Tommy Tune

Birth Name:

Thomas James Tune

Birth Place:

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Art department

In 1991, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Received the 2008 Fred & Adele Astaire Lifetime Achievement Award
Won the 1982 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
In 1962, he earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin
In his youth, he trained as a dancer under the tutelage of famed dance instructor Patsy Swayze
Is best known for his work performing and choreographing Broadway shows
Made his Broadway debut in the 1965 production "Baker Street․"

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