy Awards by Studio
So it would make a good project.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:54am
henrikegerman said: "If you don't mind, is there anything in particular prompting this question?
But I am genuinely more curious about what might cause someone to want an answer to this question than I am about what that answer is.
I have always kept "lists" of things -- like how long books remain on the Times Best Seller list, or how many fantasy football points are the most for a quarterback. Or how many tennis championships a player won -- by tournament). It's a life-long fascination. (I guess it's the sequellae of being on the Math team in High School when everyone else wanted to be on the football team.)
I've always kept a list of all the Broadway shows I've seen, sorted by the venue -- and I always go running to the "At this Theatre" feature in the Playbill as soon as I sit down at a show. On my list, I recently went back and added all of the Tonys won by each show I've seen.
While Mr. Roxy has made it clear that s/he thinks it's not worth knowing, it is something that interests me, but before I sit down and start doing it for myself -- which is what I simply would have done before the Internet existed -- I thought I'd ask to see if someone already had that data.
The hardest part should be figuring out the "theatre of origin" for works that moved -- like Lion King -- it should go into the "New Amsterdam" column, not the "Minskoff" column. So I may come back to you all to try to remind me where some productions started. (This is kind of like "what cap do you wear on your Hall of Fame plaque". Which has always been a very interesting topic to me. I guess it's more of the same personality quirk.)
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:54am
Just since the year 2000, the Walter Kerr has had 4 best plays:
-2001: Proof
-2003: Take Me Out
-2005: Doubt
-2012: Clybourne Park
Posted: 2/9/16 at 10:59am
IBDB needs a cross tab for this.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:02am
I'm using Playbill Vault. Both are great resources now.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:08am
thanks, Mike66.
And thanks, Bandit, don't know about Tony's, but it's long struck me that the Walter Kerr has had by far the most Broadway plays I've most enjoyed/admired/and or loved. It's also for me the most beautiful Broadway house.
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:25am
Most beautiful is the New Ammsterdam followed by the Belasco and Lyceum . The original Helen Hayes was nice as well.IMO
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:25am
I am a sucker for "meaningless, not that important" facts.....so I would find this super-interesting also.
Just yesterday I discovered that a good portion of my immediate family was born on a Friday - with Sunday as a close second. Who cares you ask? It's amazing what I can find interesting when I am distracting myself from tax preparation...LOL
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:33am
all it would probably take is the Wikipedia pages for each tony award ceremony cross referenced with IBDB or a similar theater website to confirm the theater. I also love lists and could do it myself for the OP (idk why he won't do it himself) if I wasn't sick in bed at the moment.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 11:49am
Alright. I'm finished with Best Plays. The Walter Kerr has 7 best play winners, all from 1993 to today.
2012-Clybourne Park
2005-Doubt
2003-Take Me Out
2001-Proof
1995-Love! Valour! Compassion!
1994-Angels in America: Perestroika
1993-Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
The next Schoenfeld, Neil Simon, and Golden all have had 5 best play winners.
Schoenfeld:
1992-Dancing at Lughnasa
1989-The Heidi Chronicles
1984-The Real Thing
1982-The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1975-Equus
Neil Simon:
2014-All The Way
1985-Biloxi Blues
1969-The Great White Hope
1968-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
1948-Mister Roberts
Golden:
2013-Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
2010-Red
2002-The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
1996-Master Class
1972-Sticks and Bones
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:04pm
Mr Roxy said: "Your welcome
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And it's "you're" not your.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:11pm
pupscotch said: "I know that the Richard Rogers has the most Best Musical/Play wins, I don't know about total per company though."
That would be the Richard Rodgers.
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:36pm
Richard Rogers has 10 total; 8 best musicals and 2 best plays:
2008-In The Heights
1991-Lost in Yonkers
1987-Fences
1982-Nine
1974-Raisin
1969-1776
1962-How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1959-Redhead
1956-Damn Yankees
1951-Guys and Dolls
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:43pm
The Neil Simon has 9 wins total:
2014-All The Way
2003-Hairspray
1985-Biloxi Blues
1977-Annie
1971-Company
1969-The Great White Hope
1968-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
1963-A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1948-Mister Roberts
Posted: 2/9/16 at 2:50pm
Because I'm a giant nerd...
The list goes by the current names of the theaters. Also, it's interesting to note that of the current 40 Broadway theaters, the only 2 not to have won a production Tony are the Friedman/Biltmore and the Ambassador (though of course the Tony-winning production of Chicago has been playing at the Ambassador for ages now).
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Posted: 2/9/16 at 2:54pm
bjh2114 said: "Because I'm a giant nerd...
The list goes by the current names of the theaters. Also, it's interesting to note that of the current 40 Broadway theaters, the only 2 not to have won a production Tony are the Friedman/Biltmore and the Ambassador (though of course the Tony-winning production of Chicago has been playing at the Ambassador for ages now).
It should be fairly straight forward to "adjust" the names to reflect the changes -- kind of like changing Brooklyn to LA (but not Cleveland to Baltimore).
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