Tony Awards Songbook 1949-2003

A must-have for every Broadway fan, this collection assembles one song from each of the winners of the American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry “Tony” Award, selected for its “singability and joy.” Best-of-the-best songwriters represented are Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Porter, Berlin, Styne, Loesser, Bernstein, Comden & Green, Kander & Ebb and many others, and songs include favorites such as: Circle of Life • December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) • Don't Cry for Me Argentina • Hello, Dolly! • I Dreamed a Dream • Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now • Mama Who Bore Me • Memory • Purpose • Seasons of Love • Send in the Clowns • So in Love • The Song That Goes Like This • The Sound of Music • Sunrise, Sunset • Til There Was You • Tomorrow • What I Did for Love • and more. Features a foreword from three-time Tony winner Audra McDonald; an introduction by Theodore S. Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization; a highly informative history of the Tony Awards; fascinating photos from Tony ceremonies; and tables of contents listed both chronologically and alphabetically.