Tony Award for Best Play

The Tony Award for Best Play is an annual honor recognizing a play produced on Broadway during the eligible theater season. It is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.

The Inheritance: Matthew Lopez’s two-part play follows a group of gay men in New York across generations and draws on E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End. It won Best Play in 2020 after an acclaimed London and Broadway run.
Tony Awards: The Tony Awards are annual honors recognizing achievement in live Broadway theatre. Best Play is one category within this broader award program.
American Theatre Wing: The American Theatre Wing is a nonprofit organization that supports theatre and co-presents the Tony Awards. It helped establish the awards and continues to present them.
Tony Award for Best Musical: The Tony Award for Best Musical honors a musical produced on Broadway during the eligible theater season. It recognizes musical theater rather than a non-musical play.
Clybourne Park: Bruce Norris’s play revisits the Chicago house in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun across two periods, 1959 and 2009. Its 2012 win honored a play that reframed a classic through race and housing.
Broadway theatre: Broadway theatre comprises professional productions presented in qualifying theaters in Manhattan’s Theater District and Lincoln Center. A production must meet Broadway criteria to be considered for this award.
The Broadway League: The Broadway League is a trade association representing Broadway theater owners, producers, and presenters. It co-presents the awards with the American Theatre Wing.
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play: The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play honors a qualifying Broadway revival of a previously produced play. It separates revivals from new plays competing in this category.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Simon Stephens’s stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel centers on a teenager investigating a neighbor’s dog’s death. Its 2015 win recognized a play whose staging made a distinctive theatrical language.
Tony Award eligibility: Tony Award eligibility rules determine whether a production or artist may compete in a given season. The category applies season-specific rules to plays produced on Broadway.

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