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Starting in 2007-08, Sound designers will be recognized by Tony Awards

(Playbill)
Updated: 2007-06-21 15:56



The 2007-08 season's productions will be eligible for the newly announced
categories. With the inclusion of these new categories, there will now be
a total of 27 competitive categories for which qualifying productions
will be in contention.

Celebrating their 62nd Anniversary, the 2008 Tony Awards will be
broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony on CBS-TV on a date to be
announced at a later time.

The Tonys are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers
and the American Theatre Wing. At the League, Gerald Schoenfeld is
chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is executive director. At the Wing,
Sondra Gilman is chairman, Doug Leeds is president and Howard Sherman is
executive director.

For Tony Award Productions, Elizabeth I. McCann is managing producer and
Joey Parnes is coordinating producer.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss/White Cherry Entertainment are executive
producers of the 2008 Tony Awards. Weiss will also serve as director of
the 2008 Tony Awards.

The 2007 awards were held June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.

The official Tony Awards web site, www.TonyAwards.com, developed,
designed, and hosted by IBM, an official partner of the Tonys. News and
feature content is provided in cooperation with Playbill.com.









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