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Personal life Before leaving Texas in the 1960s for a Broadway career in New York, Tune worked with Mary Highsmith (mother of novelist Patricia Highsmith ) at the Point Summer Theatre. In a letter to her daughter, Highsmith referred to Tune as her "adopted boy" whom she called "Romano."
Tune gewann mehrmals den Tony Award. 2003 erhielt er die National Medal of Arts. Tune wohnt in New York City. Sein erster Lebenspartner war der US-amerikanische Schauspieler David Wolfe, der 1994 verstarb. Danach lebte er mit dem US-Amerikaner Michel Stuart zusammen. Auszeichnungen (Auswahl) Tommy Tune (1982)
BIOGRAPHY. Tommy Tune is one of the country’s most prolific performer/director/choreographers and is celebrating his golden decade on the great American stage. He has received 10 Tony Awards, which includes the 2015 Tony for Life Achievement in the Theatre and the only person in theatrical history to win in four different categories and to ...
12. Nov. 2021 · Tommy Tune—a ten-time Tony winner and Broadway legend—is celebrated by performances, panels, and a new biography
February 28, 1939 · Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. Birth name. Thomas James Tune. Height. 6′ 6½″ (1.99 m) Mini Bio. Tommy Tune is possibly the tallest dancer in the country. He was in the New York Company of "How Now Dow Jones" when Ernest Lehman engaged him to play Ambrose Kemper in the film, "Hello, Dolly!". His father is a Texas restaurateur.
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In Tommy Tune Tonight!, Broadway’s tallest tapper takes to the stage – dancing, singing and tale-telling. The 10 time Tony Award® winner takes an autobiographical stroll, celebrating 50 plus years of big time showmanship! From his arrival in New York City as a fresh-faced kid from Texas, through his most popular roles on stage and screen ...
Tommy Tune, the six-foot, seven-inch tall (possibly the tallest dancer in the country) Broadway tap dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, and director, was born Thomas James Tune in Wichita Falls, Texas to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur, Jim Tune, and Eva Mae Clark, who met while ballroom dancing. He began dance classes when ...
