GPAC presents Tommy Tune, Broadway's legendary song and dance man, on Saturday, September 17 at 8 p.m. High-stepping through his 9-time Tony Award-winning career, Tune celebrates 50 years on the Great White Way.  Backed up by the multi-talented Manhattan Rhythm Kings, Tune sings and dances his way through those glorious musical moments that made him a Theatre Legend.

WHO:              Tommy Tune

WHEN:             Saturday, September 17, 8 p.m.

TICKETS:         Single tickets are $30, $40 and $50, plus handling fee. 

Call (901) 751-7500 or buy online at www.GPACweb.com.

Box Office Hours: Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and noon the day of performance. All major credit cards accepted.

WHERE:           Germantown Performing Arts Centre

                        1801 Exeter Road

                        Germantown, TN 38138

CONTACT:       For more information or to arrange an interview with the artist(s), please contact

Anne Trebil (901) 751-7502 or anne@gpacweb.com.

BIO:                 See below.

WEB:                http://www.tommytune.com/

Tommy Tune

Known as one of the most prolific director/choreographers of the twentieth century, Tommy Tune has enchanted audiences over the past 50 years with his charisma, vision, and innovation.

A native Texan, Mr. Tune began his career as a dancer in the Broadway shows Baker Street, A Joyful Noise and How Now Dow Jones. He would soon step out of the chorus and into a principal role in the Broadway musical Seesaw, which won him his first Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Tune has been honored with nine Tony Awards celebrating him as a performer, choreographer and director, including Best Actor in a Musical for My One and Only, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Seesaw, Best Choreography for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, My One and Only, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies, and Best Direction of a Musical for Nine, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies. In addition, Tune has been awarded eight Drama Desk Awards, three Astaire Awards and the Society of Directors and Choreographers George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement. Film credits include Hello Dolly, The Boyfriend, Mimi Bluette&fiore del mio giardino, and in 1999, he made his Las Vegas debut as the star of EFX at the MGM Grand Hotel. Tune is the recipient of The National Medal of Arts, the highest honor for artistic achievement given by the President of the United States, and he has been honored with his own star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2009, Mr. Tune was designated as a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and this year Mr. Tune marks his 50th year in show business with his latest work, Steps In Time, A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance. In his spare time, Mr. Tune enjoys painting in his Manhattan Tower studio.

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