The 1999 L.A. Tony® Awards Party
Each June in Los Angeles, the entertainment community and other friends of the theatre and supporters of The Actors' Fund and Aid For AIDS gather to celebrate the Tony Awards.
This year, Tony Award Winner Charles Durning will receive the Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award. The event, hosted by Lucie Arnaz, will be held at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California on Sunday, June 6, 1999, beginning at 4:00 pm PDT. The event features a live feed of the Tony Awards telecast from New York, projected on several large screens; cocktails and dinner; an auction of theatrical memorabilia, travel packages and other items.
Tickets are $160 each. Proceeds benefit both The Actors' Fund and Aid For AIDS, a leading Los Angeles AIDS organization.
The Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Gwen Verdon in 1998 and to Julie Harris in 1997. Lucie Arnaz was the Host in 1998, and will return in 1999. Rita Moreno hosted the event in 1997. Many previous Tony Awards winners and other celebrities join us each year. Previous guests have included Mitchell Anderson, Bea Arthur, Virginia Capers, George Chakiris, Keene Curtis, Tyne Daly, Patrick Duffy, Walter Koenig, June Lockhart, Melanie Mayron, Roddy McDowall, Julie Newmar, Fayard Nicholas, Charlotte Rae, John Raitt, John Randolph, Charles Nelson Reilly,Doris Roberts, Jean Stapleton, Joan Van Ark, Dick Van Patten, Betty White, Jane Withers, Gretchen Wyler and many more!
The 1999 event chairs are David Michaels, Dale Prokupek, Richard Schachter, and Lynn Wood-Wolfington.