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The 26th Annual Tony Awards

Title: The 26th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.
Publication: New York, c1972.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 286 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (135 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Theatre Wing.

Series Statement

Tony Awards

Alternative Title

1972 Tony Awards

Subject

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

Credits at end of tape.
Videodisc one: 120 min. Videodisc two: 15 min.
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 were presented to Ethel Merman and Richard Rodgers. A dual musical salute was the highlight of the evening's entertainment.
Special Tony Awards winner: Fiddler on the roof, on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history, presented to Harold Prince.
Musicals represented (show, song / performer): Ain't supposed to die a natural death, Put a curse on you / Company -- Jesus Christ superstar, Medley / Jeff Fenholt, Yvonne Elliman and Company -- No, no, Nanette, You can dance with any girl / Helen Gallagher and Bobby Van; I want to be happy / Ruby Keeler 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 Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast April 23, 1972.

Contents

Award recipients (performer, category / play title): Cliff Gorman, actor / Lenny -- Phil Silvers, actor / A funny thing happened on the way to the forum -- Vincent Gardenia, featured actor / The prisoner of Second Avenue -- Larry Blyden, featured actor / A funny thing happened on the way to the forum -- Sada Thompson, actress / Twigs -- Alexis Smith, actress / Follies -- Elizabeth Wilson, featured actress / Sticks and bones -- Linda Hopkins, featured actress / Inner city.
Award recipients (name, category / play title): John Guare and Mel Shapiro, book / Two gentlemen of Verona -- Michael Bennett, choreographer / Follies -- Florence Klotz, costume designer / Follies -- Mike Nichols, director, play / The prisoner of Second Avenue -- Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, directors, musical / Follies -- Tharon Musser, lighting director / Follies -- New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, producer, musical / Two gentlemen of Verona -- David Rabe, playwright; New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, producer / Sticks and bones -- Boris Aronson, scenic designer / Follies -- Stephen Sondheim, score / Follies.

Call Number

NCOX 286

OCLC

79847687

Title

The 26th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.

Imprint

New York, c1972.

Series

Tony Awards

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

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

Performer

Hosts: Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov.

Presenters: Richard Benjamin, Ingrid Bergman, Claire Bloom, Arlene Dahl, Sandy Duncan, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Joel Grey, Arthur Hill, Hal Holbrook, Jean Stapleton, Gwen Verdon.

Performers: Desi Arnaz, Janet Blair, Larry Blyden, Alfred Drake, Helen Gallagher, Lisa Kirk, Hal Linden, Barbara McNair, Ethel Merman, Constance Towers.

Event

Videotaped by the ABC Television Network at the Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast April 23, 1972.

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Local Subject

Broadway theater -- Awards.

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.

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, host.

Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007, host.

Ustinov, Peter, host.

Benjamin, Richard, 1938- presenter.

Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982, presenter.

Bloom, Claire, 1931- presenter.

Dahl, Arlene, presenter.

Duncan, Sandy, 1946- presenter.

Falk, Peter, 1927-2011, presenter.

Grant, Lee, 1927- presenter.

Grey, Joel, 1932- presenter.

Hill, Arthur, 1922-2006, presenter.

Holbrook, Hal, presenter.

Stapleton, Jean, 1923-2013, presenter.

Verdon, Gwen, presenter.

Blyden, Larry, 1925-1975, performer.

Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992, performer.

Elliman, Yvonne, performer.

Fenholt, Jeffrey C, performer.

Gallagher, Helen, 1926- performer.

Kirk, Lisa, performer.

Linden, Hal, performer.

McNair, Barbara, performer.

Merman, Ethel, performer.

Towers, Constance, performer.

Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986, performer.

Blair, Janet, performer.

Van, Bobby, performer.

Keeler, Ruby, performer.

Merman, Ethel, recipient.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, recipient.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, recipient.

Gorman, Cliff, recipient.

Silvers, Phil, 1911-1985, recipient.

Gardenia, Vincent, recipient.

Thompson, Sada, 1929-2011, recipient.

Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993, recipient.

Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015, recipient.

Hopkins, Linda, 1924-2017, recipient.

Guare, John, recipient.

Shapiro, Mel, recipient.

Bennett, Michael, 1943-1987, recipient.

Klotz, Florence, recipient.

Nichols, Mike, recipient.

Musser, Tharon, recipient.

Aronson, Boris, 1900-1980, recipient.

Rabe, David, recipient.

Papp, Joseph, recipient.

Sondheim, Stephen, recipient.

American Theatre Wing, producer.

ABC Television Network.

Research Call Number

NCOX 286

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