Who has won the most Tony Awards

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Jason Robards, Jr.81
Brian Bedford41
Hume Cronyn40
Donald Pleasance40

Who has won the most Tony Awards
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Julie Harris105
Rosemary Harris71
Colleen Dewhurst61
Jane Alexander50
Margaret Leighton42
Maureen Stapleton41
Jessica Tandy43
Irene Worth42

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Raul Julia40
Len Cariou31
John Cullum32
Alfred Drake31
Joel Grey30
Gregory Hines31
Richard Kiley32
Robert Morse31
Robert Preston32
George Rose32
Phil Silvers32

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Audra McDonald31
Chita Rivera62
Gwen Verdon53
Angela Lansbury44
Carol Channing41
Mary Martin43
Bernadette Peters41

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Joseph Maher30
Philip Bosco20
Michael Gough21
George Grizzard20
Zeljko Ivanek20
Walter Matthau21
Edward Petherbridge20

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Audra McDonald22Judith Light32
Francis Sternhagen42
Swoosie Kurtz32
Rae Allen21
Christine Baranski22
Leora Dana21
Alice Ghostley21
Eileen Heckart20
Mary Beth Hurt20
Judith Ivey32
Zohra Lampert20
Debra Monk21
Rosemary Murphy20
Marian Seldes21
Carole Shelley20
Maureen Stapleton21
Margaret Tyzack21
Zoe Wannamaker20

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René Auberjonois31
Hinton Battle33
Bruce Adler20
Tom Aldredge20
Jack Cassidy21
Harry Groener20
George S. Irving21
Russell Nype22
Gilbert Price20
Charles Nelson Reilly21
Edward Winter20

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Audra McDonald22
Helen Gallagher21
Patsy Kelly21
Priscilla Lopez21
Marie Julienne20
Millicent Martin20

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Mike Nichols85
Peter Hall82
Lloyd Richards51
Gene Saks51
Alan Schneider51
Marshall W. Mason50
Joseph Anthony40
Elia Kazan42
José Quintero41

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Harold Prince168
Gower Champion83
Michael Bennett62
Bob Fosse61
Tommy Tune63
Trevor Nunn52

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Neil Simon102
August Wilson61
Edward Albee51
Athol Fugard40
Arthur Miller42
John Osborne41
David Rabe41
Peter Shaffer42

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Michael Stewart72
James Lapine43
Hugh Wheeler43
Betty Comden31
Adolph Green31
George Abbott33

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Stephen Sondheim96
Andrew Lloyd Webber93
Cy Coleman63
Fred Ebb52
John Kander52
Tim Rice41
Richard Maltby, Jr40
Charles Strouse41
Stephen Schwartz40

Source: The American Theatre Wing


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Here’s a look at the Tony Awards which honor achievements on Broadway.

June 12, 2022 - The 75th Annual Tony Awards take place.

September 26, 2021 - The 74th Annual Tony Awards take place. The ceremony was originally scheduled for June 7, 2020, but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.

Only productions staged in designated Broadway theatres are eligible for nominations.

The musical that holds the record for most Tony Awards is “The Producers,” in 2001. It won 12 awards out of 15 nominations.

The hip-hop infused musical “Hamilton” earned a record-setting 16 Tony nominations on May 3, 2016, including Best Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for playwright/star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Producer/director Harold “Hal” Prince has won the most Tony Awards overall (21).

Actress Audra McDonald has won the most Tony awards as a performer (six).

The Tonys are named after Antoinette Perry, a Broadway actress and director who died in 1946.

Her charitable work with the American Theatre Wing during WWII inspired the Broadway community to create an award in her honor.

The American Theatre Wing became famous for the “Stage Door Canteens,” in which GIs could drop in and be entertained by famous Hollywood and Broadway stars.

If there is only one nominee, the category is submitted to the Tony Voters. An affirmative vote of 60% of the total ballots cast will grant an Award in that category.

April 6, 1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

The first “Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play” award is a tie with Ingrid Bergman for “Joan of Lorraine” and Helen Hayes for “Happy Birthday.”

The first “Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ” award is also a tie, between Jose Ferrer for “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Fredric March for “Years Ago.”

1956 - The Tonys are broadcast on television for the first time, on the Dumont Network.

Best Play
“The Lehman Trilogy”

Best Musical
“A Strange Loop”

Best Revival of a Play
“Take Me Out”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Simon Russell Beale for “The Lehman Trilogy”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Deirdre O’Connell for “Dana H.”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Myles Frost for “MJ”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Joaquina Kalukango for “Paradise Square”

Best Play
“The Inheritance”

Best Musical
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”

Best Revival of a Play
“A Soldier’s Play”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Andrew Burnap for “The Inheritance”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Mary-Louise Parker for “The Sound Inside”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Aaron Tveit for “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Adrienne Warren for “Tina - The Tina Turner Musical”