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Talking Tonys: Who bestows Broadway's top award?

May 14, 2009 | 10:40 am

The administration of the Tony Awards is very different from the other three peer-group showbiz prizes — the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys. Those are bestowed by academies. The Tonys are overseen by two groups. Here's our chitchat with the chief of one of them — Howard Sherman, executive director of the American Theatre Wing — who explains the process to us.

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