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The 2008 Tony Awards Sunday, June 15th 8/7c CBS
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Partners

 IBM
IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company with more then 90 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, financing, solutions and technologies that enable customers - and the official website of the Tony Awards - to implement innovative solutions that matter to businesses. To learn more, visit www.ibm.com/doing.
 HILTON
Hilton Travel is more than just A to B. Travel should take you places.

As proud sponsor of the 2008 Tony Awards®, Hilton Hotels recognizes the power of theatre and feel that - much like travel - the arts can transform and delight. We salute the tireless creative efforts and achievements of Broadway's performers, musicians, choreographers and writers.

Hilton is thrilled to have taken this experience on the road with our First Theatre Memories program, a joint collaboration with the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®. With five stops in three countries, First Theatre Memories gives under-served students their first theatre and Broadway experience. First Theatre Memories provides a workshop designed to enhance students' appreciation for theatre and the arts. With more than 500 hotels and resorts on six continents, Hilton celebrates the accomplishment, enlightenment, renewal and celebration that travel enables.

Let the World Be Your Stage at www.hilton.com.
 VISA
Visa Visa is a proud sponsor and the only card accepted at the American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®. As part of its Broadway sponsorship, Visa has also partnered with The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. Through its commitment to the Broadway entertainment industry, Visa provides priority access to the excitement and magic of Broadway to its cardholders.


Supporters

 Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines Continental Airlines is proud to be a sponsor of the Tony Awards, as well as of The Broadway League. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection flies to over 280 destinations in over 45 countries worldwide and has more nonstop destinations from the New York area than any other airline. For more information, visit continental.com.
 Sprint
Sprint At Sprint, we've worked hard to perfect our own performance, delivering clear, simple communications no matter what it takes. That's why we are the official communications service provider of the Tony Awards. Because the greatest performers know it doesn't matter how many rehearsals you've had - it's what happens when the curtain goes up that counts. www.sprint.com/broadway.

Now Playing...Broadway on Sprint. Download your favorite Broadway hit at the Sprint Music Store or customize your Sprint phone with our selection of Broadway Ringers. Shop for your favorite Broadway songs and ringers in the Sprint Music Store and on Sprint.com/digitallounge.


Promotional Partners

 FIJI® Water
Fiji® Water FIJI® Water, a natural artesian water bottled at the source in Viti Levu (Fiji islands), is the second largest imported bottled water brand in the United States. A product of one of the last virgin ecosystems on the planet, natural pressure forces FIJI Water out of its aquifer deep below the earth's surface and into iconic square bottles through a sealed delivery system free of human contact.

FIJI Water is available in four convenient sizes to suit any lifestyle. The 330 ml (11.16 oz) or Lil'FIJI, 500 ml (16.91 oz), 1 L (33.81 oz) and 1.5 L (50.72 oz) bottles are available in single serve and/or multi-packs at leading retail locations, and are also served at premiere hotels, restaurants and gourmet shops. FIJI Water is also available for home delivery in the continental United States at www.fijiwater.com. FIJI Water received the United States Secretary of State's 2004 Award for Corporate Excellence. It is a leading, premium bottled water brand and has been top-rated in taste tests among bottled waters by Chicago Magazine, Cook's Illustrated Buying Guide, Men's Health, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and others.
 Macy's
Macy*s Macy's, America's Department Store, is proud to be a promotional partner of the 2008 Tony Awards. Macy's passion for Broadway and its strong ties to the theatre community are deeply rooted in our decades-old tradition of kicking off our famous Thanksgiving Day Parade with Broadway performances and showcasing current shows and their stars both in-store and in our legendary windows. George M. Cohan said it best when he wrote, "Give my regards to Broadway, remember me to Herald Square...."


Media Partners

 MYBroadway.com
MyBroadway.com MyBROADWAY.com is a comprehensive, integrated media broadband and mobile service devoted to theatre lovers and delivering interactive digital arts and entertainment through its broadband channels of exclusive video content - first rehearsals, opening night coverage, interviews with cast and creators of the current Broadway season; its social community of theatre fans, professionals, and students who personalize their profile pages with user-generated content; and BWYNOW (299669), The Mobile Way to Broadway, where mobile device users receive news, special offers, and promotions about Broadway and theatre around the country. MyBROADWAY provides theatrical producers and presenting organizations all over the U.S. the digital tools to increase their sales by broadening and more effectively engaging their audiences. Recent features in Variety and The New York Times agree that MyBroadway "clicks with online audiences" and that it's the site "for Broadway fans as well as fanatics." www.mybroadway.com
 Playbill
Playbill.com Playbill Inc. has served the Broadway community for 124 years. Few other logos or trademarks symbolize Broadway theatre better than Playbill. Playbill.com, the digital arm of Playbill Inc., has grown since its inception in 1994, to become the largest source of theatre news, features, listings and job opportunities on the Internet. Playbill.com also offers Club services where members can get exclusive access to discounts and special offers. Described by The New York Times as a "front-row seat to the latest theatre news," and by New York magazine as the "Old Faithful of theatre websites," Playbill.com is the premiere theatre portal. Playbill Radio, featuring the best in Broadway cast recordings and interviews, was launched in 2007.
 USA Today
USA Today (usatoday.com) USA TODAY, a multimedia worldwide brand that includes the top-selling newspaper in the United States, is proud to be a sponsor of the distinguished 2008 Tony Awards®. With more than six million daily readers in print and online, USA TODAY is edited to inform and entertain today's time-pressed, affluent and influential individual. With USA TODAY, readers nationwide and in more than 60 countries receive complete coverage of the most talked-about shows on and off Broadway as well as productions on national tours across the USA.

USA TODAY is published via satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. The USA TODAY brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information website that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.
 Van Wagner
Van Wagner Van Wagner Communications, LLC is the nation’s largest privately held out-of-home advertising company. Since posting its first imprint in New York City’s Times Square over 35 years ago, Van Wagner has pioneered breakthrough approaches to produce extraordinary results. Its dominant positions in major US markets, combined with its leading national sports and aerial advertising businesses, have made Van Wagner the fastest growing company of its kind. Van Wagner is the undisputed leader in New York with the most experienced and longest tenured management team, the best industry track record for growth, and the most advertising structures. The company is headquartered in New York with operations in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, Miami, Boston and Toronto, Canada.
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