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The 39th Annual Tony Awards

Title: The 39th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / written and produced by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones ; executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen.
Publication: New York, c1985.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (144 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Theatre Wing.

Series Statement

Tony Awards.

Alternative Title

1985 Tony Awards

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

Credits at end of tape.
Commercials included.
Not all awards presented are included in the broadcast. For a complete list of recipients see tonyawards.com.
Musicals represented (show, song / performer): Big river, Muddy water; River in the rain / Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson and Company -- Grind, This must be the place / Ben Vereen and Company -- Leader of the pack, Medley / Company.
Special salute: The Songs of Jule Styne, Cy Coleman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Songs for Future Productions.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Musical director: Elliot Lawrence ; co-produced by Martha Mason.

Event (note)

Videotaped by the CBS Television Network at the Shubert Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast June 2, 1985.

Contents

Award recipients (performer, category / play title): Ron Richardson, featured actor / Big river -- Barry Miller, featured actor / Biloxi blues -- Derek Jacobi, actor / Much ado about nothing -- Leilani Jones, featured actress / Grind -- Judith Ivey, featured actress / Hurlyburly -- Stockard Channing, actress / Joe Egg.
Award recipients (name, category / play title): William Hauptman, book / Big river -- Florence Klotz, costume designer / Grind -- Des McAnuff, director, musical / Big river -- Gene Saks, director, play / Biloxi blues -- Richard Riddell, lighting designer / Big river -- Rocco Landesman, et al., producer, musical / Big river -- Neil Simon, playwright; Emanuel Azenberg, et al., producer, play / Biloxi blues -- Heidi Landesman, scenic designer / Big river -- Roger Miller, score / Big river.
Special awards: Yul Brynner, honoring his 4,525 performances in The king and I. New York State Council on the Arts for support for the theater, Kitty Carlisle Hart, chair.

Call Number

NCOX 341

Title

The 39th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / written and produced by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones ; executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen.

Imprint

New York, c1985.

Series

Tony Awards.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical director: Elliot Lawrence ; co-produced by Martha Mason.

Performer

Presenters and performers: Danny Aiello, Susan Anton, Hinton Battle, Deborah Bauers, Deborah Burrell, Terry Burrell, Jim Dale, Loretta Devine, Jackie Gleason, Julie Harris, Rex Harrison, George Hearn, Van Johnson, Raul Julia, Rosetta LeNoire, Mary Martin, Millicent Martin, Maureen McGovern, Rita Moreno, Mike Nichols, Stefanie Powers, Juliet Prowse, Tony Randall, Lee Roy Reams, Lynn Redgrave, Chita Rivera, Wanda Richert, Tony Roberts, Rex Smith, Leslie Uggams, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Tom Wopat.

Event

Videotaped by the CBS Television Network at the Shubert Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast June 2, 1985.

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Added Author

Parks, Hildy, 1926-2004, producer.

Jones, Clark, 1920-2002, director.

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

Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-2021, conductor.

Mason, Martha, producer.

Aiello, Danny, 1933-2019, performer.

Anton, Susan, performer.

Battle, Hinton, performer.

Bauers, Deborah, performer.

Burrell, Deborah, performer.

Burrell, Terry, performer.

Dale, Jim, performer.

Devine, Loretta, performer.

Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987, performer.

Harris, Julie, 1925-2013, performer.

Harrison, Rex, performer.

Hearn, George, performer.

Jenkins, Daniel H, performer.

Johnson, Van, 1916-2008, performer.

Julia, Raul, performer.

LeNoire, Rosetta, 1911-2002, performer.

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, performer.

Martin, Millicent, performer.

McGovern, Maureen, performer.

Moreno, Rita, performer.

Nichols, Mike, performer.

Powers, Stefanie, performer.

Prowse, Juliet, 1936-1996, performer.

Randall, Tony, performer.

Reams, Lee Roy, performer.

Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010, performer.

Rivera, Chita, performer.

Richardson, Ron, performer.

Richert, Wanda, performer.

Roberts, Tony, 1939- performer.

Smith, Rex, performer.

Uggams, Leslie, performer.

Van Dyke, Dick, performer.

Vereen, Ben, performer.

Wopat, Tom, performer.

Miller, Barry, 1958- recipient.

Jacobi, Derek, recipient.

Jones, Leilani, 1957- recipient.

Ivey, Judith, 1951- recipient.

Channing, Stockard, recipient.

Hauptman, William, 1942- recipient.

Klotz, Florence, recipient.

McAnuff, Des, recipient.

Saks, Gene, 1921-2015, recipient.

Riddell, Richard, recipient.

Ettinger, Heidi, recipient.

Miller, Roger, 1936-1992, recipient.

Landesman, Rocco, 1947- recipient.

Brynner, Yul, recipient.

Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, recipient.

Simon, Neil, recipient.

American Theatre Wing, producer.

CBS Television Network.

Research Call Number

NCOX 341

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