An annual set of awards which recognise achievement and excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards were founded in 1947 and are named after Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. The Tonys are generally regarded as the theatre's equivalent of the Oscars for film, the Grammys for music, and the Emmys for television. The equivalent in British theatre is the Laurence Olivier Award.

The award for Best Author (playwright) was discontinued after 1865.