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33rd Tony Awards

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Date
  
June 3, 1979

Network
  
CBS

Location
  
Shubert Theatre New York City, New York

Hosted by
  
Jane Alexander Henry Fonda Liv Ullmann

The 33rd Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television on June 3, 1979 from the Shubert Theatre in New York City. The hosts were Jane Alexander, Henry Fonda and Liv Ullmann.

Contents

The ceremony

The presenters were Tom Bosley, Barry Bostwick, Ellen Burstyn, Georgia Engel, Jane Fonda, Celeste Holm, John Houseman, Barnard Hughes, Angela Lansbury, Ron Leibman, Jack Lemmon, Hal Linden, Jean Marsh, Al Pacino, and Dick Van Dyke.

The theme of the ceremony was theatrical superstitions, and various other showbusiness beliefs.

Henry Fonda received a Special Award, which was presented by his daughter Jane Fonda. Walter Cronkite presented Richard Rodgers with his Special Award.

Musicals represented:

  • Ballroom ("Fifty Percent" - Dorothy Loudon)
  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ("The Aggie Song" - Company)
  • Eubie ("Hot Feet" - Gregory Hines)
  • I Remember Mama ("A Little Bit More" - Liv Ullmann, George Hearn and Company)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ("The Worst Pies in London" - Angela Lansbury)
  • They're Playing Our Song ("They're Playing Our Song" - Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz)

    • Winners and nominees

    Winners are in bold

    Special awards

  • Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre - Richard Rodgers
  • Regional Theatre Award - American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California
  • Henry Fonda
  • Walter F. Diehl, International President of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, has been an active force in advancing the well-being of the Broadway theatre and of theatre nationally.
  • Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut

    • References

    33rd Tony Awards Wikipedia
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