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  • Category: Live theatre
  • Unveiled: 12 Aug 1993
  • Star rank: 1182
  • Address:
    1799 Vine St
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
  • GPS location:
    34.103634, -118.326844

Tommy Tune

Next star: John Huston
Previous star: Texas Guinan

Biography

Tommy Tune and Darcie Roberts in Busker Alley, 1995

Source: Freebase

Thomas James “Tommy” Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, -producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won nine Tony Awards and the National Medal of Arts. 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical Baker Street. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1978. He has gone on to direct or choreograph, or both, some eight Broadway musicals.

Fact file

  • Born: Thomas James Tune February 28, 1939 (age 73) Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.lived in rice, TX for 5 years
  • Occupation: Actor, choreographer, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer
  • Years active: 1965–present

Read more about Tommy Tune at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Tony Winner Tommy Tune Will Offer Steps in Time, A Broadway Biography in Maryland
Playbill Combined , 2012-05-03 19:34:00
Tommy Tune will celebrate his five decades on stage with Tommy Tune: Steps in Time, A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance, tracing highlights of his nine-time Tony Award-winning career, June 2 at the Music Center at Strathmore in Maryland.

PHOTO CALL: Tommy Tune Visits End of the Rainbow
Playbill Combined , 2012-03-29 17:15:00
Nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune visited Broadway's End of the Rainbow on March 28. The acclaimed actor, choreographer, dancer, singer and director headed backstage after the show to greet Tracie Bennett.

Tommy Tune Will Receive Norton Lifetime Achievement Award
Playbill Combined , 2012-03-15 16:48:00
Nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune will be presented with the 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award during the May 21 Boston theatre awards ceremony at the Paramount Center.

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