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The 27th Annual Tony Awards

Title: The 27th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.
Publication: New York, c1973.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (130 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Theatre Wing.

Series Statement

Tony Awards

Alternative Title

1973 Tony Awards
The wide world of Broadway

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

Includes original television commercials and blackouts intended for commercials.
Not all awards presented included in the broadcast. For a complete list of recipients see tonyawards.com.
Special Tony Awards winners: John Lindsay, Mayor of New York City; Actor's Fund of America, Louis Lotito, president.
The theme of this year's Tony Awards focused on the global reach of Broadway material. The Wide World of Broadway featured narrations by Rex Harrison, Walter Slezak, Rossano Brazzi, Yul Brynner, and Peter Ustinov, who brought the viewers to Vienna: West side story; Tokyo: The King and I; Milan: Ciao, Rudy; Paris: Hello, Dolly!; London: Show Boat; Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Man of La Mancha; Witchita Falls, Texas: My Fair Lady.
Musicals and plays represented (show, song / performer): Pippin, Magic to do / Ben Vereen and Company.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Musical director, Elliot Lawrence ; co-produced by Roy A. Somlyo.

Event (note)

Videotaped by the ABC Television Network at the Imperial Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast March 25, 1973.

Contents

Award recipients (performer, category / play title): Alan Bates, actor / Butley -- Ben Vereen, actor / Pippin -- John Lithgow, supporting actor / The changing room -- George S. Irving, supporting actor / Irene -- Julie Harris, actress / The last of Mrs. Lincoln -- Glynis Johns, actress / A little night music -- Leora Dana, supporting actress / The last of Mrs. Lincoln -- Patricia Elliott, supporting actress / A little night music.
Award recipients (name, category / play title): Hugh Wheeler, book / A little night music -- Bob Fosse, choreographer / Pippin -- Florence Klotz, costume designer / A little night music -- A.J. Antoon, director, play / That championship season -- Bob Fosse, choreographer / Pippin -- Jules Fisher, lighting designer / Pippin -- Harold Prince, producer / A little night music -- Jason Miller, playwright; the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, producer / That championship season -- Tony Walton, scenic designer / Pippin -- Stephen Sondheim, score / A little night music.

Call Number

NCOX 287

OCLC

79853629

Title

The 27th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.

Imprint

New York, c1973.

Series

Tony Awards

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical director, Elliot Lawrence ; co-produced by Roy A. Somlyo.

Performer

Hosts: Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm.

Co-Hosts: Sandy Duncan, Jerry Orbach.

Presenters: Helen Gallagher, Paula Kelly, Donna McKechnie, Gwen Verdon, Eddie Albert, Nanette Fabray, Michele Lee, Ken Howard, Alan King, Gwen Verdon, Jane Alexander, Christopher Plummer, Alexis Smith, Jerry Orbach, Diahann Carroll.

Event

Videotaped by the ABC Television Network at the Imperial Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast March 25, 1973.

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Added Author

Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000, producer.

Parks, Hildy, 1926-2004, writer.

Jones, Clark, 1920-2002, director.

Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-2021, conductor.

Somlyo, Roy A, producer.

Harrison, Rex, host.

Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, host.

Duncan, Sandy, 1946- host.

Orbach, Jerry, host.

Gallagher, Helen, 1926- presenter.

Kelly, Paula, presenter.

McKechnie, Donna, presenter.

Verdon, Gwen, presenter.

Albert, Eddie, presenter.

Fabray, Nanette, presenter.

Lee, Michele, presenter.

King, Alan, 1927-2004, presenter.

Howard, Ken, 1944-2016, presenter.

Alexander, Jane, 1939- presenter.

Plummer, Christopher, presenter.

Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993, presenter.

Orbach, Jerry, presenter.

Carroll, Diahann, presenter.

Vereen, Ben, performer.

Harrison, Rex, performer.

Slezak, Walter, 1902-1983, performer.

Brazzi, Rossano, 1916-1994, performer.

Brynner, Yul, performer.

Ustinov, Peter, performer.

Vereen, Ben, recipient.

Lithgow, John, 1945- recipient.

Irving, George S, recipient.

Harris, Julie, 1925-2013, recipient.

Johns, Glynis, recipient.

Dana, Leora, recipient.

Elliott, Patricia, 1938-2015, recipient.

Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987, recipient.

Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987, recipient.

Klotz, Florence, recipient.

Antoon, A. J. (Alfred Joseph), 1944-1992, recipient.

Fisher, Jules, recipient.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, recipient.

Walton, Tony, 1934-2022, recipient.

Sondheim, Stephen, recipient.

Papp, Joseph, recipient.

Miller, Jason, recipient.

Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet), recipient.

Lotito, Louis, recipient.

American Theatre Wing, producer.

ABC Television Network.

Research Call Number

NCOX 287

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