Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Booking tommy tune, adult contemporary music artist. Showbiz legend tommy tune will return to the new york stage in a special encores. Tony awards opt for muted tommy tune lifetime tribute. Hello, dolly tommy tune is possibly the tallest dancer in the country. Thomas james tune born february 28, 1939 is an american actor, dancer, singer, theatre. Phyllis newman and tommy tune attending the opening night of the broadway musical landmark, sweeney todd at the eugene oneill theatre in new york city. Mo rocca chronicles tommy tunes journey from texas to the other side of the world. Tommy has been has been invited to sing and dance for three united states presidents, the queen of england and the royal family of monaco. It is an adaptation of the musical the boy friend by sandy wilson. This was apparently reissued to tie in with the film version of the 1960s from which i remember nothing save tommy tune s truly astonishing legs, and contains an affectionate preface and some charming pen and ink illustrations by the author. Tune received two tony nominations direction and choreography for the best little whorehouse in texas. Broadway icon tommy tune rummages through the packed attic of his eventful life as a ninetime tonywinning dancer, director, and choreographer for his colorful memoir, footnotes. He was in the new york company of how now dow jones when ernest.
Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Tune brings forth a surprising amount of grit from the glitter and froufrou, plus several startlingly graphic passages. An amiable, lanky 6 7 former chorus dancer, tommy tune has inherited the mantle of his mentor, the late michael bennett, as one of the few directorchoreographers. To produce nine, tune turned to his boyfriend, michel stuart, one of the. Christopher gable is a perfect partner for her polly. In scintillating, sharpwitted short takes, sometimes wildly funny, som. Twiggy and tommy tune perform the epic production number swonderful tap dancing in water no less. Dreamgirls, nine, and the greatest faceoff in tony award history. In an adaptation from his new book, razzle dazzle, michael riedel revisits a. Heres the gossip drifting out of radio city about sunday nights tony telecast. The year you finally read a book about climate change. Breckenridge, president and ceo of theatre under the stars tuts, announced today the nominations and presenters for tuts 12th annual tommy. Twiggy and tommy tune swonderful 1983 live youtube.
The boy friend is a 1971 britishamerican musical comedy film directed by ken russell and starring twiggy, christopher gable, tommy tune, and max adrian with an uncredited appearance by glenda jackson. Thomas hicks was a smalltown georgia doctor who was posthumously accused of selling hundreds of babies in illegal adoptions more than 200 babies, known as. Practically speaking, though, the reason for a busandtruck tour of bye bye birdie is tommy tune, 6 feet 6 12 inches tall, reaching beyond seventh heaven and transmitting a sense of. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Tommy went to lamar high school, located in houston, after which he entered the methodistaffiliated lon morris college in jacksonville, texas. In 1982, michael bennetts dreamgirls, backed by the powerful shubert theater empire, went up against upandcoming director tommy tunes nine, thrown together on a shoestring. Directed and choreographed by tommy tune and thommie walsh with. The boy friend is as entertaining as any musical youll ever see. At the same time, one of his closest friends, tommy tunethe lanky. Tommy is currently is touring the country with his oneman show tommy tune tonight personal life edit before leaving texas in the 1960s for a broadway career in new york, tune worked with mary highsmith, mother of crime novelist patricia highsmith, at the. Twiggy, in her one and only phase the new york times. With a name like tommy tune, the man was born to dance.