Angela Lansbury To Receive Special Tony Award For Lifetime Achievement
deadline.comBroadway’s legendary Angela Lansbury will receive the 2022 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today.“Angela Lansbury’s contributions to the stage are insurmountable,” said Charlotte St.
Martin, President of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “From her groundbreaking role in Mame to her iconic performances in Deuce and Sweeney Todd, and most recently, in the revival of A Little Night Music, Ms.
Lansbury has given us a lifetime of unforgettable performances, and it is a great honor to present her with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.”Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Hotel Paradiso, followed by A Taste of Honey (1960), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), and, winning her first Tony, Mame (1966).
She also won Tonys for Dear World (1969), Gypsy (1974) and Sweeney Todd (1979).After a 24-year hiatus, she returned to Broadway in Deuce (2007), followed by Blithe Spirit (2009, winning a fifth Tony); A Little Night Music (2009) and Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (2012).
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