Goodspeed's Michael Price To Receive Special Tony
Congratulation to Michael Price, 86, longtime executive director of Goodspeed Musicals who will be receiving a special Tony Award ion June.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that they will present the 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry – Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, including Price.
If you’re counting, this would mark Goodspeed’s third Tony — this one is indirect because it’s to an individual and not the theater —but I’d count it if I was its marketer).
The Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre were established in 1990 and are awarded annually to institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories.
Michael Price is the longest serving Executive Director of an American theatre. Under his direction for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards. Mr. Price was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which honors lifetime achievement in the American theater. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Theatre Wing and as a member of the Tony Administration Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Johnny Mercer Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation, and numerous charitable and non-profit organizations. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and holds honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and The University of Hartford. He is married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra and Ari.