ABSTRACT:

There is plenty of behind-the-scenes Tony Award news to report today.

First, the much-ballyhooed feud between the two organizations that run the Tonys has been resolved.

The American Theater Wing, which holds the copyright on the Tony, and the League of American Theaters and Producers, which administers the awards, have bruied the thatchet and signed a contract to produce the Tony Awards on CBS through 2004.