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1993 Tony Awards

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Title

1993 Tony Awards

Collection

Agnes de Mille Video Archive

Names

Minnelli, Liza (Host)
Minnelli, Liza (Performer)
Bostwick, Barry (Performer)
Irwin, Bill, 1950- (Performer)
Shiner, David, 1953- (Performer)
Peters, Bernadette (Performer)
Short, Martin, 1950- (Performer)
Rivera, Chita (Performer)
Miller, Walter C (Director)
Painter, Walter (Choreographer)
Lawrence, Elliot, 1925- (Conductor)
Christopher, Roy (American production designer, contemporary) (Designer)
League of American Theatres and Producers (Presenter)
American Theatre Wing (Presenter)
CBS Television Network (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1993
Place: U.S.
Publisher: CBS Television

Table Of Contents

Performances: "Celebrate Broadway" [opening number] / performed by Barry Bostwick, Liza Minnelli, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, and dancers and singers from various Broadway shows -- The Who's Tommy [excerpt] -- The goodbye girl [excerpt] / performed by Bernadette Peters and Martin Short -- Blood brothers [excerpt] -- Kiss of the spider woman [excerpt] / performed by Chita Rivera and others. (ca. 121 min.) -- Other Television recordings (ca. 140 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9019
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5086 (former)

Subjects

Tony Awards
De Mille, Agnes

Genres

Television Programs
Televised Performances
Televised Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: CBS Television ; directed by Walter C. Miller ; executive producer, Gary Smith.
Content: Includes commercials.
Creation/Production Credits: Written by Buz Kohan and Gary Smith ; choreography, Walter Painter ; musical direction, Elliot Lawrence ; production design, Roy Christopher ; costumes, David Toser ; lighting, Bill Klages.
Performers: Host: Liza Minnelli.
Performers: Presenters of awards: Beatrice Arthur, Diahann Carroll, Marvin Hamlisch, Tommy Tune, Matthew Broderick, Julie Harris, Gregory Hines, Tom Bosley, Mercedes Ruehl, Ron Silver, Tammy Grimes, Amanda Plummer, Ellen Burstyn, James Earl Jones, Lily Tomlin, Ben Vereen, Tyne Daly, Jonathan Pryce, and Michael Crawford.
Venue: Telecast live from New York on June 6, 1993.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (261 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Live telecast of the 1993 Tony Awards, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers, and the American Theatre Wing. A special award in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the musical Oklahoma! is accepted by choreographer Agnes de Mille.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F347
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12539335
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50457300-8cd9-0135-d3ad-02d771b1ce50

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1993

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "1993 Tony Awards" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50457300-8cd9-0135-d3ad-02d771b1ce50

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). 1993 Tony Awards Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50457300-8cd9-0135-d3ad-02d771b1ce50

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "1993 Tony Awards" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50457300-8cd9-0135-d3ad-02d771b1ce50

Wikipedia citation

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