TONY AWARDS; Liza Minnelli Hosts, Sings With Sister Lorna Luft

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 6, 1993 | Copyright information

Liza Minnelli hosts the 1993 Antoinette Perry Awards live from Broadway's Gershwin Theatre (Sunday at 9 on CBS).

Minnelli and Lorna Luft, currently starring in "Guys and Dolls," will sing a medley of sister songs in their first joint performance on national television since singing with their mother, Judy Garland, on a Christmas special in the 1960s.

Among the highlights of the 47th annual Tonys will be musical numbers performed by the casts of "Tommy," "Kiss of the Spider Woman...

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