PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: APRIL 6
06 Apr 2013 1947 The first Tony Awards ceremony is held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Thirteen awards are presented to the likes of Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Fredric March, Jose Ferrer, Agnes de Mille, Kurt Weill and Elia Kazan. No Best Play or Best Musical category yet exists, but the Best Author award goes to a young Arthur Miller for All My Sons. No medallions yet either; men get engraved cigarette lighters, women get compacts.
Documentary About Lucky Guy Playwright Nora Ephron Coming to HBO
05 Apr 2013 --
Jacob Bernstein, the son of late Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, will direct and co-produce an HBO documentary about his mother, according to the Hollywood Reporter.