La Cage aux Folles 1984 Tony Awards

[Applause] and carries back on Broadway again this year with his usual positive outlook his confidence that the best of times is now and now gene Berry who stars with George Herndon the flamboyant LoCascio fall a nightclub in San Tropez [Applause] bonsoir bonsoir the cultural form welcomes you to our world-famous review starring the notorious and dangerous Kajal ladies and gentlemen I warn you to remain in your seats while they can perform the management will not be responsible for your safety and now I beg you open your eyes you have arrived at the cache before [Music] [Applause] [Music] we are what we are and what we are is an illusion you definitely love how it feels team on teams bouncing confusion we face it sometimes we can sometimes interface like we hunted under our props will st. Chuck's who think we [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now Sasha leading lady of LoCascio for mr. George Burns I am what I am I am my own special creation so come take a look me the hook the Ovation it's more little ride in [Music] and it's not a place I have to hide in mice [Music] damn out loud [Music] pity [Music] there's no return and nobody party [Music] [Music] let us deal with the current crop of scores nominated as the season's best they are the ring which you have just seen music by John Kander lyrics by Fred ebb baby David Shire lyrics by Richard multi the colorful music and lyrics by Jerry Herman Sunday in the park with George music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and the winner is LoCascio [Applause] thank you thank you this award forever shatters a myth about the musical theater there's been a rumor around for a couple of years that the simple hummable show tomb was no longer welcome on Broadway well it's alive and well at the palace and so I would like to thank my beautiful cast and crew and staff my beautiful Akash family for their love and support and for giving me the best of times with special thanks to author and Harvey and Scott and my brilliant musical department Don Pippin Jim Tyler and Gordon Harrell the real reward for having worked on lakas was the joy of having worked on macaws thank you and the winner is LoCascio for [Applause] this one spins I some saw The Tonight Show first I have got to thank Arthur Lawrence and Jerry Herman who took me by the hand changed my diapers showed me how to write a musical forever I am grateful to them I have to thank the incredible cast all the people that was so supportive even the torch song people who kept me company and of course my lover Scott who's typed everything late at night thank you all I love you thank you [Applause] [Music] from the first day that I met with Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman LoCascio fall has been the most joyous and affectionate experience I've ever had in the theater that's partly due to the nature of the piece but mainly to all the people involved on stage offstage backstage and in the audience I am deeply grateful to all of them but there's one person in particular without whom I could not have done this show and that's fritz holt jojje Hearn what some people won't dude your call with the Tony but her real name is Antoinette I was I want to thank everybody connected with the show everybody in the crew the cast the musicians the management wonderful I couldn't possibly remember everybody's name I remember my mother's name hi mom and then there's Alan Carr and on all of our management of Marvin Kraus and Barry and Fritz the wonderful Fritz hold again specifically I'd like to thank Sione Aldrich who proved again the old adage that the clothes make the man Harvey Fierstein that gentle giant Jerry Herman Scott Salman who joins the long and illustrious list of choreographers I have brought to tears and everybody in the cast and on one side of this probably the front and not the back I'll have engraved the name of Arthur Laurents thank you [Applause] [Applause] here tonight I tried to rehearse and think but you know what happened it's about perseverance it's taken six years to get the show on because that's when I saw it in Paris and no one remembers that a little man called Jean Perret the actor start to create those characters and Jerry and Harvey and Arthur brought them to singing and dancing life the guardian angels are all without the help I'm just the conduit to getting this all together these people a real estate bunny talent and niceness and we need that the theater and also julia award show where people aren't nominated show up Hollywood take a lesson from Broadway thank you the nominees have been selected by the experts of a Tony nominating committee from the production's which have opened this season the secret ballots were then voted by the 670 qualified industry voters and the results have been tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutsen Carr [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Rating: 4.8785338 out of 5

Keywords: La Cage Aux Folles (Play), Tony Award (Award), Jerry Herman, Arthur Laurents, George Hearn, Gene Barry, Allan Carr, I Am What I Am, Harvey Fierstein

Id: v4SGTEv1164

Length: 15min 15sec (915 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 20 2014