Tony Award Essays

The Tony awards are an amazing awards show that helps talented actors and actresses alike be awarded for their achievements. This one night a year is full of laughter, happiness, and tears. Winning a Tony is a huge accomplishment for these people. Taking a look back in time, with the first Tony, gives the mind of what these people must do to get up on that stage. The Tony Awards is a great way for these people to be recognized for the incredible things they do. The history of the Tony Awards is different

good things and feel good about themselves. The Jefferson Award is an award that goes to a person who has done something good for many people. Someone who could be recognized for the Jefferson Award would be Tony Aizpuria. Tony is a kind man and a father of three. He has been a basketball coach for over 5 years. Tony deserves the Jefferson Award because he is inspiring and compassionate. One reason Tony Aizpuria deserves the Jefferson Award is because he is inspiring. In “Characteristics of an Effective

Tony Aizpurua: A Logical Candidate for the Jefferson Award. Youth in Amery, Wisconsin need strong, influential leaders because they help youth grow in different ways and help build who they are. The Jefferson Award is awarded by the Multiplying Good organization to people who go out of their way to help out in the community. An individual worth noticing is Tony Aizpurua, a youth middle school booster basketball coach in the community of Amery, Wisconsin. He has become a coach because all of his

is a part of the Shubert Organization and has housed many successful revivals, such a The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie, and Hughie. The show had an initial showing out of town. The original production was in the Donmar Warehouse in London, with Tony-Winning Janet McTeer continuing the lead role and bringing along the Donmar’s artistic director, Josie Rourke, becoming the

According to Merriam-Webster, family can be defined as “the basic unit in society consisting of two parents rearing children”(Family). But in reality, family often transcends that definition. Families are people who have strong emotional connections with each other. To Live is a story about a man who experiences many misfortunes. Fugui’s family is a big part of his life and once they are all gone he has no choice but to live on without them. Throughout the story, Fugui realizes how important his

miner’s strike in 1984, a character that I found thought provoking was Jackie Elliot. Jackie Elliot’s family (consisting of his youngest son, Billy, the main character of the film, and his oldest son, Tony, and his mother known as Grandma) is severely affected by the strike as both Jackie and Tony are miners who are on strike. Jackie is portrayed as a quick-tempered, narrow-minded and traditional father allowing us to wonder about his true traits. Later on in the film, we see Jackie’s more accepting

The two boys in the short stories have an ego that is inflated and have a high notion of self - importance, eventually leading their optimistic perspectives of themselves to be demolished. In “A Sunrise on the Veld” the death of the buck symbolizes the maturation of the teen boy. The event the boy just witnessed was a significant turning point in his life as it made him realize not everything in life can be modified. When the young teen boy was looking over the buck, after the ants had fed on the

Poetry Essay Shamyra Thompson Liberty University Poetry Essay Outline “A Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost Thesis: In the poem “A Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost shares how sometimes in life one has to make decisions rather they’re good or bad. However there are consequences following one’s decisions and choices. One can use their second chance by looking forward and choosing to take the right paths in life. I. Mood & Theme a. The poem’s author, Robert Frost, focuses

Casciana Jayne Holden wasn't born into the typical family setting. Born on June 29th, 1989 moments before her identical twin sister Syria Nicole. As a child growing up Casciana was always the curious one, she was daddy's little girl. Syria she was mommy's little angel the one that could never do wrong. Casciana loved her sister that was a given. Except she hated how their mother always believed Syria over Casciana. Never giving the eldest twin the benefit of doubt she always believed Syria. You could

One of the main reasons Tony Blair and the Labour Party won the 1997 General Election is the effective use of the media to sway voters. There are many sides to this argument, one tactic used is the presentation of Blair to the public during interviews and public appearances. In a Labour party election broadcast, Blair says “I thought politicians were complete pains in the backside” (BBC, 1997) when asked about what he thought about politicians when he was 18. This is just one of the many ways Blair

“Religion is a central defining characteristic of civilizations.” Comment on this statement. ABSTRACT Civilization refers to the achievement of a nation in terms of physical and spiritual, civilizations began to flourish after the creation of the system. The emergence of a civilized society is based on environmental factors and how the development of technology in the Neolithic has contributed to the formation of a civilized society. There are many features which is common in the forming of human

While the uses and gratifications theory primarily represents a bottom-up approach, examining the motivations behind the interaction of people with media, institutional mediatization can be seen as a top-down approach. It argues that culture and society increasingly depend on media and that institutions within society are altered through their logic (Bolin, 2014). Moreover, "media have become integrated into the operations of other social institutions, while they also have acquired the status of

for mankind. For example, the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. were horrific tragedies. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, world leaders, such as President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, produced speeches that motivated people to prevail over tragedy and instead take the opportunity to make a greater and more prosperous future for the world. President Bush and Prime Minister Blair also had to use their speeches to turn the world

to most consumers is a well-known online retailer that started out by carrying in stock only shoes; yet today both their name and products have extended beyond what they could have imagined it would become. Nick Swinmurn founded Zappos in 1999 and Tony Hsieh initially came onboard as an investor, but now serves as its CEO (Uhl-Bien, Schermerhorn, & Osborn, 2014, p. W-120). Swinmurn prefers to keep a low profile and Hsieh is very public, which is why most believes that he is the founder of Zappos

The inner workings of a villain’s mind in a story is not always clear when simply reading the story. To be able to truly understand why the antagonist commits their crimes, one must deeply analyze them to gain a full understanding as to why they did their terrible deeds. In the case of Hamlet, to understand why Claudius chose to kill his brother and claim the queen as his wife, one must critically analyze his psyche. A critical psychological analysis consists of discovering the motivations of a character

The Labour party manifesto key message is based on the success of working families, in contrast to the Conservative pushy hard working headline. The key areas again to cut the deficit and stop borrowing overall. Looking at the proposals for employment there is a focus on banning zero hours contracts, concerned about a person’s wellbeing and security rather than just increasing employment. Offering support to families on lower incomes through freezing energy bills, cutting tuition fees and increasing

shipped to the customer (Askin, & Petriglieri, 2016). Swinmurn started Zappos with a $500,000 investment by Venture Frogs an investing firm that provides investments to startup companies (Askin, & Petriglieri, 2016) owned by Tony Hsieh and his college friend Alfred Lin. Tony Hsieh graduated from Harvard University, and always had the “desire to run a business” (Askin, & Petriglieri, 2016, p. 2). Hsieh worked at Oracle right after college, but left, due to it not being challenging enough (Askin

The book, Biography and History by Barbara Caine, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. This work explored and discussed the complex relationship between history and biography, the changes within the field of biography over time, and acts as an essential introduction for contemporary biographers. While there are many areas that are repeated and stressed throughout the book, the main argument supports the legitimacy of biography as a field both within the field of history and in its own right

THE FOUNDER [Document subtitle]   Summary The film is set in 1954, in the USA. The film begins focusing on Ray Kroc a salesman who has become a hustler, chasing down every opportunity where he sees a quick profit could be potentially made. All of his hustling has left him in a bad place among certain groups of people, often with him being known as a laughing stock as most of his products are less than useful. Although it has also got him a nice home which he shares with his wife, Ethel, in Arlington

Into The Woods The musical “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is a metaphor for life in many ways, but the most prominent one is the woods symbolizing life itself. The prologue song “Into The Woods” is about each of the character’s dreams and wishes. Cinderella wishes to go to the festival, Little Red Riding Hood wants to deliver bread to Granny, and the Baker and his wife want to have a child, even though the witch cursed their lineage. In order to accomplish and reach for some