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TV Exclusive: Broadway Legend Carol Channing Talks Tommy Tune & TIME STEPPIN'

By: Nov. 03, 2014
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Broadway legends Carol Channing and Tommy Tune will soon reunite on stage in TIME STEPPIN', for one night only on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 8PM at the SHN Curran Theatre. below, you can get the inside scoop on the upcoming special event from Channing herself! BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive interview with Channing, as conducted by Ken Kleiber.

TIME STEPPIN' marks best friends Carol Channing and Tommy Tune's triumphant return to the SHN Curran Theatre for an evening of conversations and stories. The discussion chronicles the life and career of Channing, who will speak candidly about her 70 plus years in show business, and is moderated by nine time Tony Award winner song and dance man, Tommy Tune. The event, which does not include performances, features a talk between the two show-business veterans, who have known each other for decades.

Channing won a Tony Award for her performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly!, a role she reprised three times on Broadway. Her stage credits also include Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Show Girl and The Vamp. She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the film "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and is the subject of a 2011 documentary film, "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life." Channing is also the recipient of a 1968 Special Tony Award and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995.

A nine-time Tony winner, Tune has performed in Seesaw and choreographed A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, My One and Only, Grand Hotel and The Will Rogers Follies. His directing credits include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Nine and Grand Hotel. He starred in the 1969 film adaptation of "Hello, Dolly!"

Ken Kleiber is a /host/performer from TV/internet's That's Kentertainment! & Sirius/XM's Kentertainment Report. Ken has been entertaining millions of viewers since before the dawn of time. With his flaming red hair and his irreverent delivery, Ken has carved himself a very special niche in the extreme nether regions of Show Business. Ken deftly blends witticism, candor and thievery into a unique conglomeration of song stylings and peppy patter that is not as grotesque as you might think. thatskentertainment.com




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