We asked some of Broadway's biggest stars why theater education is important, and the answer was loud and clear. Theater education teaches so much more than acting. It teaches respect and understanding. Theater education teaches empathy. #applaudmyteacher #CMUTonys

That’s a wrap! Thanks, The Tony Awards, for another great year celebrating amazing theater and the teachers who inspire it! #applaudmyteacher #cmutonys

The winner of tonight’s Isabelle Stevenson Award for her activism, alumna JudithLight hits The Tony Awards Red Carpet. We are so proud to call her a member of the CMU family! #cmutonys

Everywhere we turned on The Tony Awards Red Carpet, we saw CMU alumni! #CMUTonys

President Farnam Jahanian, Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts Dean Dan Martin and CMU School of Drama Head Peter Cooke with the 2018 Excellence in Theatre Education Award winner, Melody Herzfeld after she was honored on The Tony Awards stage tonight. #cmutonys #applaudmyteacher

We're so excited for alumnus josh groban to co-host The Tony Awards and for our SIX alumni nominees, we could sing! Music Compostition student Jacob Randall Holmes helped us in that department. Enjoy! #CMUtonys Carnegie Mellon Alumni @greyhenson CMU School of Music

Alumna Jamie deRoy wins for The Ferryman on Broadway, bringing our #cmutonys total to 50 The Tony Awards among our alumni to date! #cmuproud #iamcmu Carnegie Mellon Alumni

Here's our recap of the 2019 The Tony Awards! Two alumni earned Tony Honors, another (@jamiederoy) won a Tony for Best Play & CMU and the Tonys recognized high school teacher Madeline Michel with the 5th annual Excellence in Theatre Education Award. #ApplaudMyTeacher #CMUTonys

The incomparable JudithLight is the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Award winner, presented by The Tony Awards. She shared with us why theater education is important, and the lessons she learned during her time as a student here at CMU. #CMUTonys #ApplaudMyTeacher

Dan Martin, dean of College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon, walks The Tony Awards Red Carpet to talk theater education. #cmutonys

Behind performers like @Jeff_Daniels, Santino Fontana, @paulgtazewell, Harvey Fierstein, JudithLight and Dominique Morisseau are the teachers who helped get them there. The Tony Awards nominees stopped by to tell us about the teachers who most impacted them. #applaudmyteacher #CMUTonys

11 is our lucky number. 11 years in a row that CMU alumni have earned The Tony Awards nominations. 11 this morning spread among 5 grads. Jamie deRoy, Ann Roth, Peter Hylenski, Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher #cmutonys #TonyAwards

Backstage after The Boys in the Band on Broadway, alumni Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and Ming-Na Wen joined President Farnam Jahanian, College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon Dean Dan Martin & head of CMU School of Drama Peter Cooke to congratulate the Excellence in Theatre Education Award Winner Melody Herzfeld. #applaudmyteacher #cmutonys

“Behind every great performance is inspiration, and behind that inspiration is a teacher.” Congratulations, Melody Herzfeld, and thank you for inspiring us all with your moving words last night! #cmutonys #applaudmyteacher The Tony Awards

Practice makes perfect! Alumnus Leslie Odom, Jr. joins President Farnam Jahanian and family backstage during dress rehearsal for tonight’s The Tony Awards! Tune in tonight to CBS, and on Facebook.com/carnegiemellonu for our livestream from the Red Carpet! #cmutonys

Our alumni continue to exude excellence in their art with 11 The Tony Awards nominations, but the excellence doesn't stop there. Michael McElroy, founder of Broadway Insp Voices, and JudithLight will receive special awards at #TonyAwards2019 . More: cmu.edu/news/stories/a… #CMUTonys

Andrew Carnegie famously said, 'My heart is in the work.' At Carnegie Mellon University, we think about work a little differently. If you watched the Tony Awards tonight, you saw a glimpse of that. Watch the full length 'Today, We Work' video. #cmutonys youtube.com/watch?v=hAdHQC…

Earlier tonight, we were honored to recognize Melody Herzfeld with the 2018 Excellence in Theatre Education Award with The Tony Awards. Watch her moving acceptance speech below. #applaudmyteacher #cmutonys youtube.com/watch?v=oO6rs9…

Thank you Billy! And congrats to MonticelloDrama. Nominations for 2020 are now open. tonys.secure-platform.com/a #iamcmu #cmutonys

It's The Tony Awards week, and we're celebrating some of the #CMUWomen who make Broadway shine. Alumna Paula Wagner returns to her roots in the theater, bringing the musical adaptation of the beloved 1990 movie 'Pretty Woman' to the stage. #CMUTonys cmu.edu/news/stories/a…