By Steve CrumIt was great seeing (and hearing) Tommy Tune on stage during Sunday’s Tony Awards show. I was reminded of a story a late friend, Janet Laird, told me about her experience with the tall, talented dancer years ago when he was performing in Kansas City. Janet and her family ventured backstage after Tune’s show to congratulate him.
But they were stopped outside his dressing room by a security guard who went way past his duty, proceeding to berate Janet about daring to bother a star like Tommy Tune. The guard screamed loud enough that Tommy Tune himself opened his dressing room door, and ran out to confront the scene. Tommy then yelled at the security guy for being rude to his fans, and asked Janet and her family to return with him to his dressing room. They did, and stayed about 30 minutes, visiting and laughing with Mr. Tune.
That speaks volumes for this Broadway icon.