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Tony Awards Showcase to Feature Items from Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

A scene from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
(© 8 Legged Productions, LLC.)
A scene from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
(© 8 Legged Productions, LLC.)

The second annual Tony Awards Showcase, hosted by The Tony Awards at the Times Square Museum and Visitor Center, will begin today, May 23 and run through The Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10. Admission is free to the public.

The Showcase will feature historic Tony memorabilia from the past 66 years including an actual Tony Award, an Audemars Piguet Clock from the Tony Awards Red Carpet and costumes from Tony nominated and winning shows including Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Porgy and Bess, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, and many others, all of which are on loan from Theatre Development Fund’s Costume Collection.

The 2012 Tony Awards will be presented at the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 10 and broadcast live on CBS from 8pm to 11pm (ET/PT time delay).

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