The Ceremony
Presenters: Alan Alda, Ed Asner, Karen Black, David Carradine, Johnny Carson, Bette Davis, Peter Falk, Henry Fonda, Elliott Gould, Ken Howard, Gynis Johns, Cloris Leachman, Michael Learned, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carroll O'Connor, Al Pacino, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Powell, Lynn Redgrave, Esther Rolle, Marlo Thomas, Lesley Ann Warren.
Performers: Beatrice Arthur, Carol Channing, Will Geer, Joel Grey, Florence Henderson, Cleavon Little, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nancy Walker.
Musicals represented:
- Over Here! ("Over Here"/"Charlie's Place" - Patty and Maxene Andrews and Company)
- Raisin ("Whole Lot of Sunshine" - Virginia Capers/"Sidewalk Tree" - Ralph Carter)
- Lorelei ("Men" - Carol Channing, Peter Palmer and Ian Tucker)
- Good News ("You're the Cream in My Coffee" - Alice Faye and John Payne)
- Seesaw ("I'm Way ahead"/"Seesaw" - Michele Lee)
- Fanny ("Welcome Home" - Florence Henderson)
- A Mother's Kisses ("There Goes My Life" - Bea Arthur)
- Medley of Songs from Broadway Shows - Charles Nelson Reilly
- The Cradle Will Rock (Medley - Will Geer)
- George M! (Medley - Joel Grey)
- Phoenix '55 ("Upper Berth" - Nancy Walker and Men)
- Purlie ("New Fangled Preacher Man" - Cleavon Little)
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Famous quotes containing the word ceremony:
“But ceremony never did conceal,
Save to the silly eye, which all allows,
How much we are the woods we wander in.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
“Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.”
—George Gurdjieff (c. 1877–1949)