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The 24th Annual Tony Awards

Title: The 24th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / Executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.
Publication: New York, c1970.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Theatre Wing.

Series Statement

Tony Awards

Alternative Title

1970 Tony Awards

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

Credits at end of tape.
Includes original television commercials and blackouts intended for commercials.
There is a brief loss of image and sound ca. 88 min.
Not all awards presented included in the broadcast. For a complete list of recipients see tonyawards.com.
Special Tony Award winners: Sir Noel Coward for his many enduring contributions to the theatre; Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; New York Shakespeare Festival, for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays, Joseph Papp, producer; Barbra Streisand.
This year's awards ceremony marked the TV singing debut of stars Katharine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall, who were both nominated for Best Actress in a Musical. Ms. Bacall won for her portrayal of Margo Channing in Applause.
Musicals and plays represented (show, song / performer): Applause, Applause; Welcome to the theatre / Bonnie Franklin, Lauren Bacall and Company -- Coco, Always mademoiselle / Katharine Hepburn and Company -- Purlie, I got love / Melba Moore -- Walk him up the stairs / Cleavon Little 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 NBC Television Network at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast April 19, 1970.

Contents

Award recipients (performer, category / play title): Fritz Weaver, actor / Child's play -- Cleavon Little, actor / Purlie -- Ken Howard, featured actor / Child's play -- René Auberjonois, featured actor / Coco -- Tammy Grimes, actress / Private lives -- Lauren Bacall, actress / Applause -- Blythe Danner, featured actress / Butterflies are free -- Melba Moore, featured actress / Purlie.
Award recipients (name, category / play title): Ron Field, choreographer / Applause -- Cecil Beaton, costume designer / Coco -- Joseph Hardy, director, play / Child's play -- Ron Field, director, musical / Applause -- Jo Mielziner, lighting designer / Child's play -- Joseph Kipness and Lawrence Kasha, producers, musical / Applause -- Frank McMahon, playwright; Michael McAloney and Burton C. Kaiser, producers / Borstal boy -- Jo Mielziner, scenic designer / Child's play.

Call Number

NCOX 284

OCLC

80990544

Title

The 24th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / Executive producer, Alexander H. Cohen ; written by Hildy Parks ; directed by Clark Jones.

Imprint

New York, c1970.

Series

Tony Awards

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

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

Performer

Hosts: Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau.

Presenters: Clive Barnes, Claire Bloom, Michael Caine, Jack Cassidy, David Frost, Cary Grant, Patricia Neal, George C. Scott, James Stewart, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.

Event

Videotaped by the NBC Television Network at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, N.Y., during a live broadcast April 19, 1970.

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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.

Andrews, Julie, host.

Matthau, Walter, host.

Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, performer.

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, performer.

Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008, presenter.

Bloom, Claire, 1931- presenter.

Caine, Michael, presenter.

Frost, David, 1939-2013, presenter.

Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, presenter.

Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010, presenter.

Scott, George C., 1927-1999, presenter.

Stewart, James, 1908-1997, presenter.

Smith, Maggie, 1934- presenter.

Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980, recipient.

Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016, recipient.

Little, Cleavon, recipient.

Howard, Ken, 1944-2016, recipient.

Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019, recipient.

Grimes, Tammy, recipient.

Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, recipient.

Danner, Blythe, recipient.

Moore, Melba, recipient.

Field, Ronald, 1934-1989, recipient.

Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976, recipient.

Hardy, Joseph, 1929- recipient.

McMahon, Frank, recipient.

McAloney, Michael, recipient.

Streisand, Barbra, recipient.

Kipness, Joseph, recipient.

Kasha, Lawrence, -1990, recipient.

Lunt, Alfred, recipient.

Fontanne, Lynn, recipient.

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973, recipient.

Papp, Joseph, recipient.

American Theatre Wing, producer.

NBC Television Network.

Research Call Number

NCOX 284

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