The Ceremony
The theme centered on the Winter Garden Theatre, where many of the greatest stars in theatrical history began their careers.
Presenters: Jack Albertson, Eve Arden, Fred Astaire, Milton Berle, Ray Bolger, Carol Channing, Clifton Davis, Buddy Ebsen, Jack Haley Sr., Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, John V. Lindsay, Cleavon Little, Walter Matthau, Vincente Minnelli, Carl Reiner, Rosalind Russell, Joe Smith, Jean Stapleton.
Performers: Clive Baldwin, Joey Faye, Angela Lansbury, Alexis Smith.
Musicals represented:
- Mame ("Mame" - Angela Lansbury and Men)
- Follies ("The Story of Lucy and Jessie" - Alexis Smith and Dancers)
- Gypsy ("Everything's Coming up Roses" - Angela Lansbury and Company)
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Famous quotes containing the word ceremony:
“Those who marry God can become domesticated too—it’s just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word “Love” means a formal touch of the lips as in the ceremony of the Mass, and “Ave Maria” like “dearest” is a phrase to open a letter.”
—Graham Greene (1904–1991)
“We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon the trunk and body.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)