what year of the tony awards was that, that had all of the performences performed behind the year it came out?? was ther somthing special about that year?? thanks and what show opened that year??

I could've sworn somone said that Jennifer Holliday performing And I am Telling You from dreamgirls would be on there or did I miss it.

I remember them doing someting like that in the early 80s or mayb e late 70s. I was really dissapointed that it was done that way and not with the original versions on the Tonys. Oh well.... ...this is wrong on so many levels... Diane Lane in "Must Love Dogs" "If you have poo, now is the time to fling it" -- The Monkey's from Madagascar

Most of the footage came from the 25th Anniversary of the Tony Awards. That was early in the 70's. Jennifer Holliday performed "And I Am Telling You" on the Tony Awards only a few years ago. It was the opening of that particular awards ahow. Not only did she sing, but Patti LuPone did "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and Betty Buckley sang "Memories". Can't remember the eaxct year. Proud to be a "sad, sad, sad, toxic person"

THE 25th Tony awards were broadcast in 1972. That show included a presentation from each of the prior 24 winning best musicals(that was where you saw the LARGE YEARS IN NUMBERS ON STAGE). The "setpiece" of the act one closing of DREAMGIRLS including And I am Telling You I'm Not Going.....was on the 1982 Tony awards, when DREAMGIRLS was nominated for best musical, but lost to NINE. A few brief years ago Jennifer Holiday did a "stand alone" version of And I am Telling You I'm Not Going. This was part of the show opening, hosted by Rosie O'Donnell and was a mini tribute to "divas" and also had Patti Lupone singing Don't Cry for Me Argentina and Betty Buckley singing Memory from Cats. "MAY YOUR LIFE BE AS BRIGHT AS BROADWAY AT NIGHT"

I have seen the old footage of Jennifer singing I'm Telling You, it's from the 80's she's in full costume, and is still heavy, I think it's from the same year she did the show. She's sitting at the table crying, I thought that was from the Tony Awards, but I think that IS the one they're going to air on Lost TReasures. i did see the Rosie O Donnel how to be a diva with LuPone, Holliday and Buckley. This program airs in CA Aug 16!!! Woo hoo!

Well all in all, I was terribly dissapointed in it. I liked the 42nd Street and My One and Only. And I liked Worst Pies in London and that was pretty much it. I did not like Julie Andrews doing Send in the Clowns. I love her very much but I like so many who did it better. ...this is wrong on so many levels... Diane Lane in "Must Love Dogs" "If you have poo, now is the time to fling it" -- The Monkey's from Madagascar

The act one final scene from DREAMGIRLS was what they did on the Tonys in 1981. It was supposed to be in the Broadway Lost Treasures show but the rights holders made the producer pull it at the last minute. In 1986, they did a song from every Tony award winning show. DROOD won best musical that year. They also did a sequence that featured a few lines from every best play winner as well. In the Lost Treasures show, the Mostel/Channing/Blaine/Raitt/Preston clips are from the 1972 show. The Andrews/Rivera/Verdon clips are from 1984.

But the Dreamgirls Jenn Holliday song will be in the DVD release, correct???

the year that cats was up for best musical where the tony awards held at the winter garden theatre? or did they just pre-flim cats performence and air it on the tonys that year?

For me the whole thing was worth it just to see Chita and Gwen doing Chicago and to see the original Wilkkommen from cabaret. I did miss musch of it...anyone know if it will be repeated at any toime in the Boston arae or,better yet, is the dvd available in stores? http://www.danperezgallery.com

the dvd will be available in sept thru playbill.com! with EXTRA features NOT AIRED, like Patti singing Buenos Aires! woo hoo!