44th Annual TONY AWARDS Tyne Daly / Tommy Tune 1990 Supper Ball Seating Chart

Description

This is a rare seating chart for the TONY SUPPER BALL which followed the
Forty-Fourth Annual ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARDS ceremony held at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City on June 3rd, 1990.
The Tony Supper Ball was held at the Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton Hotel.
The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an awards program to celebrate excellence in the theatre.
Named for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the American Theatre Wing who had passed away the previous year, the Tony Awards made their official debut at a dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Easter Sunday, April 6th, 1947. Vera Allen, Perry's successor as chairwoman of the Wing, presided over an evening that included dining, dancing, and a program of entertainment.
Among those honored at the 1989-90 Tony's with acting awards were JAMES NAUGHTON (
City of Angels
), TYNE DALY (
Gypsy
), MICHAEL JETER (
Grand Hotel
), RANDY GRAFF (
City of Angels
), ROBERT MORSE (
Tru
), MAGGIE SMITH
(Lettice and Lovage
), CHARLES DURNING (
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
)
and MARGARET TYZACK
(
Lettice and Lovage
)
.
The award for "Best Musical" went to "CITY OF ANGELS", "Best Book of a Musical" to LARRY GELBART (
City of Angels
)
and
"Best Original Score" to CY COLEMAN
(
City of Angels
). "Best Revival" went to Stephen Sondheim's "GYPSY", "Best Play" went to FRANK GALATI (
The Grapes of Wrath
)
, "Best Choreography" to TOMMY TUNE (
Grand Hotel
)
, "Best Direction of a Musical" to
TOMMY TUNE (
Grand Hotel
)
and "Best Direction of a Play" to
FRANK GALATI (
The Grapes of Wrath
)
.
The host of the
Forty-Fourth
Annual Tony Awards was Kathleen Turner
and
presenting and performing were
Philip Bosco, Matthew Broderick, Len Cariou, Dixie Carter, Michael Crawford, Sandy Duncan, Morgan Freeman, Helen Hayes, Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Linda Lavin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Reeve, Joan Rivers, Ron Silver, Jessica Tandy and Lily Tomlin
.
A Special Tony Award was presented to ALFRED DRAKE for Excellence in the Theatre.
DETAILS: The eight panel, tri-fold chart measures 5 5/8" X 13" inches, is printed on a textured stock and includes alphabetized seating arrangements for the Supper Ball
for those who were participants in
the
Forty-Fourth Annual Tony Awards
.
CONDITION: With the exception of a light corner crease, this rare list is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard for safe transport.