Broadway legend and nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune will perform a medley of show tunes, dances and share tales of the great white way at Garden City’s Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AUPAC). Tickets are still available for this show, Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall, located at 1 South Avenue.
Join Tommy Tune, in his premiere performance on the Adelphi Stage, as he takes a song-and-dance stroll through his career and reflects on his 55th year in show business. From his arrival in New York as a fresh-faced kid from Texas, Mr. Tune will travel through his most popular roles on stage and screen, to his ascension as one of the country’s most accomplished director-choreographers.
Accompanied by Michael Biagi, his pianist and musical director for nearly four decades, Mr. Tune’s musical journey includes personal renditions of standards by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Burt Bacharach, the Gershwins and more in this unique and masterful evening.
Mr. Tune’s nine Tony Awards honor him as a performer, choreographer and director, along with several other industry acknowledgements, he also been named a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
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Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center is one of Long Island’s premier cultural arts venues for entertainment of all kinds. Tickets are still available for Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales, $50 or less at aupac.adelphi.edu. Additional information and tickets are also available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu. The Concert Hall is located on the main level of the Performing Arts Center, adjacent to the Box Office.
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About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, College of Nursing and Public Health, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Schools of Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
