Barbra Streisand 1970 Tony Awards

Thank You Julie thank you very much ladies and gentlemen the past 10 years have been astonishing ones in many different fields science has put men in laboratories under the oceans in supersonic transports hurtling between continents and then waiting for permission to land and a few at a time one or two or three brave men at a time on the moon and thank God has gotten them back home again on the other hand the technological achievements of the computer age have made some people feel that human beings are almost obsolete therefore when one looks at the Stars human variety and finds one of particular brilliance it's comforting to discover that it is a star of lasting duration I've got the great joy the very great joy of giving a special award to a star of extraordinary brightness the star certainly of this theatrical decade she is brought to millions everywhere the excitement of the Broadway theater The Owl and the Pussycat on a clear day you can see forever films to come Hello Dolly already with us these are some of her films she's won an Oscar we've all heard her recordings fade them again and again and she's won a Grammy we've seen her television performances and rightly she's won an Emmy and now this evening she's receiving the Tony specially inscribed with the words star of the decade the first person to have ever won all four major awards she's in the theatrical Hall of Fame ladies and gentlemen Broadway's funny girl miss barbara skies our you thank you imagine thinking of all of Fame imagine being in a hole at all the trouble I've had getting an apartment going this award means a great deal for me because it was on a Broadway stage that my my career really again so to receive this honor takes me back where I came from and it feels kind of nice I must say that although it is wonderful to hear an audience applaud it is especially gratifying knowing that the talented and dedicated people who make up our profession are among those applauding thank you

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Length: 3min 28sec (208 seconds)

Published: Fri May 04 2012