Tony Award for Best Play, "Fences"
date: label: Date
content: 1987
name: label: Distributed by
content: The Broadway League, American, founded 1930
label: Distributed by
content: The American Theatre Wing, American, founded 1917
label: Received by
content: Yale Repertory Theatre, American, founded 1966
label: Subject of
content: Benjamin Mordecai, American, 1944 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: The 1987 Antoinette Perry Award, or Tony Award, for “Best Play” awarded to Yale Repertory Theatre for the production of "Fences."
label: Description
content: The award consists of a silver medallion inside a silver metal arc, mounted on a square, black lacquer base. Printed in relief on the front of the medallion is [ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD] and an image of the comedy and tragedy theater masks. Printed in relief along the edge of the reverse side of the medallion is [THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN THEATRES AND PRODUCERS, INC. / AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING, INC.] and in the center [PRESENT / THE AMERICAN THEATRE / WINGS TONY AWARD / TO]. Completed in engraved text is [The Yale / Repertory Theatre / BEST PLAY – PRODUCER: / FENCES / 1986-87]. The medallion sits on a black, block base with a small silver plaque with engraved text reading [AMERICAN / THEATRE WING / TONY AWARD]. The block is mounted on a square, black lacquer plinth, the bottom of which is covered in red felt and a silver sticker for the manufacturer: [MALCOLM & HAYES].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sherry L. Mordecai in memory of her husband Benjamin Mordecai
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.23.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: trophies (prizes)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © American Theatre Wing, Inc™
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brass, nickel and pewter with acrylic and felt
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a.): 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b.): 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (3.8 × 3.8 cm)