Tommy Tune to Host Actors Fund Tony Viewing Party in LA, 6/9

Broadway Icon, Tommy Tune, will host The Actors Fund's 17th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party on June 9th, 2013.

Produced and written by David Rambo, the event begins at 3:30 PM with cocktails and a silent auction followed by dinner and the live Tony broadcast at 5 PM.

The evening will also feature the presentation of the Actors Fund Artistic Achievement Award to several of Broadway's legendary ladies including Nancy Dussault, June Lockhart, Millicent Martin, Charlotte Rae, Cathy Rigby, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and a special tribute to Anne Jeffreys.

The party is set for Sunday, June 9th, 2013: 3:30pm -- Cocktails and Silent Auction begins; 5:00pm to 8:00p.m. -- Dinner and live telecast of the Tony Awards. It all takes place at the Taglyan Cultural Complex, 1201 Vine St, Los Angeles, Calif. Individuals $275 and Tables of ten start at $3,000 by calling (323) 933-9244, ext. 123 or via email cparrone@actorsfund.org (include name, address, phone, number of tickets and price level).

The Actors Fund has announced that host of the 2013 Tony Party will be past honoree, Tommy Tune. Mr. Tune has received the nations' highest honor for Artistic Achievement, The National Medal of Arts, to add to his already unprecedented nine Tony Awards in four different categories plus, among other accolades, eight Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, two Astaire Awards, the American Dance Award, the Drama League Award, and the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement. This year's celebration marks a departure from the usual annual Tony party honoring one individual with a Lifetime Achievement Award, to instead offer a legendary roster of dynamic divas.

Among the TONY Award winners and nominees to be honored are Nancy Dussault (The Sound of Music/Side by Side by Sondheim/Into the Wood), June Lockhart (For Love or Money and The first ever TONY award winner - then know as the Antoinette Perry Award), Millicent Martin (The Boy Friend/King of Hearts/42nd Street), Charlotte Rae (Li'l Abner/Pickwick/Morning Noon and Night), Cathy Rigby (Peter Pan/Seussical/Jekyll & Hyde), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Grease/Hairspray), and a special tribute to Anne Jeffreys (My Romance/Kiss Me, Kate/Three Wishes for Jamie).

Previous honorees have included Julie Harris, Gwen Verdon, Charles Durning, Rita Moreno, James Earl Jones, Tyne Daly, Lauren Bacall, Stockard Channing, Carol Channing, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Herman, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hal Holbrook and Jason Alexander.

The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone-performers and those behind the scenes-who works in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 13,500 people directly each year, and hundreds of thousands online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund's programs include social services and emergency assistance, health care and insurance, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund has-for 131 years-been a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition. Visit www.actorsfund.org