Houston-born Broadway legend, Tommy Tune, donates 50,000 item personal collection to UH
HOUSTON, Texas — Broadway legend Tommy Tune and his sister Gracey have made a major gift to the University of Houston, ensuring that the star’s larger-than-life legacy will be available for scholars and students for generations to come. The Tony Award-winning actor, choreographer, and director has given a collection of costumes, scripts, design sketches, choreography notes, photos, and personal letters to the university.
More than 50,000 items in all, the collection captures the creative spirit of Broadway in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s and provides a window into how iconic productions were conceived, staged, and experienced. Tune, a native Houstonian who earned his master’s degree in directing from UH in 1964, has been one of Broadway’s luminaries for decades, helming the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Nine, and more. He is the first person to win Tony Awards in four different categories, and the only person in Tony Awards history to win the same categories in consecutive years, taking home best choreography and best directing in 1990 and 1991. He is also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award.
He starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1969 film Hello, Dolly!
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