My One and Only
Tune, Tommy
performer
Coles, Charles "Honi"
performer
Manners, Bernard
performer
Theatrical Performance
1983-05-01
St. James Theater
March 3, 1985. Staged by Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh. Choreography by Tune and Walsh. Associate Chor. Baayork Lee.
A musical in two acts, 15 scenes. Book by Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer. Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin; book by Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer.
Starring Tommy Tune (Captain Billy Buck Chandler) and Twiggy (Edith Herbert), Roscoe Lee Browne, and Charles "Honi" Coles as Mr. Magix. David Jackson understudy to Mr. Magix.
Dancing Gentlemen Ensemble: Adrian Bailey, Bar Dell Cooper, Ronald Dennis, David Jackson, Alde Lewis, Jr., Bernard Manners, Ken Leigh Rogers.
"The first jolt of true lightning occurs shortly after intermission, when the dapper and immortal Charles (Honi) Coles, as the hero's fairy godfather, teaches the towering Mr. Tune a lesson about wooing by teaching him how to tap to the title song. An understated exercise in precise terpsichorean pointillism, this show-stopper by two master hoofers is a rare reminder of how less can be more in a big musical." (Frank Rich). Honi Coles in a spectacular comeback.
Tommy Tune, Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical
Tune Tony Award with Walsh Best Choreography
Tune and Walsh Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Charles Honi Coles receives the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award as the best featured actor in a musical; and the Fred Astaire Award as the best solo male dancer of the season; this is the first time these awards were given to a tap dancer.
(Frank Rich, "My One and Only" New Gershwin Show, New York Times May 2, 1983).
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://www.loc.gov/performingarts
Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
Tap Dance America
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html
Charles "Honi" Coles (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.43
Tommy Tune (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.180
tda
IHAS
151216
loc.music.tda.1502