{"product_id":"tony-awards-3251973","title":"TONY AWARDS - 3\/25\/1973","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTONY AWARDS - 3\/25\/1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 27th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on March 25, 1973 from the Imperial Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm and co-hosts were Sandy Duncan and Jerry Orbach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe opening was a song-and-dance medley performed by Gwen Verdon, Paula Kelly, Helen Gallagher and Donna McKechnie.[1]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe theme was the global reach of Broadway. The \"Wide World of Broadway\" featured narrations by Rex Harrison, Walter Slezak, Rossano Brazzi, Yul Brynner and Peter Ustinov, who brought the viewers to: Vienna: West Side Story; Tokyo: The King and I; Milan: Ciao, Rudy; Paris: Hello, Dolly!; London: Show Boat; Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Man of La Mancha; and Wichita Falls, Texas: My Fair Lady.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusicals represented:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePippin (\"Magic To Do\"- Ben Vereen and Company)\u003cbr\u003eA new series of awards was started this year, termed \"Theater Awards '73\", renewable annually. (New York Times, McCandlish Phillips, p. 52, 3\/26\/73)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was the fourth time that Julie Harris won a Tony Award (and her sixth nomination); she won a total of five with a sixth for Lifetime Achievement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TV Museum DVDs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48935094714425,"sku":"avy1789909553592","price":7.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/6614\/2521\/files\/tony-awards---3251973_1.jpg?v=1789909557","url":"https:\/\/mineralsunc.shop\/products\/tony-awards-3251973","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}