Photo Flash: 2013 Tony Awards Film Series, Moderated by Ted Chapin

The Tony Awards held the 2013 Film Series on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at The Paley Center for Media. Featured were screenings of the historic 25th Annual Tony Awards broadcast as well as the 1967 Armstrong Circle Theatre version of "Carousel."

Over four decades later, original cast members of the 1967 cast of "Carousel" reunited on Saturday for a discussion panel after the screening. Actress Mary Grover and dancers Bambi Linn ("Louise" in the original Broadway production of Carousel) and Gemze de Lappe. Both dancers had a long association with the choreographer Agnes De Mille, and rare 1945 film footage of Ms. Linn dancing Carousel's Act II "Ballet" was shown. The discussion was moderated by Ted Chapin.

The 1971 Annual Tony Awards, held on March 28, 1971 featured musical numbers from each of the twenty-four previous Best Musicals. The star-studded list of participants who re-created their original roles included Zero Mostel from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Fiddler on the Roof, Alfred Drake from Kiss Me, Kate and Kismet, Robert Preston from The Music Man, Gwen Verdon from Damn Yankees and Redhead, and Carol Channing from Hello, Dolly! The program was hosted by Lauren Bacall, Anthony Quinn, Angela Lansbury, and Anthony Quayle.

The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards, which are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 9, 2013.

Photo credit: Michael Priest Photography

Tony Awards Film Series

Tony Awards Film Series