38th Tony Awards
| 38th Tony Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 3, 1984 |
| Location | Gershwin Theatre, New York City, New York |
| Hosted by | Julie Andrews and Robert Preston |
| Television/Radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
The 38th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 3, 1984 at the Gershwin Theatre and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.[1]
The ceremony
Presenters and performers:[2]Carol Channing, Marilyn Cooper, Nancy Dussault, Robert Goulet, Robert Guillaume, Dustin Hoffman, Beth Howland, Larry Kert, Michele Lee, Dorothy Loudon, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Mary Tyler Moore, Anita Morris, Bernadette Peters, Anthony Quinn, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, Raquel Welch
Musicals represented:[2]
- Baby ("I Want It All" - Liz Callaway, Catherine Cox and Beth Fowler)
- La Cage aux Folles ("We Are What We Are" - Company/"I Am What I Am" - George Hearn)
- The Tap Dance Kid ("Fabulous Feet" - Hinton Battle, Company)
- The Rink ("Wallflower" - Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli)
- Sunday in the Park with George ("Sunday" - Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Company)
There was a special salute to the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim.[1] The Finale was a medley of Jerry Herman songs, including "Milk and Honey' and "Shalom" (Robert Goulet), "Before the Parade Passes By" (Carol Channing), "It Only Takes a Moment" (Nancy Dussault), "Hello, Dolly!" (chorus plus Channing), "If He Walked Into My Life" (Leslie Uggams) and "Mame" (Dorothy Loudon); a Mack & Mabel medley with Robert Preston ("I Won't Send Roses") and Bernadette Peters ("Time Heals Everything"); and a La Cage aux Folles segment with Gene Barry, the Cagelles, and George Hearn, ("I Am What I Am").[1] The first Brooks Atkinson Award for lifetime contribution to the theater was given to Al Hirschfeld.[3]
Winners and nominees
Winners in bold
Special awards
- To director Peter Brook and producer Alexander H. Cohen for La tragédie de Carmen, for outstanding achievement in musical theatre[4]
- Peter Feller, a master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic
- A Chorus Line producer Joseph Papp was presented with a special Gold Tony Award in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical[4]
- Al Hirschfeld, Brooks Atkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
- Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California
References
- 1 2 3 Gans, Andrew. "Diva Talk: A Backwards Glance—the 1984 Tonys PLUS Ripley, Menzel and Jones", Playbill, July 1, 2005, accessed June 1, 2016
- 1 2 "Ceremony, 1984" tonyawards.com, accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. "The 38th Tony Awards", The New York Times, June 5, 1984, p. C17, accessed June 1, 2016
- 1 2 Freedman, Samuel G. " 'Real Thing' And 'La Cage' Dominate The Tony Awards", The New York Times, June 4, 1984, p.C11, accessed June 1, 2016