53rd Annual TONY AWARDS Autographed by Thirty Participants 1999 Signed Playbill

Description

T
his is a rare autographed program (playbill) from the Fifty-Third Annual ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARDS ceremony held at the Gershwin Theatre in New York City on June 6th, 1999.
This playbill cover was autographed by thirty participants, many of them Tony Award winners themselves. The signatures include BEATRICE ARTHUR, ALEC BALDWIN, CHRISTINE BARANSKI, ROGER BART, PATRICIA BIRCH, MATTHEW BRODERICK, CAROL BURNETT, MARIO CANTONE, CAROLEE CARMELLO, STOCKARD CHANNING, TONY DANZA, JUDI DENCH, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, CALISTA FLOCKHART, WILLIAM HURT, BILL IRWIN, KEVIN KLINE, SWOOSIE KURTZ, ANGELA LANSBURY, ILANA LEVINE, ROB MARSHALL, BEBE NEUWIRTH, SARAH JESSICA PARKER, DAVID HYDE PIERCE, ANN REINKING, CHITA RIVERA, CHRISTIAN SLATER, KEVIN SPACEY, ELAINE STRITCH and SCOTT WOLF.
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 1998-99 Tony's with acting awards were MARTIN SHORT (
Little Me
), BERNADETTE PETERS (
Annie Get Your Gun
), ROGER BART (
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
), KRISTIN CHENOWETH (
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
),
BRIAN DENNEHY (
Death of a Salesman
)
,
JUDI DENCH
(Amy's View
), FRANK WOOD (
Side Man
)
and ELIZABETH FRANZ
(
Death of a Salesman
)
.
The award for "Best Musical" went to "FOSSE", "Best Book of a Musical" to ALFRED UHRY
(Parade
)
and
"Best Original Score" to JASON ROBERT BROWN
(
Parade
). "Best Revival of a Play" went to Arthur Miller's "DEATH OF A SALESMAN",
"Best Revival of a Musical"
to Irving Berlin's "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN", "Best Play" went to WARREN LEIGHT (
Side Man
)
, "Best Choreography" to MATTHEW BOURNE (
Swan Lake
)
, "Best Direction of a Musical" to
MATTHEW BOURNE (
Swan Lake
)
and "Best Direction of a Play" to ROBERT FALLS
(
Death of a Salesman
)
.
Host / Presenters for the
Fifty-Third
Annual Tony Awards included
Julie Andrews, Bea Arthur, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Matthew Broderick, Carol Burnett, Zoe Caldwell, Mario Cantone, Stockard Channing, Alan Cumming, Judi Dench, Brian Dennehy, Laurence Fishburne, Calista Flockhart, David Hare, William Hurt, Swoosie Kurtz, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Terrence McNally, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Jason Robards, Christian Slater, Kevin Spacey and Scott Wolf .
DETAILS: The 206 page playbill measures 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, individual photos of each of the nominees and participating artists, production photos from each of the nominated plays and musicals, a list of the winners from the first fifty-two years of the Tony Awards and a number of congratulatory advertisements from current Broadway productions
.
CONDITION: This rare playbill is in excellent condition and will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. It 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.